So recently I've been reminded of several differences between dating at 20 and dating at 40. First off, when your 20, you rarely talk about marriage, especially within the first 30 days of meeting. In fact, I've gone months and often years before that conversation comes up. At 40, you look at your date on a completely different level and often think to yourself "is this someone I can see myself with next month or married to next year?"
As is the case with B&B. At just under a month, we have gone from 0 to 100mph. We talk about possibly moving in together and /or marriage as if we are ordering breakfast at my favorite diner (Jim's, on Redwood Road. It's really good comfort food. I recommend the "Jim's breakfast" for days you are hung-over or really hungry.....oh god, I am off topic). I'm not necessarily saying its a bad thing, its just definitely another reminder that I am getting old and don't really have years to "take it slow" in getting to know someone the old fashion way......or is this just how we justify rash decisions and how we tend to jump into things too quickly? Current statistics say that first marriages have a 60% failure rate and if you are on your second marriage your odds go up even higher.
So based on statistics because B&B has been married before, we are already doomed; although if I remain single I have a 100% chance of not being a statistic, although another 100% chance of eating breakfast alone at Jim's.
Hmmm.....
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