I was married for 19 years and have been widowed for the last 2

I have been divorced twice last time nineteen years ago. Between first and second marriage nine years. I have basically been single and not in committed relationships. It takes two to make it work so I have devoted my life to the Lord so with these years I looked within and have grown into the woman I should be. I also never dated much because of the types I met were not doing well in life so I was more as a friend. Most of my relationships have been based upon a roommate situation. I never had children because of not having a committment and this is due to a lot of travel and enjoying myself in life period. I have had the same ups and downs as others, but mainly stay to myself. I watch others struggle with family, divorce, and so I always stayed around singles just for having fun from work and school. Most of my education in the past was self education. I have found interest again at the University. I deal with a lot of responsibility and always have with no outside help or very little.
Marriage was good for what it was and I still think how nice it would be to find someone mature who has the same ideals.


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I was married for 19 years and have been widowed for the last 2

I have been divorced twice last time nineteen years ago. Between first and second marriage nine years. I have basically been single and not in committed relationships. It takes two to make it work so I have devoted my life to the Lord so with these years I looked within and have grown into the woman I should be. I also never dated much because of the types I met were not doing well in life so I was more as a friend. Most of my relationships have been based upon a roommate situation. I never had children because of not having a committment and this is due to a lot of travel and enjoying myself in life period. I have had the same ups and downs as others, but mainly stay to myself. I watch others struggle with family, divorce, and so I always stayed around singles just for having fun from work and school. Most of my education in the past was self education. I have found interest again at the University. I deal with a lot of responsibility and always have with no outside help or very little.
Marriage was good for what it was and I still think how nice it would be to find someone mature who has the same ideals.

I was married for 31 years and lost my husband 2 years ago after a very long illness.

Fate has been good to me, and I'm now in a relationship with a widower who lost his wife 15 years ago.

I never intended dating him when we first met, but we did have 'widowhood' in common. Both of us lost our partners to cancer so have had many similar experiences of the nightmare of the 'Big C'.

We found that we could talk to each other in ways that you can't talk to other people that have not lived through the same experiences. It's not so difficult during the first year, but, all too soon, everyone thinks you should be 'over' it and people just don't want to talk about it any more.

Somewhere in all of this, we developed a very strong bond. We talk openly about our former partners, look through old photos together and chat about times past with no jealousy.

Now, our relationship has moved on, and we're making our own plans for a future together. It's bittersweet that we've both been through so much, but, in an odd way, it was our experiences that brought us together.

We are planning on marrying later this year.

I was married for 31 years and lost my husband 2 years ago after a very long illness.

Fate has been good to me, and I'm now in a relationship with a widower who lost his wife 15 years ago.

I never intended dating him when we first met, but we did have 'widowhood' in common. Both of us lost our partners to cancer so have had many similar experiences of the nightmare of the 'Big C'.

We found that we could talk to each other in ways that you can't talk to other people that have not lived through the same experiences. It's not so difficult during the first year, but, all too soon, everyone thinks you should be 'over' it and people just don't want to talk about it any more.

Somewhere in all of this, we developed a very strong bond. We talk openly about our former partners, look through old photos together and chat about times past with no jealousy.

Now, our relationship has moved on, and we're making our own plans for a future together. It's bittersweet that we've both been through so much, but, in an odd way, it was our experiences that brought us together.

We are planning on marrying later this year.

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I was married for 26 years and have been a widow for 2. I am still having problems adjusting. My husband died suddenly,thankfully my boys were in their 20's and I was able to find a good paying job but, the loneliness is almost untolerable at times.
I have girlfriends but, eventually they return home to their families.
I just don't know if life will ever improve. I feel I am taking all the steps I need to do. Maybe this is the best that it gets.

I hope that people are still posting on this topic
I was married for 26 years and have been a widow for 2. I am still having problems adjusting. My husband died suddenly,thankfully my boys were in their 20's and I was able to find a good paying job but, the loneliness is almost untolerable at times.
I have girlfriends but, eventually they return home to their families.
I just don't know if life will ever improve. I feel I am taking all the steps I need to do. Maybe this is the best that it gets.

I am widow for 15 years, i understand the feeling of being a widow.