Girl...yes. When I am with my kids, I feel that I get looked at more from WM then if I was by myself. To the point that my 14yo daughter will say rude ish like, "Take a picture it might last longer"
. She.is.so.my.child.
Anyways....99.9% of the time I forget that I am involved in an IR relationship because, DH is well, just DH. He is the yin to my yang, we are opposites on some things, but agree on all the fundamentals. At 40, not that I am ancient but I have definitely noticed less stares etc. than when we first started out. We have been married for 15 years. It's funny in the burbs no one looks our way, but say if we go into the city (Boston) people will look more. With my 14 y.o. I remember when she was a baby people would point blank ask me if she was mine, was I baby sitting etc. With my 6 year old no one has taken a second look or ever asked 1 rude question at all.
All this to say, in this day and age, check for who's checking for you. I kissed so many frogs in my life to find my prince. If I had been ruling people out I would have never found him.
LovinLock's please keep us updated on when your guy pops the question, best of luck
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