Thanks, WI and Pat...
I mean....I really tried, for a very long time to make several longterm relationships work, and now I'm truly ABHORRED at the crap I put up with! So thankful I didn't end up with one of those guys! The last, very last one...which propelled me into this forum about this time last year....Well, I fell so hard and he didn't want me. I think there is nothing more pitiful than a 50+ woman making a fool of herself over a man! Anyway...don't interpret this to mean i'm still wallowing in self-pity...quite the opposite. I think you're right, Pat...I've settled into my "bones," and am making my own creative life! Wi...in your case...you're much younger and have more options...I hope you make better choices than I did!
Love
Patty