I waited four years before starting to date. After a 15 month R, I'm having to think about "why date?" again myself. In my experience here on DB and in my other life (ha ha) I've found it's usually us guys who think we have to get out there and prove we're men again...and often, it creates a mess. Take your time because real men want to establish meaningful and healthy R's for more reasons than just validation. Men are action creatures. Our answer to pain is to run out and soothe it. We tend to see taking time to re-gather and re-discover ourselves as some kind of failure. It's worth the effort though. Go slow
