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July 12, 2008, 8:47 am PDT
Age Is Never the Problem
Quote From: suetiggersI'm 67, my hubby is 56. We met while he was in college and I was a separated mom with 4 kids on welfare...but going to college. I've been a psychotherapist for over 20 years now. My husband Mario and I lived together for 25 years before we got hitched and married for practical reasons. (He needed health insurance) We don't celebrate our wedding; we celebrate when we fell in love. I do a lot of work in my private practice with couples and have found it very helpful at times to use examples from my relationship with them. Mario and I still love and like each other a lot. We've both learned a great deal from one another and been best friends as well as lovers. We still find each other interesting and make each other laugh. We're very different kind of personalities but think a lot alike. Neither of us are religious but we care about morals and ethics. I only wish more couples learned how to have this kind of relationship. I am 63, my husband 56. We have been together 11 years and married for seven. I am thankful everyday that we met. He is my third marriage, but he is my soul mate. We like many things. We both get up early, we are both pilots. He is now disabled from back surgery and keeping the airplane was too expensive so we have a catamaran we can sleep on, fish on and (most import) shower and potty on. We like fishing, gardening and yard sales. We don't try to change each other because we like each other the way we are. We aren't rich, but I wouldn't trade him in for anyone else. I was attracted to him because he was kind to children, animals and old people. We are best friends and we hold hands all the time. It's honesty, compatibility, goals, humor (very important) and character that make a great relationship.
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