Thanks guys. I am working on making the suggestions above be second nature and not be something that I have to think about everytime I am presented with a scenario like the one above.
The posts came when I got very lonely on my drive back from a weekend trip to Seattle with D4. We had an ok time, the event itself was miserable, but we made the best of it nonetheless. I'm just sad that I cannot share these things with someone like W. It also hurts to think about being single and struggling through dating again. Just a lot of bad memories that I did not want to revisit and coming the realization that D is still likely and I am going to have to go through the dating and courtship process again. It is just disheartening.
MC today. Summary of DB Coach session 4 to follow eventually.