Surrendering to hope

[istherehope]

Hi Sep,

I agree with you about not getting ahead of myself...I guess I should consider it Stage 2, though I think as Pisces once said, the stages are kind of fluid and not exact. The ML is definitely a step toward stage 3, though of course this happened for awhile even in Stage 1, which I can't kid myself is a place that we could end up going back to if not really careful! Also the ML is this weird in the dark thing where it happens only after we've both been sleeping, or trying to sleep, and then he just sort of grabs at me, not romantic in any way. Still, I'm not complaining in any way!!!

I think too that Pisces made a great point about Stage 2. Once you're fully entrenched in stage 2, you're really on the way to reconciliation. I'm not saying I'm fully entrenched in Stage 2 yet, but I think this theory makes sense. Once you start rebuilding a very close friendship, the rest should come a bit more easily. Seems to me that it's stage 1 that's the killer!

And I do love my dream, even if I don't think it's totally realistic...I'd be thrilled with even a simple "I missed you" at this point...

ITH