Texted back and forth Friday night and Sat morning with a woman from my Lindy Hop dance night and dance team (no, she's not 19 -- she's 31! ). We dance quite a bit together and traveled to a Seattle Lindy event in August together too. We have a lot in common -- opinions on religion, politics, education, etc. She's been through a D too (about 5 yrs ago), and though she has no kids, she knows how it feels (they tried to reconcile but it didn't work out). Just light joking on the texts, but definitely some subtle flirting involved. She's growing on me...
I also had my good friend's cousin and her S2 over yesterday afternoon and evening for dinner. I've known her for years, and heard that she had asked about me a few weeks ago, so I decided to invite her over for a kids' "play-date." We had a good time hanging out and catching up with one another. Her boyfriend walked out on her almost immediately after their son was born, and has zero contact with her and their son. Not even there financially, which is pretty sad. Anyway, we talked a lot about how we've dealt with these transitions, and just enjoyed one another's company. While I cooked dinner, she played with all of the kids, and they all had lots of fun!
While we were all sitting down for dinner, my kids just HAD to ask her the very awkward question, "Are you going to marry my dad?" I turned a little red, and we both kind of laughed and said no. Kind of funny nonetheless though. It was the first time my kids have been around me and another woman since W left, and since W and BF are living together, I think they suspected that this woman is my new GF and that we're going to live together. They did like her a lot though, and they played well with her S2 (almost S3) too.
I thanked her for coming over, and we both agreed to continue to get together. No pressure, no expectations, and it was just nice to hang out, catch up, and get to know each other on a little more personal level. Since her family lives out of state and won't be here for Thanksgiving, I might ask her if she and S2 want to have it together, and maybe invite a few more of our friends that don't have plans.
So, I guess I'm more or less getting back into the single world and trying it on to see how it fits.
Maybe I should move to a new forum since my efforts to save my M are pretty much exhausted. I just don't want to give newbies and others the wrong impression and cause them to give up hope.
). We dance quite a bit together and traveled to a Seattle Lindy event in August together too. We have a lot in common -- opinions on religion, politics, education, etc. She's been through a D too (about 5 yrs ago), and though she has no kids, she knows how it feels (they tried to reconcile but it didn't work out). Just light joking on the texts, but definitely some subtle flirting involved. She's growing on me...
