Maybe, she sees you as someone she can count on and trust, and she spends time with you and eventually realizes that you are the one she wants to be with.
OR
She is eating cake and you just keep adding the icing. She gets to have the parts of you she wants, while getting the rest of what she needs from the OM (or another OM, if that OM fades out of the picture).
me: 44 XH: 42 M 11 years D10 and S8 Bomb drop 9/27/13 D final 7/1/14