Thread: Please Share your opinions....

Originally Posted by peggy66

Hi...

I will try to make this brief. I am divorced 5 years with 3 teenagers and haven't dated too much and have been fine. Although since my oldest daughter has gone away to college I have this fear that i will be alone.. Lately I have been counting down the years till my youngest goes off to college like my life is ending at that point. Is this normal seperation anxiety?? I talked with the doctor back in November and he gave me some drugs but then i felt numb so quit taking them and was fine for awhile.

Anyone ever experienced this or am I really messed up??

I have a girlfriend that justs "lives for her children" both teenagers. She used to be quiet down on herself because the reality was that as such, she would not go out either, or find things that interested her, or would stay over a girlfriend's place, because her "teenage" 21 mind you, children would be home alone when they woke up.

She is a changed woman, we have been friends for a couple of years now, and i kind of kicked her in the but a bit, lol. Okay she won't stay over but that's okay just means we catch a taxi if we decide to drink, which most times we only have a couple anyway so it doesn't matter.

But point being that she realised at 48, that she needs to have fun as well and enjoy her life and now she does.

Her confidence level was very low as well and now it is much higher which going out and mingling can do that to a woman.

We also have dinner at my place, girly nights and we chat about life more in general.

She now has re-developed relationships with old friends as well, so i have trouble getting a date with her...lol...

So maybe you are simular, and don't get out much, no real hobbies outside of home?

This may just be the type of thing you need to do so that you get more of a mixture in life.

It's hard enough getting older, let alone getting stagnant.

Hope this helps.

CW