My son is divorced only three months and he's already engaged and I'm worried. [View all]
He was besotten with his ex-wife. He dated her in high school; she broke it off with him; she got pregnant with another guy and had the baby; and my son reunited with her and married her. He was kicked out of their house for more than a year and he still believed she'd take him back. But she filed and he had no choice but to be divorced.
My son is 33 and thinks that he has to get married again right away -- because of his age. I'm not kidding. He thinks that if he waits, he'll miss his chance to get married and have a family.
He's a nice guy, but too nice a guy. The girl that he's engaged to is still in a relationship with a guy with whom she's still living (I know, I know . . . ) and with whom she's been together for almost a decade. And my son thinks that she's ready to marry him????? Not to mention I'm worried about the other guy coming after my son for "stealing" his girl.
It finally occurred to me last night that the type of girl he's attracted to is the kind who needs to be rescued. It's almost as if he believes that if he rescues a girl in trouble, she'll stay with him as an obligation, not because of love, friendship, trust, etc.
Back to my original point, he wants to marry the first girl who's nice to him after his divorce. Not satisfied with being friends or going slow, he's ready to jump back into the deep end of the pool after he was pushed into it.
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