OM Backed Out

[tadpole1025]

Thank you for the response exquisitetobe and Gerda and thank you for the very nice words.

My fear is to be replaced. I see OW as a competition. A woman who wants my life.

^^ That is interesting. I never feared being replaced, but my XW DID. She was the one who dropped the bomb and cheated yet she was the one that feared being replaced. Shortly, after XW left, I started talking to a woman. (Let me just say, I shouldn't have been. I was nowhere near ready for any type of relationship.) It was just a friend type thing for a while...someone to talk to. On more than one occasion, XW would text something like: "Please don't let her replace me."

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You did not waste any time. Quite the opposite. You gave your heart to someone for life.

Thank you Gerda. I actually told her many times in the past that I married her for life. Apparently, she didn't marry me for life. Haha. Somewhere down the road, if love happens for me again, I'll accept it and be happy about it, but I'm okay if it doesn't.

Sometimes I read on these boards about guys moving on quickly and it breaks my heart, as if they are moving on from ME. It throws my whole vision of love into doubt. What you say restores what I believe of love.

Thank you. I too have seen some that have moved on rather quickly on this board. On the other hand, I have often thought that I moved too slowly. Especially in the beginning, way back in 2011. I was stuck for a long time. I received a lot of 2X4's in the beginning. I was the 2X4 world champion.

Radio, huh? I do V/O myself. Get the heck back out there and start talking into a microphone. Do it in another town where no one knows you, or start auditioning on voices.com.

Haha. Nah. I had a wonderful career in radio and was very successful. But...23 years was enough for me. I got everything I wanted from it. I always wanted to be the number 1 disc jockey in my home town and I was number 1 a lot. I was nominated for CMA awards. I went out on top. Just like I wanted. When I lost my last radio job, I told myself that I was done. I've had offers to return, but turned them down. I like being normal. Being a celebrity was nice sometimes and had advantages, but it's not all it's cracked up to be. There were times that I would be out to dinner with XW or grocery shopping and I'd get recognized. (I STILL do sometimes.) It was flattering, but it got old real quick. XW hated it and I can see why. As for voice overs, I had a home studio at one point, but gave all the equipment to my son for his band. I will still do some V/O from time to time if asked by a friend in a pinch, but for the most part, I'm retired from the radio. Now I'm behind the scenes in TV and I like it. I have been considering taking a photography class though.



Again, thanks for the responses.

Tad