So I'm in the Honda dealership this morning and hear a conversation between a man and a woman. The woman looked to be in her mid-40s, the man, in his 60s. They were talking about their kids. She has three teenagers — 17, 16 and 13. His children are a little older — two sons, ages 40 and 31.
The gentleman was concerned about his sons' singleness. It seemed they wanted to be bachelors forever. He noted to the woman:
"I just can't get my sons married."
"They've had good relationships, but they don't want to get married. We've met a couple of young ladies that they've brought home for holidays or on the weekend, but I think they're looking for a young lady like their mother. We've been married 43 years."
"They go to the Dominican, stay a couple of weeks. Then go to Jamaica, stay a couple of weeks; go to Puerto Rica for a few weeks."
"My son always talks about so many broken marriages and so many kids being born out of wedlock. Very few of their friends have settled down. Some got married in their mid-40s. One got married in his early '50s. His '50s !"
"My oldest son was engaged twice, one young lady he had known since middle school. She would come watch him play football, go to his high school games. We thought she was the one. But when my son was ready to settle down, she was always traveling, going back to her country. It was disappointing to him."
"The young lady had an aneurism at age 36. She is now in a nursing home, paralyzed on the left side of her body. She was beautiful, beautiful. You should see her now, wouldn't recognize her. Her speech is blurry. She has a twin who got married this year."
"When we visit her in the nursing home and she sees that my son still hasn't gotten married, she says, 'he's waiting on me.'"
"After her, I think he sort of gave up. It's disheartening. It's sad."
Soon after, the man left. But he gave me a lot to think about.
What are your thoughts?
2 comments:
Absolutely pathetic for men to take other people's marriages and think that's the way their's will be. Such BS and not very mature. Just irritates me to no end. Men too scared to commit---to me that only makes him that much less of a man--no courage or faith. I truly don't understand it. Sorry to go on but you hit a nerve.
I think they are just not ready to commit. They still want to play the field and date young-ER women who don't make them commit to them. I don't have the energy to get in to 'relationship talk'.
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