Hey donna, I am sorry it has taken me so long to catch up with you. Sometimes we simply spread ourselves too thin.
A blind date, who would have ever thought that you would be going on a blind date.
I am sorry it didnt go well, but usually they don't. I am a believer that romance has to have a spark to ignite it and a blind date does not allow for that. First time meetings are too awkward and way to much pressure.
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I miss the companionship, the partnership, the friendship, the contact....and don't really see where there is time to develop that, start all over again.
Donna, when the time is right, the right man will be there at the right time. That is how God works. No one ever thinks they will find it again. Real people aren't supposed to feel like they will find it again because they thought they already had and committed to that lifetime together. So what you are feeling is IMHO normal.
You have kids that you take care of, you have a life of your own to discover as you have been with only your X for so long, and you have all the time in the world for romance to come.
What you have done here and the way that you have grown over all this time, well, it sells. Men will see the strength that it took you to do what you have done. Men (that are worth a shitt) will have a great deal of respect and be attracted to your ability to work through adversity and fight for what you believe in.
Remember it is not a horse race, when it is time to trot you trot, when it is time to gallup you will know and you will let it go at that point.
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I don't have a lot of confidence that I would be approached first (x is the only person in my life who approached me romantically--there have been 3 or 4 others who showed interest, but only after I had indicated that I was interested first).
I disagree, you will be approached and just when you least expect it. Odds are you won't be approached until YOU are ready to handle it.
