Plank removed from eye, too late for WAW 3

[Heimlich]

GD,
International relations/French from Southern Miss
MA in International Politics (I think that's the official designation) from American University

Sadly, 4 years of French, used to be able to read -- and understand! -- Camus in French and I don't know if I could ask my way to a bathroom now were I to travel there. And THAT would be problematic as I can still manage to order a beer.

Gemini baby. Which means I argue with myself a lot. But, I'm never alone

Nah, no worries on feeling beaten on. I tend to get one thing/idea/way to approach something stuck in my head relative to all of this stuff. The outside opinions are invaluable as I try to sort through feelings/emotions/thoughts. Plus, after what my W did to me, this is like getting lashed with a limp noodle after that pain. Actually, it's kindof cool to get one of the real vets commenting on your sitch (two with you). It's like being validated or crowned as king of the prom or something.

Doing my best to detach and restrain the optimism. For now, feeling pretty OK. Though I've only been on the board for a short while, I've been dealing with this since last Oct, so in some senses I've got a jump on the detachment because I can look back and see how long this has been going on if you know what I mean.

My worse case scenario is that W is already seeing OM. She's being nice to ease the transition both for me and the girls. While we would have to cooperate closely on the girls anyway -- no family up here -- being friendly makes things easier. While she's saying some things that could be interpreted as positive for us as a couple, she's already made up her mind that OM is it for her. In about 2 months, she'll tell me she's been dating him. After the Christmas holidays, she'll introduce him to the girls and make that R official. Anything other than that is better.

Is that true? I have no idea. However, going to keep those thoughts in mind going forward so as not to be surprised if that turns out to be the case.

We'll just have to see.

BD