Reflections from the end of my first long term relationship

Speedbird,

I'm wish you well in the future but I'm not going to pass along any relationship advice because I'm not that guy, here's why.

My wife and I have been married for 42 years, and this isn't my first marriage, that should reveal a few things, like what century I hail from, that outside of fly fishing you and I don't likely have much in common, nor could I begin to guess what keeping a youthful relationship together is like in today's world and that my wife is a saint.
I come from a blood line of men who've successfully navigated multiple divorces, broken engagements (A.K.A.: Near Mrs.) and who knows how many girlfriends. In fact, I believe that between myself, my late father & brother we've helped make De Beer's what it is today. Whether they be engagement rings or damage control in the form of diamond earing's & tennis bracelets.
For example, the barber I've been going to for years makes small talk with me every time I drop in but never greets me by name.
But my Jeweler not only smiles & greets me by name, but he doesn't have to look up my wife's ring size because he knows it by heart.

This is all in a way of saying, if you ever figure it all out, I'm all ears.

Good luck to you.
 
I hope this doesn't come across as too off topic for this forum. I kind of needed to hear some older folks advice and while I would normally turn to my parents, they had more of a fairy tail where they met at 24 and 25 in college, my dad played the hopeless romantic and won her over, her parents didn't want her marrying him because of tribal BS so they fled the country together, ended up in the United States after some years and had me
Define "older folks"......
 
The ones who seek full release in the form of an empty bladder.
"Older guys" can do it 3 or 4 times a night. Pee, that is . . .
 
I've mostly had long term relationships with good women. But the time being without a woman often felt "hollow". I'd catch a boat load of fish...but there was no one there to tell the story to. I'd suffer a bloody wound and go home to an empty couch. Being alone has its advantages but that "hollow" feeling can be unpleasant.
 
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