Toxic masculinity?? WTF?

[Armybrat]

Oh, I dunno - my middle brother's 1st wife ran off after 37 years of marriage with him. Don't know why it lasted that long. He's been hitched 16 years with #2.
Oldest brother will celebrate his 60th anniversary later this year.

Am heading for the 51st myself, so it looks like this one might stick.

[ltxi]

duuuude really?

Yeah. Was married and divorced three times before I hooked up with current. I was pushing 44 by then and she'd never been married just turned 26. A lot of family and other folk just here we go again rolled their eyes but we actually had solid lock on it. Thirty one and a half years at this point and still going strong. And two of my exes are still very good friends, with both of us. Sometimes the sun even shines on way late to grow up fools like me.

[b4uqzme]

Yeah. Was married and divorced three times before I hooked up with current. I was pushing 44 by then and she'd never been married just turned 26. A lot of family and other folk just here we go again rolled their eyes but we actually had solid lock on it. Thirty one and a half years at this point and still going strong. And two of my exes are still very good friends, with both of us. Sometimes the sun even shines on way late to grow up fools like me.

Forgive me. I am new at this. If I am hearing you right, Smiley and I need to split up so we can be friends again?

P.S. is the second one always 26? That wouldn’t suck. (Double)

[ltxi]

Forgive me. I am new at this. If I am hearing you right, Smiley and I need to split up so we can be friends again?

P.S. is the second one always 26? That wouldn’t suck. (Double)

Well, it worked well for me for two out of three.

No, the second was younger. But then so was I at the time. I'm good with an 18 year age difference. A twenty five year delta would probably be my practical limit these days.

[b4uqzme]

^^^ like they teach in Sportscar driving school: you never know your limits until you exceed them.

[ltxi]

^^ Well, having said what i did....my spouse approved girlfriend, mentioned often in these pages, is to the day 31 years younger than me. And in other circumstances......