I agree with all of you whole heartedly! I was only asking the question as a "just in case" because there are many thing in our lives which could have triggered a crisis... I'm not sure what it is, and really it doesn't matter because all 3 scenarios are handled the same way.

The big thing that has me wondering about a C is when we got engaged, the next morning she was crying while looking at the ring. I asked what was wrong and she replied, my mom isn't going to be there to see me get married. It's like 13 years later that reality set in? From there it was a matter of weeks until she moved out...

Prior to that she saw me in a vulnerable state. My uncle passed away and I took it pretty hard. Then our close friends home burned down while they slept. They thankfully made it out alive but it was close. That brought out more things in my closet. That friend and myself lost 11 friends/relatives in a fire in 98'. It was a rough couple of months around our house but I thought we made it out of the storm. That was when I decided to propose and give us something to look forward to in a positive light. Something I should have done a few years prior but it seemed like the right time when I did it?

Well proposal was on Mother's Day weekend and that may have been bad timing on my part (looking back now). Mother's Day was always rough for her and I thought with getting engaged it would put some good on that day. Not erase the bad but give it a light through what was usually darkness for her.

Anyway, ramble over. I got a bit sidetracked in background but any of those things I feel may have triggered something? Up until that point we would ML 3 times a week on average. Since the day we got engaged, nothing...


Me 34, XF 27
Many years together
Son 4
Engaged
Not engaged
Many false starts by XF
7/16 new girlfriend comes into my life
2/17 girlfriend moves in my home