I love to hear this. I am working on GAL. I have been to dinner alone twice but have not been able to connect or re-connect with anyone.
I suggest you create opportunities rather than going out alone and hoping for them.
Karma pushed herself out the door to meet the date, and things happened, but there are other ways.
JOIN something, (huge long list of possibilities),
Go volunteer, study or take lessons in something, take a cooking class--with other people, or study a language or take dance lessons,
PLAY something, audition for something (a great way to never think of your WAS is to have to prepare or rehearse for a live performance in just about anything), and be around people,
GO somewhere new, in a group or where a group will be, etc.
In sum, JOIN/EXPLORE/STUDY/VOLUNTEER/ATTEND/TRAVEL...
The more you GAL, the less you will obsess
and the more you will be able to detach and heal...which is mandatory to a healthy life.
The paradox is that by making your life not at all about your WAS, but rather - making it about you living a fulfilling life,
seems to get the notice of the WAS more than anything else. This does Not always mean they return, but it's about the most likely way to have it happen.
Being content from within, (which I assume is your goal), seems to radiate.
And the thing is, if your WAS does not come home ever, it won't matter much b/c you have moved forward in a healthy HAPPY way. You'll be happy, regardless of someone else's choices.
and if there is a way to regain your footing and attract them back, while not having it as the goal, this is also the way.
So it's the path of choice regardless of goal.
Make sense?
What can you join, explore, study, volunteer for, play at, or see, THIS week?
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