Yay on the shopping! I could use some retail therapy, but since I'm trying so save money, a thrift store might work (All three of my CCs are at ZERO balance - pretty proud of that)
Im really happy for you. Doing the 'mundane' stuff (cooking, sitting doing 'nothing' together IE: reading is the most bonding stuff of an R IMO (even more than sex)\ Not even gonna touch why he didn't stay for dinner. Your 'huge' good thing overshadows that by a longshot! OW or no OW, if he didn't want to be with you today, he would have gone elsewhere regardless.
And KUDOS to you leaving to GAL even though things were going so well with him. I know I would have had a really tough time leaving him then if I were in your shoes. But GALing then was THE most effective thing you could have done, because you balanced it with some real quality time where you showed him interest and interest in 'his' stuff too.
Congrats on a huge step forward and I hope you have a great sat nite
