"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> If I had stayed with my first husband it would have been 43 years this
> month. I so love being single for a lot of reasons. One reason is probably
> strange to some but I am glad I am single heading into my dotage because I
> don't ever want the nightmare of losing an almost life-long partner (if
> they had died before me of course).

Being single *and* having no kids is sooo much easier. But easier isn't
always better. Just different.