How do you feel about getting older?

shawbridge
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:33:20 +0000

My FIL died about 25 years ago. My MIL was a very attractive woman with at that point a fair bit of money. Although she had decided that she did not want another relationship, she met a wonderful man – emeritus professor of medicine with lots of accomplishments and honors who was a terrific human being – and they were involved for 15 years until he died (early in the Pandemic, I think). They did not get married so as not to entangle finances, but we think that this caused both families to downplay the importance of their relationship to each other. When MIL was visiting us last week, we learned that at 93 she is starting up some kind of relationship with a guy whom she has known since elementary school. Also a distinguished emeritus professor in life sciences, I think. So, as @fendrock says, it is not impossible, even without match, to start a new chapter of life – in fact more than once.