OLD in our golden years?

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Make a cuppa . This is a long one for our older Mumsnetters. 🙄

My exPartner and I are over 70. He is actually 77 and I’m just 70.

Our recent split has been civilised, there are no financial enmeshments, have never lived together for any length of time and we can still share a reasonably friendly text or WhatsApp video link. We live quite a distance apart but that’s never been an issue.

We have weathered some storms together; house moves, bereavements, life threatening surgery after which I nursed him for weeks, Covid, heart attack and ED due to Prostrate Cancer, failing eye sight, pre-diabetic etc. Usual stuff for a grandad and there’s possibly more surgery to come.

Conversely, I’m relatively healthy without issues.

Last night we were talking and I asked him if he’s back to On Line Dating? He tried it a couple of years ago when we hit a bad patch, love bombed and slept with another woman but when it didn’t work out, I unwisely took him back. His response last night was to say “Not yet.” (Ego never dies!)

Now then, tell me, if you are an older woman in your 70’s on the dating scene, would you commit to a new relationship with a grandad with health issues that you might end up having to nurse? My ex has no other familial support so it’s likely a lot might fall to you and once involved it might be hard to pull away.

This could be a moral dilemma and albeit there’s someone for everyone, I’m interested to know if health is an issue when considering an ageing lothario? 🤷‍♀️

Tbh OP I’m a youngish 55 who still likes to go to house music festivals and day raves and I get quite a lot of men who fit your exes age bracket and description message me - it’s always a polite no from me

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