Been a while so here's an update. I had a day out miles away with the kids. We had a great time. A few days later WW went to the exact same place with them.
I have been wondering why WW keeps copying the things I do with the kids. Today, someone explained why it could be... it is like a dog or cat marking its territory... that it is a known tactic to diminish the good memories the kids have of doing unique things with me. WW goes and does the same thing with them and then it doesn't seem to be so special from the kids perspective having done that only with me. The manipulation by WW is incredible. It is relentless and exhausting.
Anyway, a young lady that I regularly speak to very briefly in passing has been texting me about meeting up for a coffee. She is less than half my age, and stunning. It's nice that she is making an effort to be friends with me. I also went on a blind date with someone but I said in advance that it was just to be sociable and there's no romance. It went well and will meet as friends in the future. She has been single for 7 years.
Today, I was out and about sightseeing on my own and I met a woman on a day trip visiting where I live. I got talking to her and we spent the day together. She said she had been single for 10 years since a very bad relationship that hurt her a lot. She said that she had once been in a relationship for 5 years with someone she had never loved but didn't have the heart to say to him as it would have upset him. I wondered whether WW had felt that way about me. The lady doesn't have any kids, and she goes travelling a lot to lots of different places on her own on a very low budget. She said that she had such a lot of respect for me - it was weird hearing someone say that considering WW had left saying she had no respect for me.
I find that meeting new people and listening to their lives is very interesting. I feel that I am making some progress.
