• elucubra
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    1 month ago

    I’m in my 50’s. I have had 3 that got away (2+ years living together). I get along with them famously. They are doing good-great, probably because we never got to life-partner stage. I’m not perfect by any means, so our non-matching characteristics, and my inability, then, to understand mutual acceptance then would have probably soured things long-term. Great memories and lived experiences. Nobody can take that from us.

    My ex wife and mother of kids and I had 8 great years. 4 OK, and 4 crap years. We can barely communicate now.