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Following a failed relationship in my 40s, solitude is tempting. But Iām not giving up on finding love, warts and all My birthday is coming
Following a failed relationship in my 40s, solitude is tempting. But Iām not giving up on finding love, warts and all My birthday is coming up next month. I will be, by my count, even more ancient than I was last year.
Iāll be far enough from 40 to make it irrational to lie and say Iām actually in my late 30s. Iām solidly, unequivocally in middle age. And when youāre in middle age, you do a lot of looking back, soul-searching and other highly unproductive activities.
Iāve been doing that even more thanks to being dumped by my girlfriend a month before my birthday. Yes, I am a 41-year-old man who uses the term āgirlfriendā, a word that infantilizes me just typing it.
What am I, a teenager sobbing to a Smiths song? In spirit, yes. I am. Continue reading...
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