Part 11 - contents may be different than

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Ah I see Jim you meant "dating" w not starting off in the dating pool (or at least the option of either). I see yes you're right. I see I need to read some chapters again soon.

Yes w is definitely not ready for that right now, obviously only she knows if she will be. The "thing" has the potential to mean never apart from friends and obviously (immediately) thats not something I could do and move on, I'd be stuck in amber "wishin' and hopin'" so to speak that it would change again. That sounds like a very easy way to find my life ticking by and thats without her moving on to someone new in the meantime which Im not sure I could handle if we were close friends still.

I like the idea of "rungs on the ladder" I'll put some more thought to that.

Still, not at that point - yet, as you say we do have some very good interactions since our bd was 6 going into 7 months ago and the good book(s) say one month per year together (15~16).

Dating is not something I've ever enjoyed in the past but since I was 28 when I met w and was still very shy and introverted (moved on since then - well, a little) my experiences before then hadnt been the most fun. I dont know now obviously, as with everyone on here, hadn't really planned on it being a necssary life skill