I've only recently self-diagnosed despite being an old-fart. (There's a really good chance that I've been married longer than you've been alive.)
I consider my wife my one and only friend - ever. And now that I know what I'm dealing with, I'm understanding much better why there have been some persistent problems in my marriage that defied my usual ability to root-cause and solve problems. My children are grown and living on their own. I have a great career with a senior position.
I would love to make some actual friends. As my wife and I grow old and wander off into the sunset together I want to contribute more fully to her happiness or at least quit inhibiting it.
Most of the books I'm finding are geared towards someone young who is just starting their life, whereas I can sense I'm rapidly entering the last 1/3 of my life. I don't need to know how to go to school or get a job. Do you have any personal works or works of others that you'd recommend to someone like me?
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I've only recently self-diagnosed despite being an old-fart. (There's a really good chance that I've been married longer than you've been alive.)
I consider my wife my one and only friend - ever. And now that I know what I'm dealing with, I'm understanding much better why there have been some persistent problems in my marriage that defied my usual ability to root-cause and solve problems. My children are grown and living on their own. I have a great career with a senior position.
I would love to make some actual friends. As my wife and I grow old and wander off into the sunset together I want to contribute more fully to her happiness or at least quit inhibiting it.
Most of the books I'm finding are geared towards someone young who is just starting their life, whereas I can sense I'm rapidly entering the last 1/3 of my life. I don't need to know how to go to school or get a job. Do you have any personal works or works of others that you'd recommend to someone like me?
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