Hey John, how's that golf thing in the middle of winter? Is there golf for the Wii? Just curious.
Anyway, I have perhaps a slightly different take on giving ourselves the same way to a new person as to a previous love. I can only speak for myself, but my next relationship will not get the same as my XW and it's not because I'm holding back, it's because I'm a different person. My XW got the externally validated, needy, clingy, deathly afraid of being alone Dan. The next relationship will get the internally validated, self-assured and willing to walk away Dan. Before, I put up with things I would in no way put up with today. It's not better or worse, just different.