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From the original post:
2008-09-05 17:47:31.0
...I'd be starting over again at 43? I don't know about you guys, but I imagined the happy little family...
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Posted: Sep 5, 08 10:00pm
I've been starting over for the last 16 years... thought I'd of gotten somewhere by now. But life is an adventure and i take it literally one day at a time :)
Posted: Sep 5, 08 11:58pm
It's funny you say that...I don't even know who "I" really am...I've spent the majority of my adult life as somebody's wife or mother...I have enjoyed both...but find being "single" awkward...at least for now...
Posted: Sep 6, 08 12:00am
I am not single, but I feel single, does that count? I'm waiting to see if at 41 I will be starting over too.
I've been there...being in a relationship and feeling "single" can be even more lonely...
Posted: Sep 7, 08 3:52am
I'm throwing a party when my freedom FINALLY HITS! WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ooops did I say that out loud?!
Posted: Sep 7, 08 4:13am
The first step is always frightening. Just take your time and get to know yourself, then you will know what you are looking for. Relax and enjoy yourself, everything will flow together.
Posted: Sep 7, 08 9:32am
Agreed. Get re-acquainted with yourself and enjoy the journey. There are worse things than being alone. There is also a difference between alone and lonely. You are grieving the loss of what could have been and what you wanted it to be. That's OK.
I agree...I'm not "alone" presay, I just feel lonely. I have spent the majority of my adult life, since I was 17 as either someone's wife or mother and this is the longest period of time in my adult life (17 months) that I haven't been someone's significant other. During the past 17 months I've gone from being married with 3 children still living at home to being divorce with only 1 child still home and he graduates high school in May so...I have a lot of time to find out who I really am...
P.S. I love the comic...it is so true LOL!
Posted: Sep 7, 08 10:22am
Thank you for bringing that up, Calrishlady. I'm at this very moment in that moment. I have become more selective in dating and with meeting others over the years. Maybe it's for that reason that even though I'm feeling restless, the options for me are scant. Perhaps you are feeling the same way? Where/who is the right one? I think that they will find you if you remain patient. I also think that the best for you is yet to become.