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My first boyfriend ever was when I was a freshman in college. He was a year older than me. We are both half asian/half white.
We dated 6 months. Now this was a long time ago. I'm in my 30s now. I went on Facebook few weeks ago and searched for people I once knew from high school or college and happened to find my ex Rick. He remembers me. He was married for 13 years and has 3 children, until his wife cheated on him 3 years ago. Rick's parents divorced when he was 7. Ric's younger brother is also divorced. I have never been married and have no children. I was engaged, but things didn't work out. As soon as I private messaged Rick he said to call him and he gave his number. Well that night I did call him and we were on phone for 3 hours! How many of you guys like to talk to girls for that long over phone?? I do recall talking to Rick while we were together for hours. He lives in another state, but is moving back to the DC area next week. I couldn't stop laughing while I was on phone with him and I always laughed when we were together. I don't know why. My other two ex boyfriends after him I didn't laugh too much. Maybe because Rick was my first ever boyfriend? The thing is I wonder if these words are ok for a ex boyfriend to use. He has called me dear, honey, love and goofball during our conversations. I do have guy friends, but they never call me these names. Rick is also the only ex I have talked to over phone or Facebook. I know it's harder to find a single man or single woman in their 30s. It's easier I think to find singles in their 20s. Divorce rate is high too. I know several of my high school classmates are on their 2nd marriage or had a child out of wedlock and are now single moms. I don't think my family would approve of me if my fiance was a divorced father. If he was a widower without kids or divorced without no kids maybe that's ok. But I rather be with someone who has never been married and has no kids. I don't want the crazy ex wife coming after me or the kids resenting me thinking I'm replacing their real mom.

Are you asking us whether or not we think you should get back together with him? I'm confused about this post.

Op you need better paragraph structure. you need to separate questions from the anecdote.

If you and your ex are hitting it off that's great. Most likely he will pursue you for a relationship, though.

I still have feelings for people from ages ago (embarrassingly I don't/didn't know some of their names, even). There are two girls who if I could get into contact with (and one of them didn't get as bad into drugs as I suspect) I would pretty much be theirs if they would have me.

Oh ok sorry about that. I meant is it ok for an ex boyfriend to call his ex girlfriend love, dear, honey?
Is it common for men to talk to women on phone for hours??

I don't think either is very common. The "pet names" are desirable if you like them (personally, I don't care for it, but I'm kind of weird that way). The long phone calls, IMO, are wonderful.

If he is wonderful in every other way, him being divorced w/children should not be a deal-breaker. After age 30, there are very few people of either gender who have not been married at least once. Not saying they don't exist, but they are rare.

That is true that after age 30, it is quite hard to find someone who is still single. I do have another friend who's 4 years younger than me who is on her 2nd marriage, but she has no children at all. I was nearly engaged when I was 25, but things just didn't work out. That was the last time I was in relationship. I do want children, but given my age, it's probably risky. They said after age 35 if you have your first child, it can cause issues with the baby. I do want someone to call me mom, but the aspergers, LD and the IC which is a terrible bladder disease gets in the way. I tried to be intimate with my last boyfriend, but it was too painful. So how can I get married if I can't be intimate? My last relationship did end because he wanted me to move in with him. I don't believe in shacking up. Also with my two past relationships, I never talked on phone with them long time. The thing is also Rick and I not only talked on phone for long time, but he always made me laugh uncontrollably. I have no clue why. He isn't a joker. :/

I think you already know the answer, OP. It isn't normal, and he is interested in you. If you're not interested in him, why lead him on, even if it's unintentional?

Maybe he calls you those names because he was used to calling you them when you two were together & he hasn't quite adjusted to the boundary change with being just friends. As for as talking on the phone goes; i know it's generally a lot more common for NTs to talk on the phone than us Aspies but I don't know how much is normal for an NT guy to talk.

I think it's different when you're older and you both have a different level of maturity and approach to life, you're hardly even exes at that point, moreso two people who share fond memories.

If it were a more recent ex, or a longer more meaningful relationship I could understand not wanting to re-establish contact.