11/25/2008

"boy-toy"



I married my “boy toy”, John. He’s not my first love, but I knew he would be my last.

We met late in your lives. He was in his early 40’s and I was crashing into my 50th birthday.

When you’re young & dating, you have the tendancy to blurt out all your past relationships…thinking you’re just opening up & sharing…trying to have a meaningful encounter with a new potential “love”. But if you take the time to go to the other side of the mirror, you’ll see someone making a damn good point why not to date them.

Both John & I had been on both sides of the mirror. Had all the so called “fun” in dating and were so tired. We did want to have companionship…friendship…whatever. No commitments…just a potential friend to go to concerts, movies, dinners out & talk & bitch about work, our bosses, and life in general.

In the process of not looking for “the One”, we found each other. After a few months, John proposed and of course I said yes with conditions. Though I looked pretty good, I was chronically ill. We talked at length about my health and what would potentially happen. My looks…my stamina…my heart would all be gone sooner than most. I told him I would marry him only after a year when he could think about the situation and see some of the deterioration.

After a year, I think I was more scared than I ever had been when my doctors first announced my prognosis. I thought John might decide to leave…but he stayed.

I know nothing of John’s past relationships and he only knows enough of mine to explain some of my weird behavior. For a short moment I once tried to figure out our marriage dynamics…the only thing I could come up with, was we try to help each other whenever we can…I clean the litter box because I know he hates to do it…he throws out the garbage without a fuss because I’m too weak to do it…I give him free access to the remote & try to make him laugh during the commercials when I know he’s had a hard day…and when I feel too ugly & fat, he caresses my cheek and kisses me just like on our first date.

6 comments:

jan said...

Thanks for sharing your love story. The Mr. and I married late-ish, too. We started out as just someone to "hang" with and then fell in love. The Mr. is not in good health,either, but none of us has guarantees...

Christy said...

A lovely story indeed. Best wishes to you both.

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Unknown said...

This is beautiful and very touching. It also could have been written by me, except that now I'm 50 and he's 43, and we met just over 4 years ago. Other than that? Oh yeah. And, I also call Eric my Boy Toy. :c)

I'm happy for you that you each found your love. It truly is what gives life it's sparkle and glow. The very best to you both, always.

Anonymous said...

When I got married at 50, I called myself the 'oldest first time bride in America', but of course I'm not.