Emily Vernem

The question is, what do you do next?

I'm 36 and I've been with my partner for 15 years.

We had only been together a couple of months when I fell pregnant with our first surprise child when I was 23.

We then quickly had three more children.

We've got a great sex life.

We parent really well together and love spending time together as a family.

Oh.

But as we get older and our kids are getting more independent, I'm realising we don't have anything in common.

We don't like the same TV or movies or hobbies.

He likes sport.

I like art.

We're very different people.

We've been so busy raising kids that this hasn't been an issue.

But eventually the kids will be grown and gone and I'm not sure where that leaves us.

I've never believed that a partner should fulfil all your needs or

We both have full lives with lots of friends, but I'm nervous that this lack of common ground will lead to separate lives as we age.

Is our relationship doomed?

Do we need to find common interests?

What do you do next?

What do we think?