LBH w/ a WXW after the D - now what

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PP,
Great analogy. Thank you for the time and effort you put into encouraging me. I get to "test drive" some new trucks and make a more educated decision or even no decision. I should just keep "test driving" for awhile as long as I'm up front and honest.

I am feeling better today. Had a nice dinner/movie date last night with a "friend". We saw Star Wars. It's pretty good. I've been completely honest with her and she knows I'm hurting. We had a good time. I had another potential "test drive" reach out and ask how everything went last week. We hadn't talked about my D for about a month so she remembered when it was supposed to happen. She had said she wouldn't be surprised if the D didn't finalize. It was encouraging that she remembered and reached out asking about it.

I do need to be careful not to use this attention to cope with the hurt. If I do I believe I will struggle completing the grieving process and truly becoming healthy after.

Feyth,
Thank you for the encouragement. I don't think I'll wait to date but I will be upfront and honest with people and I won't get into anything serious. There's no way I'll be ready.

Also, I met with the senior pastor last Friday morning. He was very encouraging but one thing that really stuck with me is he said "Don't be in a hurry to move on. Often people get anxious to get into relationships too quickly. You never know what God's plan is and if His plan is reconciliation then you're going to want His plan. Don't get in God's way and don't hurry it along". There's a lot of wisdom with this senior pastors.

I'm going to focus on me, my daughter, the changes I want to make to the house and having some fun.