As, it sounds like you and I are about on the same page, who, what, where, when, how will we know it's the time? The truth is neither one of us know! A lot of what you said above does resonate with what I am struggling with also.
I doubt also that my sister is thinking a fling. She wouldn't have mentioned it if it wasn't somebody she genuinely thinks would make me a good companion. She knows how much I have been through already and wouldnt set me up to end up liking somebody that isn't looking for that.
I'm going to say something that nobody but my sister has ever heard. There was a night in febuary, my phone just wouldn't stop ringing. It was sis, over and over. I finally answered it and she immediately asked what was wrong. I lost it. Nobody in this world knew what I was about to do. She sensed it. She talked to me until she got to my house and personally took the pistol from my hand. I don't know how to ever repay her for that... I felt like my life was over, but I was wrong. It was just that life as I knew it was gone.
I had lost my uncle. My best friends home burned down (they made it out but it brought out some old skeletons from my closet. Lost 11 friends in a fire back in high school. A party I was supposed to be at). Then I lost my family. All within 3 months. It was tough!
I spent countless nights, hearing about suicide after suicide. Thinking to myself how could it ever be that bad? Why take the easy way out? Why transfer the pain to your family? Well I found out, I almost because a statistic.
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