Okay I need some ledge-talking. During some casual texting tonight, she mentions that she met a therapist at a party last week and they talked for a while today. I said, "That's great. How is your counseling going?" She is confused, then informs me that "we actually connected because he was interested in me". So I ask "Um what?" and then she doesn't text for a while. She then says she is "out of practice" and didn't pick up on the fact that he was interested in her at the party (even though she said they talked all night). He called her today (not sure how he got her number) and they talked for a while. Her full explanation was:

So I met him last week. Very cool guy. He talked to me all night but I guess I'm out of practice and bad on picking up on clues. Nothing happened, I left. But apparently he's interested. We talked today and cleared the air and good as friends. He's good with that too."

We then had a brief conversation about how to pick up clues. I was able to give her a compliment about how great she looks within the flow of the conversation. I made a joke about getting his number (since I called a possible EA OM in June), and she didn't seem to be in the mood to laugh at it. It kind of deteriorated to where she maybe thought I was prying, so I quickly ended the conversation, reminding her of a football game that's on TV and to have a good night. But this is now consuming me. I thought I was fairly detached. I went to salsa again tonight. Was fairly happy leaving. Then this, and now I'm completely sick again.

The other comment that has been sick, though is that she said, "I'm just surprised. I thought I'd get a lower class of hit on." I know I'm mind reading, but wtf? Like someone uglier? Is she now going to be more open to the possibility of someone else? I'm also guessing she won't tell me about something like this again since I had a mild freakout in the text, as much as I tried to play it cool.

I actually thought I had detached so much that I was maybe falling out of love with her. Nope! I want to tell her how beautiful she is, to kiss her, to curl up on the couch with her again, worse than ever. Damn, so much re-detaching to do now...I guess I should expect setbacks.

Is it at least a good sign that she told me about that.


Me 38, WAW 30
D11 (former marriage)
S2
T 8 years
M 3 years
BD 8/20/23
S 8/20/23