Another week has passed. I have been trying to play it low key and cool. We see each other every day, and I have spent the night a few times.

2 days ago we were watching tv and a commercial about wedding bands came on. She said that she had "looked" at some new ones (I would have to say that this I thought was an excellent sign. I feel like our old ones are tarnished as well) I told her that I thought that was "good news" but didn't raise a big hoopla (didn't want to start the same old over-excited puppy routine).

All I can say is, so far, so good. I am hitting my goals and trying to respond to her feedback to how I am treating her. There is a big emotional test coming up though. She is going out on Friday for a "girls" night out with the bunch that I think was negatively influencing her about us. I don't want to be "that guy" that tells her she can't have her friends or have fun, but they are going to the place where she hung with her OM, and there is a likely chance that he will be there. I am simply not going to make a fuss about it. That's all I can do.

Thanks to everyone who posts here. It has really helped me donw the path.


I can't be the guy I was. Why would I want to.
I don't want to go back to the way things were. That's what got me here.

Time to find a new path to my new normal.