LOL! "My time, nuff said!" You said a mouthful!
Ok, I am 41 and I've only been posting a coupla weeks. Not many posts have anything to do with me right now, but they are things I can advise about from my past. YOUR post is the first so far that relates to me.
I totally agree that after so much giving it has to be our time. Three weeks ago after a 15 hour work day I stopped by the grocery to get my 28 year old boy toy his favorite beer. We watched his choice of movie, made love twice and in the morning I woke him up twice with sex before laying out his towel and making him waffles and bacon for breakfast. He was feeling squiggish from hangover and I suggested he take a thirty minute nap before going to his pizza delivery job. I was being mushy and sweet and he had the nerve to say, "I don' like being babied. Makes me uncomfortable." Well I countered with (In Stepford Wives sweetness) "Oh, I am SO glad you let me know, you just saved me a WHOLE lotta time and effort!"
Suffice to say he has not called me nor I him in three weeks. And I am SO OK with that! Do not EVER waste time and romantic energy on an emotional squid. Our ability to love and romance is a sign of our creativity and if a person does not fathom that, well, then they are shallow idiots. Only a FEW are blessed with real feeling and creativity. Sadly they (we) are the very ones who bitch and moan over being shit on by the clueless (myself included until my BF of three years dumped me out of sheer cowardice.) It is OK to feel duped cause we are. But that doesn't make us stupid. We just need to redirect that energy to real people who deserve it.
Be patient. There is someone out there who will CREAM over what you can offer!
Leenie