In my adult life I've been single for around 15 years, and married for 15 years. Despite having a lot of fun being single, I greatly preferred being married. It obviously sucked at times, but it was probably the best 15 years of my life (getting a career, having a kid, buying a home, etc).
It's interesting that all the things that made it the best years of your life had absolutely nothing to do with being married.
Originally Posted by Terapin
But, since I"m too old to have/want anymore kids, I can't think of even one logical reason to ever marry again. The risk is not worth the reward. Betting 50% of everything you have on someone never cheating on you, getting 'bored', becoming 'unhappy', etc is not a wise choice.
Two words Prenuptial agreement.
Originally Posted by Terapin
Yes, I'm bitter. lol.
It's interesting that you are leaving a loveless and sexless marriage to an alcoholic crappy mom with no child support, alimony and 50/50 custody yet you're bitter. Ask yourself why?
Without my W, I wouldn't have been motivated to advance my career, I wouldn't have been able to buy a beautiful home by myself, and I wouldn't have had my son.
Pre nups are routinely tossed out of court nowadays.
Because I'm going from seeing my son literally every day of his life to essentially 6 months a year. I'm watching my son have his entire world upended. I'm going from a $330,000 home to an apartment or dump (after likely moving back with my parents for a while). I'm losing half of the possessions we've acquired the last 15 years. And I"m losing the person I've spent 20 years with, only to start over again in every aspect of life at age 50. Why? Because she's 'unhappy' and wants to see what's behind 'door #3'.
Yes, I'm bitter
Married: 15yrs Ages: Me 49, W 44 Kids: S12 BD: around 4/14
