It's Complicated

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It's complicated is what we read as the marital status of many people when they are asked, married/divorced. Have you ever wondered about that? I have. Sounds like there could be an interesting gossipy story.
 

When I worked for a large bank in Amsterdam, it really was complicated. Couples could be Married or Cohabiting (either with jointly owned possessions or each with their own possessions), single, seperated or divorced.
 
Things sometimes are not as they seem..

I have been married THREE times.... or.. some would say... I'm on my third husband.. However if you get the details...

Husband #1 ran off with a younger model.. leaving me with 2 kids... ages 4 and 6 after 9 years of marriage.

Husband #2 passed away suddenly after 20 years of marriage

Husband #3 still alive and well.. (Thank Heavens) after 12 years of marriage..

So.. when the details are laid out... it paints a whole different picture of this serial marrier. Not exactly a swinger...
 

I married at 21 the first time. Guilt about leaving kept me there 14 years. I married for my last time 41 years ago. Still on number two. Sometimes takes awhile to get it right.
 
QuickSilver said:
Things sometimes are not as they seem..

I have been married THREE times.... or.. some would say... I'm on my third husband.. However if you get the details...

Husband #1 ran off with a younger model.. leaving me with 2 kids... ages 4 and 6 after 9 years of marriage.

Husband #2 passed away suddenly after 20 years of marriage

Husband #3 still alive and well.. (Thank Heavens) after 12 years of marriage..

So.. when the details are laid out... it paints a whole different picture of this serial marrier. Not exactly a swinger...
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Same here except I wasn't widowed. Married number 1 at 18. Left me with two sons so he wasn't totally useless. Number 2: I don't even want to discuss as I still wonder how I could have been so stupid. Number 3 is grateful that my first two were such a**holes as it makes him look nearly perfect. :rolleyes: 15 years in April. :love_heart:
 
In my experience; it's complicated usually means the person has left one; and is starting with another; but that separation/divorce is not yet official....

personally, I would rather put it's complicated; than widowed....a term I dislike in itself; let alone it's meaning...
 
Well,my niece with two husbands always used that term on FB to describe her marital status. I`ll have to go check to see what she`s saying it is now. A high school friend of mine also uses that status-she despises her husband. She only stays with him for financial reasons-and she cares for her 90 year old mother who has dementia. She also cares for her 4 grandchildren whose mom (her daughter) is expected to pass away any day now of cancer. Docs sent her home late last week with "It could be 2 days,it could be 2 weeks. It won`t be 2 months." So it could get even more "complicated."
 
Simple for me too.

Met a girl in December 1960,married her six months later, it'll be 54 years in June.

Next week I'll again get out the first Valentine card she ever sent me.

Who the hell wants companionship? We're still in love!
 
Vivjen said:
In my experience; it's complicated usually means the person has left one; and is starting with another; but that separation/divorce is not yet official....

personally, I would rather put it's complicated; than widowed....a term I dislike in itself; let alone it's meaning...
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That's what I always found it to mean when I heard the term used.
 
AZ Jim said:
You don't have both?
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Not really. If I want companionship I'll go down the pub!

We don't have enough in common to be companions, different politics, different hobbies and interests, different friends, we watch different TV, read different books, like many different foods.

She hates computers, loves dancing.

I build my own, and hate dancing.!

Hell of a basis for a half century marriage.

The one interest we do share is jumping each others bones.

Don't tell me that sex isn't everything!
 

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