After becoming a newlywed bride at 40, I realised my independent years helped me form a solid and secure relationship with my partner. | Mel Buttigieg | OPINION
As a young girl, I felt a societal expectation that I would be married with a couple of kids by my mid-20s. So when I approached my mid-30s as a single woman, I was prepared for life as a spinster.was not something I saw coming. The sentiment among my mother’s circle of friends was generally, “I thought she would have been married by now!”In hindsight, my path of self-discovery as a single, independent woman only helped form a solid and secure relationship after meeting my partner at 35.
My partner has introduced me to the great outdoors through hiking and camping trips, and I’ve encouraged him to travel and learn new cultural experiences – he didn’t even have a passport before he met me. He’s come along to the theatre, but it’s not really his thing, so he encourages me to go with my friends instead.Likewise, I’ve dabbled in the world of Dungeons and Dragons, but I hardly get FOMO when he plays six-hour campaigns without me.
Much of that trust comes with being secure in ourselves as individuals and finding one another later in life. We both had independent lives as adults before we met, and we have built a mutual love and respect over our past five years together.On a global scale, Aussies like us are waiting longer to say “I do” than other nations.
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