Dealing with a WW Pt3

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Journaling

I went to the gym right after work yesterday, spent about two hours there working out and sitting in the hot tub. There is a very nice lady that I met and we have become friends. She knows my sitch and is not pursuing me romantically in any way. Unfortunately, this lady went through the same thing. Very nice lady and she is going to come down and have dinner with me this weekend. I set a boundary that I am not looking for an R right now and that I am more than happy to make new friends and she agreed.

I went to dinner where my D19 works again. I will probably do that a few times per week. D19 works at a very nice bistro and her manager is a nice guy and therefore I get about 75% off. High end Italian dinner for $6.00? SURE!! lol.

After dinner I went and watched Clint Eastwood's new movie. Its about a WH that becomes a drug mule lol. Good movie. I got home and everyone was asleep. I didn't see WW at all yesterday and plan on doing the same today and as much as I can. Fortunately, I get home earlier than WW does and therefore if I want to do something with the kids I tell them in advance, go pick them up from home before WW gets home and then have one of them just text her saying "We are with dad".

Christmas Eve I am going to my moms home with the kids. Christmas Eve we usually read The Night Before Christmas to the kids together. WW still wants to do this. My kids have asked that we just have a normal Christmas morning. They want both WW and I to get up and just go through the usual motions for gift opening. I think we can handle that cordially. WW went nuts and spent way too much on the kids. I feel that she is overcompensating. WW never buys this much stuff. I bought them all two gifts and they know. Kids just told me as long as I am loving them they are loving me and that is all that matters.

I was planning on going to my fathers for Christmas. My dad knows about my sitch. My dad was a WH. Unfortunately, he has not been very supportive of what I want to do. Keeps interjecting his ideas on what I should do to the point where I am avoiding him. I honestly may not go to his house for Christmas. My kids will go on their own, but I dont want to be there. So I may work. $$$