SCOUT· 34%51m·2026-09-16·News PoliticsI Was That Cliché Divorced Guy, and I Knew It
Joe Swanberg married the first person he ever seriously dated. When that marriage ended, his romantic life got complicated. Messy, even. He started dating younger women, ended up in an elaborate love triangle, and completely changed his mind about whether he wanted to marry and have children again. He openly describes…
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“Omg what a shock middle aged non committal man goes for younger woman and only takes her serious when she is ready to move on woow all of us women above 30 are so very very shocked what an unusual story wow”
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