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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who are calling Bill and Melinda elderly, I'm 55 and I'm fine with that.  What I don't care for -- and think is sadly mistaken -- is assuming that people who are elderly don't want to have a relationship filled with love and caring and intimacy and fun.  This past year has illuminated that for many people in their late 50s and up, even those of us who are long-married.  While younger parents have had to focus on the challenges of working and child-rearing during the pandemic, we have been looking ahead and thinking about what we want the rest of our lives to look like.

In your 50s, as your kids start leaving home or even complete that transition, you have a lot of decisions and transitions to make.  In addition, you go from attending funerals for your parents and their peers to attending funerals for your own peers.  That is sobering and thought-provoking, and the pandemic has, of course, intensified this.  I've seen quite a few couples who have decided they no longer wish to be married -- even people who have done a superficially great job of accumulating wealth and raising kids.  The couples who have chosen to  split are not as surprising to me as those who have chosen to stay together -- including some who were in the shoals for years.  Personally, I have found new gratitude for my husband of nearly 30 years being in my life.  One thing I've re-learned this year is that he's never boring.  I hope he feels the same way about me.   [/quote]

LMAO at your last sentence!![/quote]

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