You ask Why. But we all feel the need to have someone. The one person who cannot see the faults. But instead the person. We or at least I feel the need to be needed more so than wanted. I believe a woman needs to feel she is special. I had this. It was mutual. And all my dreams were in front of me. I looked forward every day knowing how blessed I was to have this one incredible romance. He became my Sunshine in all my darkness. ... then came his stroke. He has forgotten so much of what we had, of how it all began.
Yes, dating online is a beginning. You first learn about each other and know deep down in this dark part of your soul, THIS is what I was born to become. And for a while we can look back. Reach out to seek this moment of thought just one more time. There will be sorrows, just know the love shines brighter than the pain of what you left behind.
I feel it is time for you to reach again for that 'Brass Ring' to see for yourself the greatest of all is to LOVE and to be Loved. Be tender. Make a promise, you will always be there even if your LOVE fades.