Mr. Right or Mr. Okay? New Study Says Go For the Second One
The more things change, the more they remain the same. Remember when all the sages were saying, wait for Mr. Right , no matter how long it takes, rather than settle for something (-one) less? Well now, they're all saying it's okay to go for Mr. Second Best. I've been very lucky. I met someone I knew I wanted to marry the night I met him. Of course, it took ten years to get him to the altar, but I've never been one to settle. And it certainly hasn't been all wine and roses but knowing now how hard marriage is, there's no way I would have survived this long (31 years in March), if I'd had to go through these struggles with someone I only slightly cared for. I remember, right before meeting my husband, how I'd come off a disastrous relationship with an older (married) man, only to meet a guy through friends who really wasn't my type, but he was nice and we seemed to get along. So I began dating him, and before I knew it, we were in a relations