Good advice. She initiated contact this morning, so I guess that is a decent sign. I feel like at the least she has positive feelings for me again, at least to some extent. I know the only thing I can really do is be patient. The only for her to reconsider is for her feelings for this other guy to slow down some. Have some reality sink in. That will take time, I know that.
One thing I know I need to do is go from pretending to be happy, to actually being happy. That is just hard to do. But, working on it....
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