[Calgary14]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I found my late 40's and 50's wierd, I'd got divorced at 39 so most of 40's were just coping with that, I had no time to be reflective just looked after my kids but once the worst of that was over, my kid hit her mid teens it felt like parenting was a grind, she wanted to hang with her friends and then off to college so I knew what the point of my life was, her and my foster kids, but couldn't see any results, they were all just pain in the arse teenagers, when she grew into her twenties it got a lot better, I could see the result of my effort

Any tips on surviving that stage of life? That's pretty much where I'm at right now (newly divorced)