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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m 46. Divorced at 42, two teenagers and 50/50 custody with their local dad. I have wanted to get remarried for the secure feeling of a spouse and partner to navigate life with. But reading these comments, it seems like some want what I have -living independently with my kids and spending time with my lovely boyfriend and at our separate homes. Maybe this will be sufficient, emotionally. Especially since he told me he doesn’t want to get married- so kind of a forgone conclusion but I was thinking about breaking up with him over it. I’m not “high worth individual” as others have mentioned (is this the high brow way of saying rich?), just a regular person. [/quote]

To me this is the saddest part of being post divorce in middle age—nobody wants a real commitment, just more broken and halfway solutions.[/quote]

Being committed and not married is not 1/2 way.[/quote]

+1 agree [/quote]

Thanks- I am this 46 year old writer. I have felt sad that my boyfriend doesn’t want to get married again (he’s also divorced, with a college age kid), but it is easy and pleasant enough. I do worry about the long term though- what if he or I gets sick, or life gets more complex and we need one another. He is older than me so I don’t want to be his caregiver if he goes downhill, unless I am his wife. I loved being married prior to my divorce- I was very happy with my husband and this way of living and juggling ups and downs of life together, as a team. [/quote]

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