If you want a healthy relationship, leave the past in the past.
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This comment was by SMK in reference to the post – Women Reveal What They REALLY Think About Single Men Over 40
Coming from a long-term marriage, into my happy single years, I have learned the biggest red flag when dating at this age is someone who brings his ‘Ex’ into a conversation. Why, oh why, would someone want to discuss their Ex? You’re sitting at a table, out walking the boardwalk, wherever you are with a new date discussing your Ex? How absurd, how out of place!
Focus on the new person you’re with. Our Exes are history, Goodbye, good riddance. How can anyone expect to have a second go-round if their Ex keeps creeping into the new relationship? Exes only creep around if we allow it. That needs to stop to develop a new, healthy relationship. Comparing me [or women, for that matter] is WRONG and unhealthy. Every relationship is a clean slate. It needs to be treated as such.
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