This Topic is Archived
fraeuken (original poster member #30742) posted at 6:26 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
What a whirlwind the last few weeks have been.
'Special friend' and I have progressed so far from initial dating and spending lots of time together and getting to know each other on a deeper level. We talked every day and saw each other if we could and even if it was just 5 minutes to say 'Hello' and acknowledge each other.
And then one day we spent 13 hours together, starting off with church, then heading to a flee market, cruising through the Santa Cruz mountains listening to music and chasing the sun, stopping for drinks and dinner and laying in the grass together just talking and sharing our life stories. It was so easy to share the good, the bad and the ugly and be totally open. And even after all those hours and stories, neither one of us wanted to go home.
And somehow we naturally progressed from that day to talking about being together and making plans for the weeks and months to come. When I get back from my trip to Europe and my kids are back with their father for several weeks, SO and I will head out on a roadtrip to Yosemite. I am really excited because just like me he likes exploring and just see where the road takes us.
And I do have to say, there are some serious perks to dating an older, more experienced man. And I am not talking about holding doors open for me and being a total gentlemen..
. Definitely off the bus and planning staying off for a while 
Temporarily independent with the whole world at my feet.
MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 6:28 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
wonderingbull ( member #14833) posted at 6:30 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
WB
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time...
James Taylor
Dawnie ( member #26912) posted at 6:37 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
So happy for you!! ENJOY, you deserve this!
DIVORCED! Remarried to a real man!
BW (me) - 41 (now 48)
WH (him) - 43 (now 50)
OW - 23 yr old foreign gold digging whore looking for her American meal ticket
1 14 yr old son (now 21)
married 20 years/together 25 years
D day - 9/23/2009 5pm
veelop5 ( member #11089) posted at 6:45 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
You give me hope! Good luck!!!
ME-40
XH-DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
3 beautiful boys (21,20 & 17)
Update: Moved in to my own apartment 8/7/2012
10/27/2014-Met a wonderful man 9months ago
Divorce final 3/27/2013
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 6:47 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
million pieces ( member #27539) posted at 8:09 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
there are some serious perks to dating an older, more experienced man
Yes, there is!
Me - 52 D-Day 2/5/10, separated 3 wks later, Divorced 11/15/11!!!!
little turtle ( member #15584) posted at 9:53 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
So glad to hear this!! Happy for you! 
Failure is success if we learn from it.
cass ( member #24261) posted at 10:00 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
DDay - April 2008
Me - 58 and doing great, alone.
Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket!
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 10:01 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013
So happy for you!
MyVoice ( member #35695) posted at 6:43 AM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013
smiles from me
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
Bebba1171 ( member #33857) posted at 11:40 AM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013
Good for you Frau!
Divorced by Interlocutory decree in May 2012. WW had an affair with a 66 yo doctor she worked for.
D-Day Sept 16. 2011.
BH- 54Me) / XWW 52
Two great kids that don't deserve this!
stronger08 ( member #16953) posted at 12:54 PM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013
Yay !!!! Us older guys do know our way around a bedroom. You might not get quantity. But the quality sure cant be beat. 
You cant eat soup with chopsticks.
Exit Wounds ( member #32811) posted at 1:04 PM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013
All I gutz to say is
EEEENNNNJJOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exit WoundsH of 17 years got gf pregnant, left our kids 9 & 11 and we never saw him again. -His choice.
fraeuken (original poster member #30742) posted at 7:30 PM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013
Stronger08, I had no idea until now. Rather have quality than quantity
Heading out to Europe tomorrow for almost four weeks. I will certainly miss him but it will also be a good test to see how crazy we will be about each other when I get back. I have a feeling it will be even better...
Temporarily independent with the whole world at my feet.
persevere ( member #31468) posted at 7:54 PM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013
What a great post fraeuken!! So excited for you!! And enjoy Europe!
DDay:2011
Status: D 2011
Remarried to a kind and wonderful man - 2017
Above all, be the heroine, not the victim. - Nora Ephron
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K.
This Topic is Archived
