I May Be Going Through a Midlife Crisis
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THEN...you go home...and the real lessons of life begin...
I was talking with a friend yesterday about this... neither of us are newlyweds, we have both been married over 20 years... shouldn't we know everything about being married by now?
People will ask my H & myself, "Wow...you've been married so long..how do you do it?"... Now, when you get that question, what do you do?.. If you are like me, think to yourself, "Hell, I don't know! He still puts his stinky socks NEXT to the hamper and I don't know HOW he puts up with me, I just went off this morning about him not taking out the garbage before it reached the maximum capacity!"
... you actually don't SAY anything...you just SMILE and link your arm with your spouse's and look content and happy. ??
Well, I think that, in itself, is a lesson that we have learned. No-one can tell you the secrets to a long and happy marriage. They may give you good advice, but, we are all different humans.
Example:
"Always be kind to one another" is good advice to give a newlywed, but, depending on the people in the relationship, you may be dileriously happy, or a door-mat.... & you may have a long marriage (right up to when one of you dies of a heart-attack from pent-up frustration!), you never know...
This mid-life thing is a really big lesson that I am still learning...
still hoping to come out of it with marriage intact and without being committed to a mental institution..
; >
THEN...you go home...and the real lessons of life begin...
I was talking with a friend yesterday about this... neither of us are newlyweds, we have both been married over 20 years... shouldn't we know everything about being married by now?
People will ask my H & myself, "Wow...you've been married so long..how do you do it?"... Now, when you get that question, what do you do?.. If you are like me, think to yourself, "Hell, I don't know! He still puts his stinky socks NEXT to the hamper and I don't know HOW he puts up with me, I just went off this morning about him not taking out the garbage before it reached the maximum capacity!"
... you actually don't SAY anything...you just SMILE and link your arm with your spouse's and look content and happy. ??
Well, I think that, in itself, is a lesson that we have learned. No-one can tell you the secrets to a long and happy marriage. They may give you good advice, but, we are all different humans.
Example:
"Always be kind to one another" is good advice to give a newlywed, but, depending on the people in the relationship, you may be dileriously happy, or a door-mat.... & you may have a long marriage (right up to when one of you dies of a heart-attack from pent-up frustration!), you never know...
This mid-life thing is a really big lesson that I am still learning...
still hoping to come out of it with marriage intact and without being committed to a mental institution..
; >
By:
nuttymontgomery
Age:
41-45
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Female
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