maybe a bit off the edge?

[dingo]

I will check out that book and you bring up a really good point.

I was considering the past 15 or so years of my life. Since my first true LTR (someone I really considered marrying) ended about 9 years ago, I have never really found that comfort I had being alone that I had prior to that relationship. That continued into my current M - I would almost never do things alone. If I had to go to the store, I would time it so she had an errand to run at the same time and we would go together. It was almost as if I had an anxiety or discomfort with not having someone else there - whether it was my wife or a friend or even a co-worker (for job related stuff).

Anyway - I was never like that before so maybe that is something significant for me to work on. Thanks for pointing that out AS.