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#165856 - 11/17/08 07:29 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: chatty lady]
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I think the statement "It's not so much about meeting the right person, as it is about becoming the right person," says mountains about a relationship. I am a better person in my relationship but it came at the cost of a divorce.
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#165909 - 11/18/08 02:09 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: Dotsie]
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Registered: 08/12/08
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Chick...100% agree and if there is one thing I've learned through the lessons I've been handed is 'I can't change someone else, I must be the person I want to attract'. And, dadgummit, I sure wish someone else could do the work (grin). It sure would make my life easier if that would happen! Reminds me of a saying my dad used often "wish in one hand..."
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#166001 - 11/19/08 06:02 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: Dotsie]
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Nope, Dotsie, you're right! And it seems to me, although my opinion *could* be a bit biased (grin), that women get to lead the way on the relationship front!
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#166541 - 11/26/08 09:00 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: Mama Red]
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Registered: 11/24/06
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Choose to focus on the good things, starting with the fact that you are ready for or have found love again. Love is meant to be celebrated; not something of which to be afraid."
"Our attitude either gets in the way or creates a way," Glenn concludes.
I love that last quote more for a mantra for life than just about love again after being widowed. A reallie good find chattie and Dotsie
i think i gonna nick that quote poor rumi had his day lol.
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#167157 - 12/07/08 04:06 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
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Good Morning Ladies, You've all got good points. We must work on ourselves first, to be our best selves, in order to have a successful relationship; hopefully, we all learned that the first time around in the romance dance. It's been quite an experience finding myself again after losing my husband, then working on that new self, learning new things, discovering a brand new life. But, I have to say that I'm with Chatty. I'm having a blast with friends, starting a new career and fully appreciating my independence and freedom. I loved my husband, he was a sweetheart, but I'm really not interested in looking around for love again. Men are a lot of trouble. I spent 35 years training the last one; don't think I have the time or patience to train another. I'm having too much fun as I am. Copygal
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#167317 - 12/09/08 07:02 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: Dotsie]
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Hey Dotsie & Chatty, I appreciate the kind words. You & the rest of the Boomer Gals have played a huge part in helping me in this journey. Thanks for the all the encouragement & support you've shown. You Gals are the best! Copygal
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#168314 - 12/20/08 05:26 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: chatty lady]
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I've said it before and I'll say it again--You Gals are the best! Ya'll are part of the reason I've found purpose and joy in my life again. 2009 looks to be bright and wonderful! I'm starting a new job, finding my own place and hopefully getting my book published. My new boss/friend is an angel, who has been so helpful in promoting my work. What can I say? I'm blessed when it comes to friends, online and off. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone here on the Boomer site! Alanna- aka Copygal
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#179658 - 04/08/09 06:03 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: Dotsie]
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Registered: 04/08/09
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Maybe you can help me clear this up. We are family of a widow that lost her husband last August, I am her daughter-in-law. I was one of the first to recommend that she should date and get on with her life. The problem is now that she is dating, she is trying to introduce her "new boyfriend" to her granddaughter (our niece) and generally force acceptance on her kids of the new man, whose name we don't even know yet.
That, and she is lying about the amount of time that she has been dating him. When confronted about it, she alternates between hanging up the phone and screaming and twists the problem into the fact that we don't like the fact that she is dating, which is not true at all.
My spouse has angered her by not accepting her behavior as rational or normal given the situation, especially since one of the reasons that she is giving for dating is to find a man to renovate her house. She is also flying to Vegas with this man in a month that we don't know the name of, a place she liked to visit with my ex father-in-law. She is not a gambler but I am worried that the new squeeze is.
Are we being ridiculous here to be concerned about her and this behaviour? We're not really sure what to do. My greatest fear is that this new guy is a con artist and we should get a background check done, but my spouse is too angry at her to go that far. He maintains that she is an adult and is responsible for her own choices, but I am concerned that her choices here may land her in the poorhouse.
Should we just do as she wishes and ignore everything without any opinions on the matter, or should we go ahead and get a criminal record check done by a PI, if only just to show her and the rest of the family?
If I am completely off the reservation here, please feel free to let me have it with both barrels. I came to a community of boomer women so that I would have the opinion of women from her generation. All the kids/spouses etc. are in their low to mid thirties.
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#179763 - 04/09/09 02:46 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: Dotsie]
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Registered: 11/04/08
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I agree that you have every right to be concerned, BUT she is an adult and can behave foolishly if she pleases. That doesn't mean you should just ignore her, but I'd be really cautious about getting a background check on this guy and then showing to the rest of the family. Once you ring that bell of interference in someone else's life, you can't unring it, and you may well drive her further away. If someone cornered me with background information and had already shared it with the family, I'd probably never speak to her again -- even if she turned out to be right. It's just an embarrassment you can never live down.
That said, however, your MIL does sound like she's behaving strangely. Do you all live near each other? Is there someone near who can visit her casually and try to find out what's going on? Frankly, she sounds a bit like she's trying to use someone herself if she's looking for handyman help. I wish you luck; these are very tricky situations and people can be extremely evasive about what they are doing. I have had this happen in my own family about other problems and have had to accept the fact that I'll never learn the truth about some things.
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#179867 - 04/10/09 06:43 PM
Re: Dating after being widowed
[Re: Ellemm]
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Registered: 11/04/08
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Oh, I'd definitely support showing any report just to the MIL at first. My caution is that, no matter how much people try to help, a lot of times the whole thing will blow up in your face if the other person doesn't want to hear about it. At least you will have tried, but the outcome is far from certain.
Unless this guy has captured the MIL, she is responsible for her own behavior. So if she's yelling at people and hanging up the phone and has already admitted that she's looking for someone to fix up her house (is this friendship? is this a business deal), she's got some major red flags as well. In addition 'forcing acceptance of the new man' sounds like the family is pretty cautious about someone new anyway. (But there's little doubt MIL isn't doing a very good job introducing him around.)
While this might not be the problem in angelawest's family, a lot of families encourage a newly single parent to start dating again and then do everything they can to sabotage the relationship. This stuff just gets so complicated. Needless to say, I hope everyone, including MIL and the new guy, keeps a cool head and doesn't do anything foolish.
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