Originally Posted By: 2stepboogie
I am glad you guys are going out to dinner and spending some time together. It could be a positve step to your ultimate goal or it could be just as country said......keeping it friendly so that you do not go after her in the D.


Indeed. I'd like to think that it is a positive step to my ultimate goal, however the reality is that she doesn't want me to make her life anymore difficult in the D. Either way, it gives me the opportunity to demonstrate what a great father I am and what she is walking away from.

Originally Posted By: 2stepboogie
It is very difficult however to keep expectations in check when things like this are happening in your mind you know what you want but are almost afraid to admitt it. It is natural.


This is very true. It is tough to keep the expectations in check when there seems to be a glimmer of HOPE. Of course that glimmer can be an illusion.

Originally Posted By: 2stepboogie
If she wants to recommit I can promise you that she will let her intentions be known and there will be no guessing on your part.

Did she give you any second guessing when it was time to split?

If she wants back in you will have, you must have, the same type of clarity.


There was no second guessing on the split. She dropped the bomb on me 9 months ago today and she hasn't looked back. At least to my knowledge.

Like you said 2step, there cannot be any ambiguity if/when she decides she wants back in. It has to be crystal clear and she has to be willing to do some work.

In the meantime, I must stay the course and keep moving forward.


Me:45 ExW:48
M:04/97
3 Bombs & 2 ReCons
1st BD 11/10
D Finalized 4/20
D-16 S-14
Going in one more round when you don't think you can. That's what makes all the difference in life.~Rocky Balboa