Originally Posted By: RetiringSingle

The apology was intended to just touch the tip, yes. I mean it's not like she said, "apology accepted." I wasn't expecting that for sure. I just needed to convey to her that I finally am starting to hear her for what I've done.


And that is a good start. Your apology won't really be "accepted" until she sees it in your actions.


Originally Posted By: RetiringSingle

I will not fall back. I'm not proud of that behavior. I've hurt the one that I loved and mattered to me more than anyone else. When I first met her, I swore she was my soulmate.


Ahh crapcicles.....Soulmates ??

Really ????

Yea, I would like to drop kick the Hollywood producer that coined that term, right in the nut sack....

Soulmates....

Like there really is a world, in which two people naturally mesh with each other, physically, and emotional , without exerting any effort whatsoever, and live happily ever after.

And I'm not trying to be fatalistic about this.

I just think that it is a pretty UN-realistic goal for a living , breathing, relationship, that evolves and changes according to the work that is put into it. And that the idea of soulmates, sure has sold a lot of movie tickets.


Originally Posted By: RetiringSingle

I like your suggestion of what to say to her. I'll use that.


That's cool, although I would really like for YOU to think that way before you use it.



Originally Posted By: RetiringSingle

BTW, I asked in the earlier post if it would be a good idea for a gift for our A. What do you think? Too soon?



Too soon....

The seeds that you sew today, will reap a harvest tomorrow, not today....

Google a "chinese bamboo tree" , and let me know what you learned.

THAT is what you are shooting for...