What's the hardest part of marriage at midlife
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Anonymous
| Opinions? |
Anonymous
| It's boring, and all the romance and excitement are gone. We still love each other and are committed to the marriage, but it's rather boring. |
Anonymous
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Boredom. It's the same person, the same routines, the same everything
I am content, but not excited |
Anonymous
| One partner usually is very selfish and breaks the other is left being the adult for everyone. |
Anonymous
| Loss of sexual attraction. |
Anonymous
What do you mean by this? |
Anonymous
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For me the sex is still really good, in some ways better than its ever been.
The hard thing in my marriage is just all the pressure from outside at this stage- aging parents getting sick, harder things with older kids, medical issues. It’s hard to prioritize our marriage. |
Anonymous
| I think it’s going through menopause. It’s just rough physically and emotionally and my poor DH took the worst of it. The interruption of sleep, mood swings and less desire for sex were all not great for him. |
Anonymous
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We are like roommates more than best friends or lovers.
This isn't the life I want but it's what has evolved. |
Anonymous
| Given how stressful the teenage years were, now that they are in college, I’m happy without the lower key boring life at middle age. Yes to the feeling of it being more like friends than lovers but we still like hanging out with each other. I’m good with middle age. |
Anonymous
| Having high school age kids makes it a lot harder to get it on. When they’re little they’re in bed by 8 and sleep like rocks. In high school they’re up late, have busy schedules they can’t necessarily drive themselves to, and are coming and going all the time. |
Anonymous
This! What to do though? |
Anonymous
+1. The fact that one person doesn’t want much sex and the other seems to want it all the time. |
Anonymous
| Redefining the relationship after the kids leave the nest, with mortality on the radar. |
Anonymous
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Loud Chewing
Squeaking Teeth Loud Sneezes/Yawns |