You know, G, not everyone loves to travel and I saw some profiles when I was OLD who seemed kind of braggy about their traveling. Like look what I can afford to do. I’ve never really had the travel bug and being single most of my adult life, I had plenty of time and could afford to but it just isn’t my thing. I say all that to say that just because you don’t or can’t or whatever doesn’t make you less interesting than those who do. You just have different hobbies and interests to fill your time with.

I’m so sorry you are having a rough time. I really hate it for you. Like ur, I’m convinced there is someone out there for you. You mentioned missing M, but do you really miss M or is it more the idea of who you thought he actually was in the beginning? For whatever his issues were, his breaking up and telling you “something was missing” was NOT about you but about him and his own warped sense of self. I dare say that the fact that he knew you had heard that before and been crushed by it makes me wonder if he used it because he knew it would likely keep you from coming back around so that he had to face you again and honestly deal with all his crap.

I’m just going to put this out there for whatever it is worth. You are a grown woman so I’m not telling you what to do and you will make the decision that you think is best for you. Having said all that, I don’t know if you are ready to date yet. As Don pointed out, you were already starting to fall back into your old pattern where you were just totally done with vanilla dude but then we he popped back up and asked if y’all were still on go for a date Friday, you made excuses about why it would be ok to go. YOU ARE WORRH MORE THAN THAT!!!!!!!!

Last edited by job; 01/26/20 10:44 PM. Reason: edited a word for Dawn

Me 52, H53
Bomb drop 9/29/2014
Divorce from XH final 12/17/2014
Marriage #2 12/31/2019
5 adult (step)daughters (3 from XH's first marriage, 2 from current H's previous relationships)
6 grandkids