WAW w/Exit Affair or WW? - Divorced Anyway (5)

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Working Out - Two months at the gym with my buddy. We have a chest & back / bis & tris / legs routine with some abs and cardio built in. I've always been average to maybe above average shape for my age, but am seeing the early results of lifting weights (it's been awhile) and it feels good. I need to turn two months into 6 months and then a year.

Grad school - Just the last group project milestone and Final to go on my first semester. My grades are good but need to decide whether to continue on with the degree. My career is already going very well and not sure I want to spend my limited free time at home behind a computer on more assignments, as opposed to getting out and doing other fun/social activities.

Dating - Very little to no luck with online dating. I don't live in a one stoplight town, but it's not a huge area either, and it seems like the options are fairly limited for folks in my position. I'm keeping life interesting as a single dad but would be lying if I said I don't miss companionship. This Summer a few months after my D finalized I asked out a woman I know (very attractive, fantastic mother, great parents/family background). She told me at the time she had just started seeing someone. Well she popped up on online dating last week and though I probably should've resisted I reached out last night via social media (while I was feeling lonely) to ask if she was single again. She saw the message but didn't respond - it probably didn't come off as super smooth - so feeling a bit awkward and disappointed. Need to resist the urge to over pursue out of loneliness!

Friends - Over drinks with buddies Friday night, found out one of them (6yo and 4yo, similar to mine) had his W initiate the D process we all know so well. I offer to lend him my support as being a year or two ahead of him. Last night had plans to go to a sporting event with a friend who bailed, hence the lonely social media reach out.