Pesky expectations! But yes, once they turn negative the desire to contact dries right up!

Princess Rosa, you are a strong lady. Your compassion and optimism and kindness is unfailing. For me, coming from the school of hard knocks, I cannot tell you how I admire those traits.

It is a strange way of looking at things. What is it they say about a Trial - there are four truths in the room - the two opposing sides, the Judge's findings of "fact" and the REAL truth. I guess we all have stories like mine - me all sappied up and him probably having to explain to the GF that we were spending a night in a hotel rather than drive the two hours home (if he even told her!).

Bright, so glad you stopped by! That last conversation. I just gave up after hearing that he had been contacting GF again "casually". I believe it was Mr. Bond who said that generally the MLC/WAS is already two steps ahead of where they are admitting to be. Certainly that was the case the first time around. So, I said to him that if he felt he needed to choose that life, I release him. The last words he said to me was that he promised to call or text me soon. I said I would like that.

What I believe Bright is that he was already in knee deep with the GF again and that he was encouraged both by his brother and his therapist that the best thing for him was to go NC with me. But that is only guessing and may be nowhere near correct.

Whatever the reason, whatever he felt or feels, the fact is he has not contacted me at all, nor responded when I gave him an opening.

And I am OK.