My WAW story

[mtb1981]

2 weeks ago I finally realized that I needed to give her space, so I went dark. After 3 days of no contact she called me that night and said she missed me. I told her I missed her too, but that was about it. We talked for about a half hour about random things. In the middle of this whole separation she had mentioned that we should date, but I was a moron at the time and still in panic mode and told her that she just needed to come home to work things out. That I thought it was silly to "date" my wife. We were already married, we just needed to fix the problem, move on, put this in the past, and work on a new better relationship. Boy, was I dumb. Now I realize she was inviting me back in, but I was too impatient to jump on the offer. (I never realized how many stupid mistakes I was making until I found this forum)

Anyway, during this call after the no contact, I asked her if she was still interested in dating. She said yes, that is what she wanted the whole time. So I asked her to go to a baseball game with me later this week, and she agreed. Another partial screw up on my part, I asked her if she was sure she wanted to do this. That if she didn't want to go out with me, she didn't have to, just let me know and be honest. This seemed to irritate her a little bit, so I dropped it immediately and moved on. So in a couple days we head to game for our 1st date. I keep reminding myself to keep a PMA and be upbeat, not talk about relationship issues, and to just have a good time. I've screwed up enough, and I think I have finally got this half way figured out.

Any other suggestions on how to handle this upcoming date? If so, they would be appreciated. Wish me luck!

mtb1981