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Love Conquers All

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There is this woman who was single her whole life, always lived alone. She retired at 67, and went into a deep depression. There was nothing to get up for, nothing to look forward to.

At 74, she woke up, started a real-life relationship with a 24-year-old handyman and an online affair with a 47-year-old Middle Eastern man. Long story short, she’s out of her entire life savings plus loans she recently took out to the tune of $450,000.

On the positive side, this is a person who never mastered smartphones or PowerPoint but newfound love made her learn how to buy Bitcoin and transfer it overseas.

I’ve known her for over 15 years, and I’m in shock because it’s one thing when you see it on TV and quite another when it’s somebody you know.

Moral of the story: don’t wait too long to start living your dream life or you might be surprised by the results and not in a good way.

4 responses to “Love Conquers All”

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    Avi

    Again, emotions taking over where rationality should rule.

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    ShadowsCollide

    This is why I don’t fall in love with humans, just bands. Seriously, I get obsessed with bands and have listen to all their stuff and learn all about them, but at least I don’t go broke or get a broken heart. I’ve seen too many topsy-turvy relationships around me to want to date people, I’m a natural scholar who would rather read and write and listen to music. People and their nonsense drive me nuts

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      Clarissa

      I respect that completely. You know what works for you and you are honest with yourself about it. It’s when people lie to themselves about what they really want when trouble begins.

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        ShadowsCollide

        Thanks, not many people understand that not everyone wants a relationship or to date and would rather be by themselves. I realized as a teen that I hated being around people and didn’t want all that drama since my mother’s relationship with her second husband was nothing but drama, I like peace and quiet and calm seas.

        Plus I’ve had great friendships and pen pals that started with being fans of a group, it’s great to be part of a community where a music geek like me can find like-minded people. I’ve made friends on music forums and music groups online, I regularly talk with my penpals on Messenger or WhatsApp. I find this more satisfying than dating and dealing with drama and people’s nonsense.

        To go back to the original post, to be blunt, that woman is an idiot. The few times guys on Facebook tried to message me saying I was “pretty”, I got suspicious and I immediately reported them after they tried to ask me for money. I literally told these guys to go fuck themselves, I don’t give money to people. I guess she was so blindsided by a young guy paying her attention after suppressing her desire for a relationship that she went crazy. That’s why I don’t trust “love”, mom’s second husband tried to woo me and I threatened him with a knife. He was just trying to get in my pants, I knew better

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