love

India
January 22, 2012 8:20pm CST
hello friends...is it possible to fall in love at the age of forty? shocking right? Its true.. but one of my colleagues has fallen in love at this ripe age with her colleague.she e is feeling the same feelings as she used to feel last twenty years back and now she wants to break up her marriage and leave her kids for this man.should she leave her home and family for this man friends.....what do you suggest??? thanx in advance have a nice day
11 responses
@vt689586 (584)
• India
23 Jan 12
oh! its sounds very crazy but any way i want to tell you that there is no age limit for being in love.and remember one thing more that love is blind so for being there is no condition at all. but as you say, she wanted to leave her husband and children and going with her love ,is not good decision because you very well know how Indian families are,the place of women in the family most important and if she leaves her children then what she is going to proof ? is she does not love her children?
• India
24 Jan 12
yes friend i think you are absolutely right.Marriage is not a joke and to top of it haiving children out of the wedlock is not a passing game.But my friends inspite of my talking my heart out just does not seem to understand that. I dont know but she has absolutely become blind in love and in that she has forgotten everything which is just not fair. I just hope that she realises her mistake soon and chooses the right path. May god give her the strength. thanx
@vt689586 (584)
• India
23 Jan 12
if that is your desire then why did you marry with that person , sometimes its seems very greedy when we just think about ourselves ,when we are not thinking about the people who are related or somewhere dependent upon you. according to your response it looks like you are not marriage but you are in some contract and when your task finished you don't care about any thing. before taking any steps you should think about on all possibilities.Just remember one thing love demands scarifies .
• United States
23 Jan 12
Yes a person can fall in love at even older ages than 40. I am 64 and have fallen in love again but I am not breaking up a marriage to go after this woman. I say that she should get some professional help before she makes a very big mistake. Since this will affect more than just her and her husband but will also affect her children and her new "boyfriend", it would be wise to find out what has happened to her and her husband. Try to work out what has gone out of her marriage and try to fix that first. If it is irresponisable then figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life knowing that she might find someone even better in the future that she will fall in love with.
• India
23 Jan 12
well friend...i completely agree with you that the girl should work out what actually went wrong between her and her husband because if she does not do this then she will surely ruin not herself only but also her family as well. thanx for the response...have a nice day
24 Jan 12
I suggest she looks into heart and does what makes her happy. If she stays with a man she's not happy with then she will regret it in the longrun. But be open and honest. It will look bad on you if you just run off with a man without a word. Look into your heart and do what makes you truly happy. Is marriage counseling a waste of time? Can your husband change and make things better? Not enough details for a full diagnosis.
@bubuth (1815)
• Philippines
23 Jan 12
Its normal to fall in love at the age of 40 but i think its not normal to leave her kids just for her another man. She must make a sure decision because if she will choose her another man it will be a very hard adjustment for her kids because of broken family.
@mikno1 (27)
23 Jan 12
Falling in love at 40 is possible as well as falling in love with someone else while you're already married. But the latter is so much complicated. I guess your friend has some problems with her marriage that's why she fell for someone. I suggest that she should really spare some time to think about it. It's a very hard case. To think that she already have some kids and leaving them would surely affect her relationship with them. Also broken relationships are very hard to mend. If it is me I think I would choose my children over the man that I want to be with. But still the final decision lies on her hand so let's just hope that she'll be able to choose the right one.
• India
24 Jan 12
yes friend...i also personally think it that way only.her this decision might prove to be very costly in long run because no doubt in the spur of moment she has listened to her heart but her conscious will always say that somewhere she had been wrong. Hope God will guide her and show her the right path. thanx
24 Jan 12
with love, age doesn't matter. but it is not right to leave your family for another person.
@Hammie (17)
• Indonesia
24 Jan 12
Love is the source of life. Without love nothing can live. He should not be thinking selfishly, because he must think of the children and husband who still need love to live.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
23 Jan 12
It is foolish for a committed woman to fall in love and be consumed by love to the extent of leaving the family behind. The welfare of the children should be the priority of every mother. Love is a mysterious feeling. It strikes when we least expect it. She should not rush to make hasty decision to ditch her family for the sake of her new found love. It may just be an infatuation mistaken for love. She should consult her head as the heart is a weak organ that usually don't think rationally.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
23 Jan 12
You want my opinion? Since it's hard for me to believe you mean this seriously. So I ask you: Is it possible to cry at the age of 40? To get angry at the age of 40? To get sick at the age of 40? To feel lonesome at the age of 40? Or is it possible to feel pain at the age of 40? Sorry but this is really one of the most rediculous questions I heard. And I would like to know why you think that if someone is 40 years old he/she has no feelings of love anymore. You describe it as if life is over at the age of 40. Most women over here get over 90 years old! So if you are 40 years old you are not even at the half of your life! Ever thought about that? Falling in love is a feeling! It has nothing to do with age. If she thinks this man can make her happier she should go. I don't think her children are very little since you write it's the same feeling as she had 20 years ago! I suggest nothing but I do believe that every person is responsible for his/her own life. You are the one who has to get the best out of your life. You are the one who has to make your own life happy. If the marriage is over, if there is a better chance alone or with someone else you should take that chance. It needs a lot of courage, you might have to sacrifice things but we all have to do so. Each choice we make means we have to give up on something else.
@sumatix (257)
• United Arab Emirates
23 Jan 12
if that lady would have been a widow, seperated or single i think it would have been no issue.but she is married and putting her marriage and her kids on stake at this point..? i don't think it to be a good idea.Moreover may be she is having just an infactuation which happens to many as she has been married for a long time and the constant things go a bit boring and when something comes new we are obviously attracted towards it..but after sometime when the illusion ends..the reality steps in..Then many a times we are not left with anything.. I have such thoughts as you have written here only about your friend not anything about the man..is he also married..having family..then this relationship will only bring sorrow to both of them and their families..(i think so)
@parascevi (313)
• Greece
23 Jan 12
Of course it is natural and possible and i think this is really often. I have heard many people fall in love in very later age and i find this completely natural.Of course i do not agree to leave her kids for a new love, this is very hard and i am really sorry to hear that.
@arjunm (439)
• India
23 Jan 12
it is not very shocking news for me.. because now a days it happens in many body's life... i think love has come any time.. love dos not follow age.. but your friend have kids and husband... its a matter.... my opinion on this regards is your friend should say all the story to his husband.. if she has no love n care towards her family then if she stay with her family no value would per sense .. so its better to leave her family is better to do not creating any issue......