Can I ask why you started into a new R with GF to start with? It sounds like you jumped into a rebound to lessen the hurt of losing W. But in the process you are just hurting your GF and probably yourself too.
I thought it was really over. I thought *I* was done. I thought W was going to live her life and I was going to live mine. I THOUGHT I was ready to at least go on a date, which I expected to lead nowhere. I didn't expect to find what I found, and I didn't expect W to change course.
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Did she initiate that? Pretty unusual move for a WAS, that's a nice baby step. But again, where is GF in this picture? Seems you're trying to lead a double-life.
She did. Pretty sure she tried to kiss me at one point, too, but I avoided it. The fact that I could do what I did is one of the main reasons I broke up with GF. Despite what she may think right now, that's not fair in any universe.
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How did you respond? Hopefully you listened and validated, but didn't give her open-ended promises about how you'll wait for her.
Can't tell you, I don't remember exactly.
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And if he is then you're letting W cake-eat. She gets to have her fling and return for dates with you when she needs her "family time". I understand your desire for "just one more day" but in the end did that extra day make you feel any better about things? Or just more confused and in turmoil?
Didn't make me feel better, made things "worse." Even if I was being used, I wouldn't change that day.
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I'm not sure this C is the best choice for a DB'er. Doesn't sound like it. It is REAL EASY to find people to tell you to quit and move on. But is that what YOU want? Or do you want to stand? If you want to stand then surround yourself with advisors that support that.
When I started seeing C, I wasn't trying to save things anymore... I was trying to figure out how to be healthy again. I know (especially now) that I'm not. Fixing that trumps any relationship concerns I might otherwise have.
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Do you think she is wrong?
She was 100% right. Another reason I had to leave.
