Hi! We DO get through, bit by bit, all that pain with my divorce from my ex seems like another lifetime ago now.
And while I may not have always made the wisest choices in post-divorce dates, one universal thread is that the men I dated ALL thought I was great. Some were unavailable, some inappropriate, but they all appreciated me in ways my ex couldn't. I was just thinking about that this weekend, much of which was spent with CMM (I slept over at his place for the first time - he has air conditioning ).
Even though I was much younger, thinner and prettier when I was with my ex, I don't think ex ever made me feel as goddess-like as CMM does (and as most of my previous dates did). (Don't get me wrong, I'm no super model, but a somewhat overweight 62 year old with curves in all the right places, brains and a good attitude. Add to that I like men and I'm pretty sane and men my age who like smart women think they've hit the jackpot.)
I don't think I'll ever quite understand my ex, except that he just wasn't capable of being satisfied with many things in his life, and I was just one. I don't take it personally any more.
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