Making the best of my life

After years of failure trying to start a relationship, I 34 decided just to focus on my career and life and stop wasting my time failing. I've an older brother who is married and has three children including two boys so the family name would survive. First action was to transfer back closer to my family. I settled in and started taking my nephews and niece to things they wanted to see, even camping. After about six months I was happier with my new lifestyle than my old one. During my visits to my brother's place, I met their widowed neighbor 30 a few times, she like my brother and sister-in-law worked long hours. My career isn't that demanding as it is specialized and once, I start a project it isn't required for me to be around a great deal at least now as much as my brother, sister-in-law and neighbor are required to be in their jobs. My weekends are free all the time, except in an emergency which is very rare, I've never been call in for one in my career yet. My sister-in-law (SIL) thought their neighbor would be perfect for me; I was also taking the neighbor's daughter to event with my niece and her brothers as she is my niece's BFF. I'm easy going and have gotten along with the neighbor well, not making the mistake of trying to date her and ruin the friendship. But as I hadn't made any effort to date my SIL decided to take a hand in getting us together. Without us both knowing of her reason we were both invited to dinners and always sat together or guided together at BBQ's. It was obvious to everyone except me, even the neighbor picked up on it quickly that her friend was trying matchmaking. I'd became so intent on avoiding trying to start relationships, I neglected to notice when I was being pushed towards one. The neighbor liked me, a plus but also had bad dates after being widowed so was cautious but willing to see how I responded. She knew of my failure to start relationships and how I'd given up trying. So, she went along to see how it would go, I was finally wised up by my brother, as I wasn't responding fast enough for my SIL. Shocked at first, but I did like the neighbor, but my bad dating record had held me back was my excuse as a reason I thought of on the spot. My brother told me to just ask her out and just be me and see how it goes. I was nervous the day I asked her out, half expecting a refusal. But she accepted and to lessen the pressure I took her and daughter and my niece to see a show the girls really wanted to see. First date a success, albeit with two little girls as chaperones. Another date this time alone with the neighbor and then a third, several more dates before I stayed the night. I was in a relationship, and we were getting on very well together. Then as is usual for something comes up that threatens to spoil things for me. My neighbor lost her job as the company closed down. My SIL wasn't going to allow her best friend to sell up and move away as their nothing in area that would provide a good paying job for her friend. My SIL told me to stop playing with myself and propose, I'd had been thinking of asking before the closure but was bit too nervous about spoiling the relationship. My SIL said the relationship is doomed unless you do act. So, I asked at first, she was quiet and then accepted my proposal. Telling my brother, my SIL and all the children. My brother just smiled, my SIL said about time all four children were happy. That same weekend I moved in with my fiancée, she was paying off her home, I rented. Eight weeks later we were married, one good thing my now wife is unemployed, she and I are together a lot more and have started trying to add to our family.