Quote: It's just curious to me...tell me ladies were there no opportunities for you all to potentially "slip up" as our H's did?
My job site consists of 85% men and my school classes are about 75%...there's plenty of men around me! I suppose I could attract 1 or 2 given enough time and inclination . This may be "black and white" thinking on my part but I just feel as though I'm "wired" against infidelity ...it was a major part of my parents marital demise and IN MY FACE for many, many years. I just can't see choosing that path over another...and I'm on "heightened alert" to signs of stepping over boundaries so I just don't see myself "slipping up". It would have to be a conscious decision.
About 8 months ago I started working with a guy on a project that I hadn't worked with before...we had a nice ease with each other...laughed at each other's jokes, etc, when no one else seemed to get them...he emailed me a few things and one day in the course of a 5 minute conversation mentioned that he never saw his wife between her job and the kids...the red flags went way up for me and while I remained friendly I put the brakes on the 1-on-1 friendship. Maybe I wouldn't have been so alert and on guard if I hadn't been dealing with the aftermath of h's ea...
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