I think I was on EP for 3 years. Maybe a bit longer. Was sad it closed, but am enjoying this site a lot as well. Came from Ireland while married to my now ex husband. He was Irish too, and I came a year later. Once here, he dumped me and filed for divorce. Then, if it could not get worse, I found out I was going to be deported. Depressing. Then I met my future husband. Really nice man, but 16 years my junior. A kid, I thought. But acted real mature. Never was pushy for what most men wanted, but pursued me relentlessly. I never asked him about what he did for a living or about anything else. Also told him marriage was not on my mind. Well, a few months later he proposed in front of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. I caved in, said yes and had a ring on my finger that had an unbelievably huge diamond. We were married and he got my deportation stopped. Once married, I found out that my husband is what I have heard called a "cash cow". Rental houses, apartments, real estate, trucking, landscape supply and the list goes on. Never mentioned any of this. I went from a marriage that was hell to one I never could imagine. Money means nothing and can't buy happiness. Thankfully, my husband is great. A little wacky, can be stubborn. Most Polish men are stubborn, I am told. But a real sweetheart to me. And my ex? The woman he left me for had left him. Well, that is the short version of the story. And I finish every posting with ☘ or 🍀.
