Older Love

petallus

I don't think that my father's ex had much love for him when after 18 months she wanted me to take Andie away.
I don't think they were suited for each other from the start.

Also she did not even start to suggest where I was going to live etc.

Dad was upset that she asked me to leave and also about the theatre tickets I had bought them for her birthday which cost about £30 each.

The £30 ticket was the least of my worries. I was going to see the show at some point anyway so I just went with him.

Frank

petallus I don't know how to define love but there is no rational reason why DH and I get on so well and enjoy each others company. Therefore it must be love

Good for you PRINT. It is lovely isn't it? I am sure we are not alone but sometimes I think it needs to be said along with all the other good things.

I like that kind of love Movedalot

DH and I have been together since 1966. Married for 42 years. Loads of ups and some downs but always decided we were better together than apart. We hold hands, arms round shoulder/waist(? ) when out and often snuggle when in!

Nothing better than a good snuggle

I admit to loving Dh but not to being old!

Go Kitty but why 'admit' - be proud! I hope its been a long marriage.

Only 42 years moved, do you think it will last? No one did at the beginning as we had only known each other three weeks when we got engaged.

I met my future wife when I was 11 and we were married 13 years later.
She was the daughter of the headmistress of the school I went to.
People did say it was very risky marrying somebody who you had met at 11 and some even said I should try other girls first as I had never had a relationship with anybody else.
Sadly she passed away 29 years later with cancer but there was no sign of the marriage breaking up.
Mind you she must have been the best. The headmistress of my school said she was.

Frank

Kitty we do have a lot in common then, DH proposed to me after 12 days! He never makes a decision in a hurry but said he didn't want to lose me. We arranged the wedding very quickly once we decided to get in before the end of the tax year so people thought we 'had to get married' and yes, some thought it wouldn't last.

I think it might last if you keep working at it

I get fed up of people say that you are far better off widowed than divorced.
They say the mortgage on the house was paid off with the life assurance and you get a widows pension from your spouses occupational pension scheme as well as inheriting the estate of your wife's parents.
Probably financially things are evened out but it does not make up for your wife's death at an early age.

Frank

Six and two threes, perhap?