Dating After 40: Do Any of Us Really Know What We Are Doing?

A while back, before the glory of this blog, I posted an anonymous comment in one of my fave blogs - Her Bad Mother's Basement - about my affair with Sawyer . It's allbeit a little mushy - it was written on one of those days when I fancied my emotions for Sawyer leaning from the good "l" word (lust/like) to the bad "l" word (love) haha. Funny, now it's ignited a trail of comments you must read. Some from sympathizers, most from women scorned. Check it out - Miranda http://herbadmother.blogspot.com/2010/02/about-neighbor.html

I’m your average, middle class, married working woman, two kids, nice house, church going, supportive family. Everything that should make me a “good” person. Here I am in the midst of a tumultuous affair with my next-door neighbor. Yes it’s my own personal Lifetime movie! Let me go back to the beginning… I’ve been a good wife for the most part these past 10 years. My marriage to Duckie (and yes that is a perfectly good reference and comparison to the original Duckie from the classic Pretty in Pink) was never anything exciting but it was comfortable, solid, something I decided I just needed to be happy with. I never strayed all these years, though more than once I considered having an affair usually out of anger or frustration. Over the last 3 years especially, things grew more and more distant. I stopped trying to talk to Duckie because he never understood me, never had. Despite his arguments and disbelief, we have serious communication issues and honestly, I’m tired of supp...