I'm not surprised at all. I have stated this before, men tend to avoid the sadness stage of grief. Women avoid the anger stage. You cannot truly heal unless you go through these stages. When you commit your life to someone, and you really mean it, you commit your life to someone. Now, that is not saying that there cannot be a future with someone else if the commitment is broken. But lets face it, we are not all here because we just decided to move on. We are here because when we made that commitment, we meant it. We didn't want it to be broken.
V1, you have to go through every emotion before you can claim yourself healed. That is why it is recommended that you don't date. The other person ends up being a band aid, and in the end, it doesn't heal us, and may cause us to turn around and hurt someone else. You can't give emotionally right now, and the new lady is certainly deserving of receiving someone who is 100% ready. No matter what she says, it is only fair to the both of you to agree to take a break until you are emotionally more on solid ground.
Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..