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Do i continue to love or let go?

So my current boyfriend is 20 years older than me, and Idk why but i started to have these thoughts about losing him in the future to natural causes...
I mean when I’m 40 he’ll be 60, should i save myself the pain now and leave before i get too emotionally attached?
I know this might seem irrational and i should live in the moment instead of running out of fear, but that fear is real. The fear of being alone, losing someone to death... someone that close.
But there’s possibilities of losing someone no matter the age, anything could happen.
So what do I do?? How do i ignore these crazy thoughts? Or are they not so crazy to think?
DragonFruit · 61-69, M Best Comment
Continue to love....my sister was married to a man 23 years older than she for many years. Yes, he died of natural causes a few years ago.....but they were happy together for a long time before he died. Some people have died when they were more than 20 years younger than he was (he was 82).
If you really love someone you shouldn’t lose them now because you fear losing them a short time from now. I’m here today because my grandfather didn’t do that. My grandmother was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease when she was 18 (her parents and siblings all had it, and none of them lived past age 35). She was told she had a year to live. A short time later she met my grandfather, who fell madly in love with her and proposed to her after they had dated for 3 weeks. She told him that the doctors had given her a year to live. He said “Well, however long you have to live, that’s how long I want to live with you.” They were married for over 50 years and had 3 children, including my mother.
(My grandmother’s rheumatic heart disease was not as severe as the doctors back then had thought, and none of her children or grandchildren has been diagnosed with it).
You never know what the future might bring....don’t let go because of that.
DragonFruit · 61-69, M
Thank you for B.A.
StonerGirl69 · 26-30, F
@DragonFruit of course! Thank you for sharing your story with me, that was very sweet and motivating.

You should dump him now
SW-User
@StonerGirl69 do what dad said.
@StonerGirl69 it will ,can you video it when you tell him?
th3r0n · 41-45, M
@NunIover that's fucked up
firefall · 61-69, M
They're kind of inevitable, I fear. And yeah, no matter on ages, you will lose people you love, that's just part of life. Trying to protect yourself by never being with anyone doesnt seem to work either.
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Karma can be a bitch. Dump him for his age, hook up with someone your age, and he could die in an auto crash this afternoon. We all will die; we don't know when. So plan your life on more reliable things like what you get from the current relationship and what kind of life you want to have.
Newandimproved · 61-69, M
it is a legit concern kels. whenever two people get together they will at some point not be - death, divorce, etc.

there's not telling how long you'll be together anyway. maybe 6 months, maybe 6 years.

the main question is whether he makes you content/happy now.
th3r0n · 41-45, M
If it actually lasts like that, you got a number of years of happiness, which is more than most can say. Also, someone loving you faithfully until their last breath may hurt when they die but there is something beautiful about it too
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
Everyone dies, it can strike suddenly at any age. I wouldn't let something that could happen 30 years down the line impact your state of mind now if you can help it.
luv2fly352 · 70-79, M
No matter who you end up wanting to be with; ultimately, we're all headed in the same direction, but i do see your rationale.
SW-User
Only one thing really matters - are you in love with him?
StonerGirl69 · 26-30, F
@SW-User i don’t know, i think so. I always want to be with him, every second of everyday... so I’d say yes?
SW-User
@StonerGirl69 Is it a new relationship? That wanting to be with him ALL THE TIME is normal.

I say roll with it and see where it goes. There's no guarantees that you guys will even wanna be together in a year or two, never mind when you're 40.

Enjoy it for what it is. Live in the moment. Good luck.
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
a few years earlier and he be a paedophile
dale74 · M
No live life then when he is gone and he is 85 you will be in your 60's

 
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