ex girlfreind .....

and I wish I had not spent 22 years of my life trying to MAKE it work! just me.....

Try 32 going on 33. I look at marriage as a lifelong commitment and have given up a lot in my life to make/keep things working, but lately, say the last almost 3 years I'm about done with this journey. People change as life goes forward. Nothing like your significant other buying 4 vehicles, 2 used and 2 new over the years on their own without consulting you, and decide to get a personal loan to build an addition on a whim because they want it, even though you both discussed that very same morning that we need to start watching our expenditures do to me being recently retired. Then being a polite husband and opening the doors for her as a courtesy only to be told that I try to control her,:???: among lots of other issues over the years, to much to get into here. I've been called a saint at times by friends who shake their head when I speak of my past. I guess I was just extremely stupid or extremely committed, but I feel I've had about enough. I always looked at it as a team effort and often wish I had a marriage as some stated here, definitely takes 2 to make it work. To the OP, good luck and I wish you many happy times. For me, I don't believe I would make another so called pass in the future.#-o