I know how much a family can love their pets....I have a little dog also, and she is like a member of the family. Hope nobody else gets hurt and glad your dad's little one is okay.
As far as my post today....I can't thank you enough for the way you encourage me. I need a lot of it because I know I am going through a fragile time. By that I mean that I think a lot of folks could give up easily during this period of the R because it is so difficult.
It was very, very encouraging to hear about the other couples you told me about. I have often wondered if I am the oldest person on this board. I don't remember seeing or reading where anyone else is as old as I am. I know when I was a young person, it kind of made me sick to think about people in the 60's having "sex"! lol......but it is still an important part of life and yes, we still do it! However, by this time of our lives we have grown children and most of us have grandchildren, but other issues come into the picture, like health problems, fixed incomes, etc. And.........believe it or not, we still have MR issues. Maybe not everyone's is sex or OP, but I remember my grandparents were married about 65 years and they still had to work on it! My grandmother, whose wisdom I missed very much, told me once that IF you want a good marriage, you never reach a point that you don't keep working at it. I may have already shared that with everyone, I can't remember because I have told several people. Sometimes I wonder if you don't have to work a little harder when you get older because of the different transitions that we go through, etc. I hope that is not discouraging to anyone, but you know we don't stay the same through-out life.
I have tried to tell young people that are getting married that person they are so madly in love with at 20 will not be that same person in ten years and they better learn to love the constant changes being made or they are in trouble. I can say that from experience! I was 18 and my H was 22 when we married. I actually mourned over that 22 year old boy I fell in love with...I miss him so much, but then that 18 year old girl isn't around anymore either and I'm sure my H misses her. I hope, however, I will start to love the man I have today as my H. Although I have issues about his working and how he deals with our bills, I have learned to respect him in many other ways.
Ok, well, I wasn't sure how the posts went if I wasn't trying to send it to anyone particular.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!
