I can't thank you enough for your words of wisdom. I had been feeling quite alone recently. Not only do I live in an isolated area but I have had a home business for the past 11 years. I've been reading this board to get ideas how others have worked on the same sort of problems that I'm facing. For the past week or two, I've become more resigned to the fact that my hopefulness wasn't based in reality. I've been telling myself that our relationship wasn't all that good and he was right to leave it. More often than not, I cry when reading the threads and end up feeling worse instead of better.
To read your story and the positive outcome is really inspiring. Thank-you, thank-you,thank-you. It is especially heartening that your first ftf didn't go all that well. I'd like to know what happened after the meeting and I'm looking forward to reading your entire journey.
My expectations are very low for our meeting tonight. I am expecting that he will be resolved to not do the trips together, and that he will take OW on his. I also think he might stipulate that should we take the trips our D must be final. How's that for low expectations? (I think I chose the wrong screen name.)
Me: 59 H: 59 Together: 28 years Married: 25 years in August "There may be someone else" 12/26/07 H signed a one year lease 4/1/08 H moved out 5/11/08 H beginning to show a tiny amount of interest 7/5/08 Is it possible that he is courting me? 9/30/08