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SoHappyNow (original poster member #8923) posted at 3:28 PM on Friday, April 5th, 2013
The other night I went out for dinner with a widows/widowers group from meetup.com. It was nice and I will probably join them again. The restaurant was just down the street from where I used to live, and my male friend asked me to give him a call when I was leaving the restaurant (located in the parking area of a shopping mall).
So I called, he pulled up next to my car, and had me follow him around to the rear area of the mall..........
There was a little carnival, complete with mini midway and several rides, including a ferris wheel! He had not been on a ferris wheel for 30 years, and for me it was 21 years. But we rode the Ferris wheel and held hands while I rode my wheelchair and he walked around.
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In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer..Albert Camus--------73 now. Dday #1 was 11/11/05 ***Used to be hit-by-a-train*** Widowed, then VERY happily remarried 2/14/14
TrustGone ( member #36654) posted at 4:22 AM on Saturday, April 6th, 2013
That sounds like such a fun evening for you both. It is always fun to do things you haven't done in years. It sounds like you had a fun evening together and you had a good time with the group. You can't ask for much more than that.
XWH#2-No longer my monkey Divorced 8/15, Now married to a wonderful man.
"A person is either an asset or a lesson"
"Changing who you are with does not change who you are"
gma56 ( member #19595) posted at 5:04 AM on Saturday, April 6th, 2013
What a great evening ! I love doing things that isn't planned !
Gma
BW-Divorced
It's my life now, my choices, my mistakes to make and my victories to celebrate. His choices made me free of liars and betrayers in my life. That is priceless.
MyVoice ( member #35695) posted at 5:46 AM on Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Me:BW 46, Him:WH 50
two kids DD14 and DS17
Married 26 years
OW 28, crew member (he was the ships captain)
"People are formed by their actions, not their ideals" unknown
tesla ( member #34697) posted at 2:09 PM on Saturday, April 6th, 2013
"Thou art the son and heir of a mongrel bitch." --King Lear
Survivor3512 ( member #37946) posted at 4:28 PM on Saturday, April 6th, 2013
What fun! Glad you had fun.
Me (BS)- 36
Divorced
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Just keep swimming, just keep swimming- Dorie
SoHappyNow (original poster member #8923) posted at 4:58 AM on Sunday, April 7th, 2013
Today's 12 hour date sort of continues the theme, too. He came over to have lunch, then we went to the Science Museum (hadn't been there since grandaughter was small - about 11 years ago). Then to yet another meetup group (my favorite one so far).....a bunch of euchre players. We neither one had played in about 30 years. And wound up sitting in the back seat of my van and necking for a few minutes - very high school!
In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer..Albert Camus--------73 now. Dday #1 was 11/11/05 ***Used to be hit-by-a-train*** Widowed, then VERY happily remarried 2/14/14
gma56 ( member #19595) posted at 5:29 AM on Sunday, April 7th, 2013
You two are too damn cute !
You give me hope that one day I will have a love story again..
Gma
BW-Divorced
It's my life now, my choices, my mistakes to make and my victories to celebrate. His choices made me free of liars and betrayers in my life. That is priceless.
SoHappyNow (original poster member #8923) posted at 5:45 PM on Sunday, April 7th, 2013
Thank you, gma. I never ever expected anything like this to happen to me.....especially at age 64, and so soon after my husband's death.
But I keep questioning him and looking for amber or red flags and reading baggage reclaim, and the two of us keep coming up as healthy attracts healthy, and hooray for second chances!
In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer..Albert Camus--------73 now. Dday #1 was 11/11/05 ***Used to be hit-by-a-train*** Widowed, then VERY happily remarried 2/14/14
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