On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 10:34:44 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.

Some good luck, and well-managed expectations, I think.

> > 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.

Same thing with anyone who's had a prior serious relationship.

Cindy Hamilton