On 2020-12-31 6:07 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 9:51:10 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>> Gary wrote:
>>
>>> cshenk wrote:
>>>> Yes, Sheldon's rants are getting prolific. Wife is out of town,
>>>> suspect she controls his drinking and with her gone for a few days,
>>>> he's drinking a lot more.
>>>
>>> And people here joke me for never getting remarried?
>> Smile, some of us get lucky the first time.
>>
>> I waited for just the right one I wanted to spend my *life* with and
>> got that. Sorry it didn't work for you.
>
> At 21 I was too young to know what I really wanted, so we divorced
> four years later. By 31, I had it nailed down and we're still married.

I was just a kid of 22 when we got married. Miraculously, we are still
married.


> Nothing wrong with a "starter" marriage. I learned "what not to do"
> during mine.


I don't know. If you marry someone who is divorced you are taking a
chance with someone who could not make a relationship work or one who
was able to walk away from a commitment.

My son was a little concerned about marriage prospects when he landed a
position back in this area at the age of 35. He wondered about his
chances of finding a woman who was not divorced, a crack head, a
religious nut or combination of those. He lucked out. He is engaged to
a university professor who looks like a super model.