Posted before about ongoing issues and uncertainty about whether to stay in my long marriage. Issues with my DH that are about his inability to meet my needs / how different we are in world view etc. But he’s essentially kind, trying hard to save the marriage and certainly not abusive etc.
A close friend said I should only leave if I am happy to be on my own for the rest of my life ...
Intellectually I know that’s true. I have just no idea id I’s meet someone new etc etc. I’m slim,
attractive, intelligent, funny & live in a large City - BUT I’m in my late 40s, don’t drink alcohol which can be off-putting to some men, maybe a lot of men ...and there seem to be infinite number of attractive single women in their 40s & 50s of higher calibre than the equivalent men 🤷♀️
Reading the OLD threads here puts the fear of God info me TBH - but I’d be very unlikely to meet someone new organically. But then as asides on threads on here about sexually arid marriages posters often refer to their long former marriages with men not interested in sex and their new, life transforming , hot chemistry LTRs.
But I guess what I’m saying is that in some ways, life with my husband might just about be better than being on my own tbh. So really what I am asking you for is a crystal ball 😬😬
I guess thoughts from anyone who did leave a “not great but not awful” marriage and ended up regretting it due the realities of single life.
Or the opposite too 🤞🏼
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HaggisBurger · 07/10/2020 14:49
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