Over 2 years ago, I was in a miserable marriage with my wife of over 25 years. We had a different world view, different religious views, different likes/dislikes, and different future aspirations. Our sex life was also awful, and I tended to avoid her because she was so incredibly controlling. But we had 5 kids together and I'd been waiting for them all to reach adult (or near adult) ages. Unfortunately, the state of our marriages meant that both of us were susceptible to cheating. It's not an excuse, and cheating is wrong, but it's often part of our human condition.

The point of my post is to say that I met a woman for a mutual booty call via craigslist. We had both used that medium in the past with some good results and some very bad results, but we never imagined what would happen next. She was a divorced single mother. The surprise was, we really enjoyed each other's company. We shared likes, dislikes and we loved to talk and share life. It's now been over 2 years later, and we live together and we're both very happy. Statistics say that relationships that start like ours did usually don't work out. That could be true for us, and only time will tell. But we've both been through a lot in our lives, and we're delighted to share our lives together now.

And the sex is amazing.