A little background (dates approxomate):
3/09 | W announces she wants D but is willing to wait for MC
5/09 | W starts multiple EA's, mostly over the internet, also tells people we're D already
6/1/09 | W has PA 1 night
7/7/09 | W and I have 3 way (she is into this and brought it on herself) then gets jealous, walks out, returns, starts a physical fight, I drive her to destination for sleeping and cooling off, she has PA and starts EA that lasts 2 or 3 weeks until she finds out she is OW to him
7/19/09 | our anniversary... she tests my loyaly through text message, I figure out it's a test, after earlier infidelity I get angry and respond with a fail on purpose... no happy anniversary is said, she calls me on it, I call her on it, nothing resolved
7/09 | she doesn't come home at night, I drive around town looking for her at 5am more than once, she "loses engagement ring" which ends up in a pawn shop by a "mistake from a friend"
7/29/09 | she gets intro message on myspace wall from new OM
8/1/09 | separation official but agree to date
8/3/09 | W and I sleep together for the last time, she moves in with OM 1 hour away, returns to town with him 1 month later
10/31/09 | W asks help to leave OM - "write me a love letter, he gets pissed when you do that" etc
11/4/09 | W finally broke it off with OM, says to me "we're probably not getting D, I just need to get some help (mental issues)"
11/20/09 | W diagnosed bipolar, put on seroquil, falls into deep depression for a few days and calls OM, gets angry he is taken and convinces him to leave his GF, W denies they are together
12/2/09 | I start dating for the 1st time since the separation
12/12/09 | W finds out about OW, flips out and tells me if I can date she can too, 5 min later she's fine with everything including OW
12/20/09 | my OW is waaay too needy, decide to break it off, she threatens suicide, I cave, she gets appointment to get on meds
1/5/09 | OW's dr appointment, gets on meds
1/12/09 | W throws a "we're still married" fit when trying to rent movies on my video account
1/14/09 | I start DBing for the 1st time and call her on the "we're still married" comment and tell her I am done waiting for the talk we're supposed to have "later"
this coming week | will be officially done with OW (waited on meds to kick in, since they did I have already distanced myself)
after that | will date another OW but use a better screening process

Why date again if I still want W? I am lonely. I miss the company of a woman in every way. I will not have OW move in, spend the night, or meet my kids. It may just be a sick way to cope, but I'm past the point of caring about that. W has no say in the issue. If she's going to be upset with that then that's her problem. After all the above I think I deserve to have company too, and someone who respects me quite a lot more than W does. Part of DBing IS coming to terms with the fact that M might not work out, and seeing someone else in the meantime has seemed to have little effect either way in many of these cases. It sparked some jealousy when W found out about OW and got us talking again, maybe it will the next time around. The current OW's jealousy effect wore off when I told W I was getting rid of her, then back to silence from W again. Is this fair to OW's? Of course not. IMHO it's OW's job as a GF to convince me I have a reason to not go back to W. If I land someone more compatible/attractive/sane than W then why would I worry anyways? I rolled over for W for far too long, and when it comes to relationships for the time being it's me time.


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