MHL,

Thanks MUCH for the last minute coaching for tonight's get together! (Seriously. It REALLY helped.)

Played TT with XH tonight and we both had a good time. I think that we recovered from last week's convo nicely. When XH arrived he was ready to have fun and I was cheery and inviting to him. No mention of last week's convo until we went to our cars after the game (more about that in a minute).

I tried to flirt with XH and I think I did OK. He was laughing a lot. I brought props: a desk top TT game with tiny little paddles (XH enjoys novelty and kitchy things). I challenged XH to play me with the tiny little paddle and he did (he actually hit the ball a few times. smile ) In the past he wouldn't let me put balls into his pockets, so this time I tucked the tiny paddle inside his shirt for 'good luck' and after he won his 5th game I spanked him on his butt with my paddle. He didn't object or get uptight. Lots of winking and eye rolling, smiling and laughing.

Asked him questions about the important things in his life right now. Hit the high points.

On the way out, we talked about reserving the court for next week. I told him I couldn't do Wednesday and asked if Thursday would work for him. He said that it should work .........so it's interesting that he seems to value our TT get togethers enough that he's willing to schedule around them.

When we walked out to our cars after playing I told him that I really appreciated that he had told me about his boundary. I said that "communication is good". He nodded in agreement and reached out to hug me. We hugged tightly for a few seconds.

So............XH seems to be invested in maintaining our R and also showed signs this evening of being willing to flirt back with me a bit (pretty sure he was flirting with me a bit confused).

GAG