You did not blow it. You made a mistake. Period. It happens. Don't beat yourself up about it, you pick yourself up and keep moving forward.
"Regarding being "buddy-buddy" with Ex-P...I've read every success story on here and most of them note that they were a "friend" to their WAS no matter how hard it was for them. This is where I need help/clarification with approaches."
You can be friendly to him and remain friends, but your actions go too far. You don't continue to push him into the arms into someone else. And least of all you don't help him with the child of the person he's with.
She gave him a ring to claim ownership. It's her collar on him to own him. Don't let that intimidate you.
Do you contact him all the time or does he call you? Now is the time to start a plan of action.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.