P2YL | 37. Interview with a journalist: My 'second chance at love'

My midlife route from devastated divorcée to happily remarried

What I learnt en route from quietly devastated divorcée to happily remarried 

Reading the interview now, with the perspective of time, this is what strikes me:

• I doubted my chances of being happily coupled-up again but somehow I stepped out with a little bit of faith and a little bit of determination. 

• I knew I’d up my chances if I pushed myself to be a bit more sociable though at heart I tend to be both shy and lazy.

• Learning to feel comfortable around men again was just practice. Good quality dating-sites and Meetup Groups proved helpful for getting used to meeting new people and learning to feel friendly and calm while doing so. 

• Patience pays off. Instinctively I knew it might take time. It took nearly 10 years to meet my husband Tim, to whom I’m now been married nearly as long. But through it all, though I sometimes felt I was back at Square One, I trusted I was heading in the right direction. 

I wonder if you’ve had similar experiences, or what point you are at in your relationship life?

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