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Originally Posted by ga0358
I'm 54 years old...Here's what I've learned..You will get that "Thunderstruck" feeling (watch the "Godfather"-it happens to Al Pacino..) once, maybe twice..BUT even though your all starry eyed and in "LOVE", that ain't REAL. You gotta meet someone who shares your interests and can be your BEST friend..Build something from there and it will last a lifetime...
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Your right about the need of having common interests. I grew up at car shows and around dirt circle track racing. My 19 year old cousin has been racing Northern Sport Mods for 3 years, the race season goes from March to October. I spend much of my time working on the race car all week and spending all weekend at various race tracks pit crewing for him. I like taking my 71 Chevelle to car shows when I have time. My life has always been about cars, built and drove derby cars for over 10 years with quite a few feature wins.
She is a socialite partying type that likes to cut loose and I'm the garage dweller more interested in doing something constructive with my time. She went to a few races with me, but she wasn't much into it. She absolutely hated demolition derbying, but I had retired from it before I met her (at age 28 my back said enough.) I tried my best to make it work, she didn't try all that much. Her boys and I, going to cars shows, and going racing was a great bonding time. The things I was able to expose them to are things they would of never been apart of otherwise. I miss the boys way more Than I miss her. I just hope those 3 years the boys had with me made a positive difference that they will remember the rest of their lives.