Thank you - sorry for the delay.
I don't get to visit this forum as much as I used to. Before I go further, I want to thank you for the greetings and apologize for having taken so long in responding.
First, I have some bad news. My wife and I are no longer together. To make a long, painful story short she found someone who was closer in age and had more similar interests. We had lived apart for some time but I hoped one day we could patch things up and get back together to be a family, especially for my son and daughter.
That all changed when my wife had a daughter with her new man. At that point I struggled with the reality my family dreams were shattered. For much of the time we lived apart I lived alone. It was painful, and I felt I was pining away.
While the mother of my children long since moved on, it was only in the last 18 months my loneliness finally came to an end. I am blessed to be with a wonderful woman; she is only two years older than me (she is 57, I am 55). I may no longer be in an AGR, but I hope the lessons I learned during my experience in one will be helpful to others here.
I'll try not to be a stranger here and post more often.