Losers: Wayward Wife & LRT (9)

[Defacto]

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a spell but I just want to check in.

It's been over a month since D finalized. It's been a few months since I started dating. Even though it's extremely early, I'm very excited about my current relationship but I know this isn't a dating forum. Things are just going really well with me right now. I actually had a personal revelation on the way to work the other day when out of the blue I told myself how happy I was.

My interactions with XW are probably the least stressful for me since pre-BD. I just don't feel like I need to protect myself emotionally with XW anymore. She knows I'm dating and actually said that she was really happy for me.

But, from time to time XW will say that she misses me. She even called the other day to tell me that she started thinking about our honeymoon and got sad. I know this is normal for folks when they're dealing with a loss. I think I allowed myself adequate time to grieve the loss of my MR but it does still effect me a little when she says things like this. I would describe the feeling like the way you miss the familiarity of an old friend.

Does anyone have a good example for a response to my XW when she says these things for a fellow at this stage of the journey?