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Dating obstacles in your 40's
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So, I've been dating someone for the last 9 months and it's been going relatively well. I've been enjoying her company and there hasn't been a day that we haven't been in contact. I'm 42 and she's 51, which doesn't bother me as she can easily pass for younger. Slight issue is, however, that all of her kids (only one's still young enough to be living with her, others are adults) have some kind of health issue that regularly require their mother's intervention. For instance, the youngest has an eating disorder (does eat, but a very limited amount of options) and is now home schooled, as her school attendance was low. My gf is a vegetarian (I'm not) and has a few phobias - the dark, spiders, cows and wooden cutlery (!)

I guess it's just a lot of baggage to deal with and I come with none.

Has anyone else on the sub met someone in later life and experienced similar obstacles?

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Whenever I see comments about "baggage", it is interesting to me. It is almost always from older men talking about older women.

If you live life, you have problems. If you think you have made it this far without accumulating any, either you are a person without much depth to whom almost everything has been handed, someone who is unaware of their own issues and likely immature, or someone who has worked hard on their shit and come out the other side a happier healthier human. But, if you had worked on your shit, you probably wouldn't say that someone else has baggage when you have none.

Honestly, her "baggage" is that she is afraid of spiders and that her (almost all grown) kids have health issues. And that is concerning enough to you to post about it on Reddit? Like, really?

It sounds like you are looking for an excuse to end the relationship. If that is the case, you don't need a reason. This lady deserves someone who loves and respects her, someone appreciates who she is and what she brings to the table. If you aren't that guy, then perhaps there is some work you need to do on your own baggage.

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