Posted by ClearSkies on September 12, 2006, at 5:09:30
In reply to age in relationships, posted by wishingstar on September 11, 2006, at 22:36:04
I married when I was 21, to a man who was 38. Our age difference became an issue as we both became older, like after we'd been married for 12 years or so. Maybe it was nothing more than having different perspectives on what constituted "oldies" music, as superficial as that sounds.
But his own issues regarding aging - seeing his parents' health deteriorate, being downsized from a career after he hit the magic 50th birthday, experiencing the physical changes that the normal aging process brings - did have an influence on the breakdown of our marriage. His rage and violent expressions became a bigger and bigger problem as years went by.
That said, we were married for 19 years, which is a lifetime, isn't it?ClearSkies
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