J, you make some good points, very good ones, and hearing about your thoughts on this subject adds valuable perspective to my experiences.
Weather permitting FF#1 will join me for the group activity. Poor weather we will do something else.
Ironic, I always felt this jealousy of people who seem to just happen upon a new mate so easily, many shortly after a divorce, and seem so happy in their new R. The cheaters find them while still married, but I doubt their standards are very high!
FF#1 coming into the picture the way she did, and when she did, was truly incredible odds. Someone that I knew since 4th grade, I wondered in high school if I would have been interested in her and decided not. But my wish list has changed now that I am older (and hopefully wiser), and she seems like a great fit. I know I could trust her to never lie, never cheat. The conversations we have are deep, and so meaningful. We talk about parenting often. She loves kids, I know she'd take mine in, and be a better influence in their lives than xW.
