I wouldn't call 53 "old".... I still dream of being a bride and I am 77... I have never even tried on a wedding dress... Of course I don't have a boyfriend, so, it probably is not going to happen for me in this lifetime... but... you never know...
I think there comes a time, especially having gone through multiple marriages, when a woman needs to find peace, love and happiness within herself. Find yourself, not someone you think will fill your soul.
I'm actually amazed at how different certain bridal shops treat their customers when there's a camera around.🙄 A friend went to one of these shops, and was treated horribly by the staff. She was completely disregarded, and they even called the police, claiming she was trying to steal from them. When her fiance walked in, the were fawning all over him, as he is a well known surgeon, and was quietly told about the "thief". They then pointed her out, to which he said, " THAT is MY fiance!" He then grabbed my friend and left, calling them every name under the sun!! So, just remember, what you see when the cameras are rolling, isn't always the way these bridal shops treat everyone. Also, my friend and her now husband of 20 years had a wonderful, and very expensive, wedding, and they made sure to tell all their friends and family to never give that bridal shop any business!! And, her wedding dress ended up costing around $40,000 aud, so they missed out - BIG TIME!! 🙄😡🤬😂🤣👿🇦🇺
Well, your wee Mum has got it right. I get so sick of hearing about age when, if it gets looked into more closely, there are all kinds of examples to the contrary. The only time age should count is when it comes to children. Underage kids are to be protected at all times. But anyone over 25 is mature enough to be with anybody they want without the censure of others. Like I said, there are all kinds of examples that disprove these out of date attitudes. I say 25 b/c that is an age when all of the sutures of the skull are finally knitted together, signaling that the brain has completed growing. Until then, functionally, you are still dealing with a youngster. Realize that age is a man-made-up construct. We base age on a Solar (Gregorian) calendar year. What if we decided that one human year equaled three or five Solar years, or Jupitarian years? The whole thing reduces to a pseudo event. We need to stop torturing each other and ourselves with non-sense like race, religion, and age. Age importance got started b/c back in the days of no-medicine, females died in childbirth and birth-bed fever (sepsis). So, it became the practice to marry younger and younger. These days, it is recognized that children (10 - 19) are still growing themselves. Thus, early pregnancy is not advisable. Another thing: We in the US have a "youth culture." Why is that? It got started in the 1960s when fashion designer Calvin Klein introduced the "waif" look on the runway. This served a couple of purposes. Kids living at home had disposable cash since they were not burdened with bills. Also, the waif look catered to a much smaller body size so designers and manufacturers could save a lot by charging the same amount for a size 2 mini skirt as they did for a woman's size 12 skirt. It was all about the Benjamins. If two consenting adults find peace, love, and happiness, we need to leave it alone and stop perpetuating non-sense as if it were some kind of gospel truth, when it's actually political (race wars) and commercial brainwashing (for profit). Kudos to your Mum for having it right. 💐
What's wrong with loving your man? Or men? Maybe she was widowed a time or two. We don't know her life. Who are you to judge? My mom was married 4 times. Each dissolution was for valid reasons...affairs, alcoholism and one that just shouldn't have happened.
