Lucky 1 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:35 pm
My wife explained to me today, that once the kids have left the house, she hopes to find a new man. She always qualifies the statement by saying that she has very high standards and at least hopes to find a new man. I thought that she told me last week, that she would have him take up residence in our house. She said that she likely would want a life of her own as well, so she said that she would more likely spend weekends or nights at his house, or have him do the same at our house. I assume that her mindset is that it would be hard to completely change her life for a new man at her age. I think things will become more clear, the closer we get to having all the kids in college. A friend of mine lost her husband to a heart attack at about 48, she said that she would never marry again, because she is now so used to having full autonomy of her life. She now just dates casually.
We are in the "empty nest" stage, and my wife currently has a long term lover with him she is deeply involved. They meet mostly at our house, and he spends nights at our house every now and then. We have talked, mostly jokingly, about him taking up residence with us; while the sexual side of that would be hot, I'm not sure the day to day side would work out.
However, like your wife, mine has talked about wanting more with her lover. We have talked quite seriously about her living with him, perhaps several days a week or long weekends. They would also travel together from time to time (my wife has traveled with other men in the past).
This type of arrangement has benefits for all, and avoids the need to explain to family why there's suddenly another man residing in our house!