Ask Amy: Elder exes want to reignite their flame
Yes, divorced couples do sometimes reconcile after many years apart. And a percentage of those couples (an estimated 30 percent) break up again.
If you choose this particular “walk in the rain,” I suggest you make this choice with much more care and compassion toward your current partner than you showed the last time.
Dear Amy: My husband always runs late arriving to scheduled engagements, family gatherings, funerals, our son's basketball games, etc.
I am the opposite, and prefer to be there early.
He becomes very upset if I tell him that I will meet him there because I do not want to be late and miss any special moments.
He accuses me of "not wanting to be a couple.”
Am I being selfish when I arrive alone?
I don’t want to miss the boat any longer.
– Early Bird
Dear Early Bird: If your husband maintains that you need to be late (along with him) for family gatherings, funerals, and your child’s basketball games in order to demonstrate that you want to be a “couple,” then I’d suggest the obvious: That being on time for these events is a valid way for him to demonstrate that HE wants to be part of a couple.
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