Things that make you go hmmmmm

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Women friends who separate and say, they’re just not sure they ever really loved their spouse. (Who’s the new guy?!)

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Anonymous wrote:When people idolize their parents' or especially their grandparents' long marriage. So dumb and naive. You have no idea whether Granny loved being stuck at home cooking and cleaning and raising babies all day when she had no choice, and you have no idea whether Gramps kept it in his pants. Zero. It seems far more likely to me that marriages were less happy back then, it's just they weren't allowed to divorce.

Don’t be so cynical! I spent a lot of time with my grandparents before they died in their 90’s and I took many long walks with my grandmother. They were incredibly happy and watching my grandfather care for her when dementia set in was a sign of real love and devotion. My parents are in their late 60’s and live right near us so I see them all the time and I hope to be as happy in 30 years as they are today. My sense is that people who are cynical grew up in broken homes and assume that everyone is miserable but fake being happy.

My grandfather was always pinching my grandma’s @ss and trying to kiss her and she would get a twinkle in her eye and pretend to shoo him away when we stayed with them as grandkids.

LOL this was my parents.

This is my parents. Except i recently found out that my dad cheated on my mom and she cheated back. Probably in the 1980s, tho though I don't know when for sure.

You really don't know what had happened in a marriage that isn't your own.

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Anonymous wrote:When people idolize their parents' or especially their grandparents' long marriage. So dumb and naive. You have no idea whether Granny loved being stuck at home cooking and cleaning and raising babies all day when she had no choice, and you have no idea whether Gramps kept it in his pants. Zero. It seems far more likely to me that marriages were less happy back then, it's just they weren't allowed to divorce.

Don’t be so cynical! I spent a lot of time with my grandparents before they died in their 90’s and I took many long walks with my grandmother. They were incredibly happy and watching my grandfather care for her when dementia set in was a sign of real love and devotion. My parents are in their late 60’s and live right near us so I see them all the time and I hope to be as happy in 30 years as they are today. My sense is that people who are cynical grew up in broken homes and assume that everyone is miserable but fake being happy.

My grandfather was always pinching my grandma’s @ss and trying to kiss her and she would get a twinkle in her eye and pretend to shoo him away when we stayed with them as grandkids.

LOL this was my parents.

My biological grandparents divorced after about 15 or 20 years together, when my dad was a teenager. It was not a happy marriage, they actually lived separately off and on for many years, under the guise of him working out of town. When she remarried, her second marriage was like this, a$$ pinching and pretend-shooing all. This was what I grew up seeing, as they got married a few years before I was born. He doted on her, and she on him.

They were ahead of their time, though. Not all middle-aged women had the ability to divorce in the early 70s.

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Couples who post and then the other reposts the same thing on social media.

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Anonymous wrote:When people idolize their parents' or especially their grandparents' long marriage. So dumb and naive. You have no idea whether Granny loved being stuck at home cooking and cleaning and raising babies all day when she had no choice, and you have no idea whether Gramps kept it in his pants. Zero. It seems far more likely to me that marriages were less happy back then, it's just they weren't allowed to divorce.

Don’t be so cynical! I spent a lot of time with my grandparents before they died in their 90’s and I took many long walks with my grandmother. They were incredibly happy and watching my grandfather care for her when dementia set in was a sign of real love and devotion. My parents are in their late 60’s and live right near us so I see them all the time and I hope to be as happy in 30 years as they are today. My sense is that people who are cynical grew up in broken homes and assume that everyone is miserable but fake being happy.

My parents have been married 40 years and they are still very much in love. Heck, my dad enjoys playing golf with my mom and if that isn’t love I don’t know what love is! They are both very good looking and fit and there is no doubt that the physical attraction is still there.

My parents have been happily married for 54 years. The care they show for each other is really remarkable and I don't know anyone my age who has a marriage quite like this. They used to travel together and go out to restaurants by themselves all the time, something I think my generation should emulate more. Going to Millies or Surfside with the husband and kids is not romantic.

They always had their own relationship, just the two of them, despite having three kids. And they are still happy.

I don't post about them on social media though!

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Anonymous wrote:Women friends who separate and say, they’re just not sure they ever really loved their spouse. (Who’s the new guy?!)

Ha. I know, right?

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Anonymous wrote:This term originated from Arsenio Hall.

It then was turned into a dance song.

Sorry, just a fun fact.

Signed,
A Middle-Aged Woman Who Remembers.....

Yes! Another middle aged woman here, loved watching Arsenio!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo&ab_channel=CCMusicFactoryVEVO

90's were fun!

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Yes Arsenio used to say “Things that make you say.....(and the audience would jump in!) HMMM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzzGjCmABzw&t=6s&ab_channel=Hallywoodone