>>81826730
Thanks for listening. Even as a 35 y/o boomer now that is still the longest relationship I've ever had. I can't say what relationships eventually morph into because I don't have another one that long to personally compare it to. Earlier in our relationship we were both doing sweet, thoughtful things for each other all the time and going on a couple dates a week. We slipped up on that towards the end and, being a woman, she took it much harder than me. She initiated the conversation about feeling like the romance was dead. I think this problem could have been overcome, but again the "where to live" debate cast a big shadow over us.

We decided it wouldn't be emotionally healthy for either of us to keep fucking around together after breaking up, so we behaved like mature adults instead of horny animals. We both started dating other people within a few months of breaking up. The only time I saw her naked again after breaking up was when she came home wasted from a girl's night. She puked on herself and asked me for help. I undressed her, threw her dirty clothes in the washer, bathed her, put pajamas on her and tucked her into bed. None of that felt sexual and the next morning she was embarrassed enough to never get that drunk again.

Sometimes I wonder if I fucked up my one and only chance with a soulmate. I have dated plenty of women since then. Most of them casually, but a couple relationships were serious enough to live together and discuss the potential of marriage/kids. I still haven't felt that instant spark and immediate chemistry with anyone else. No woman I have dated since her "gets me" the way she did, and vice versa. I think this is because we met organically while all other relationships afterwards have had a dating expectation from both of us going into it.

>>211363024
Imagine the courtroom kino we'd have right now if he remained topside instead during the doomed voyage