Just thought I'd post updates. I really considered not coming back after the week off from the board, but I missed everyone. This is the briefest of summaries. No real in-depth detail provided. You'll see that this summary does not involve going over to the dark side.
Wednesday: Ex-W mowed lawn for me. Went to dinner together. Fought over my kids/her kids. I tried to talk...she didn't want to have any of it. Sent e-mail explaining my position.
Thursday: Didn't talk except for brief minute I picked up van
Friday: She replied in e-mail asking if I wanted to be friends again. I replied back that I hadn't stopped being friends. Went out that night with friends. No contact with ex-W
Saturday: Stopped by her place and asked if she'd give me a ride to my car (I had to leave it at the bar ) I was kind of naughty physical wise, but we really pretty much made up. Traded in the van for a different vehicle. Stopped by to show her and she got teary-eyed. It really did kind of signal the end of some things. It was the vehicle that allowed all six of us to go as a family places. Now it's gone. We went to dinner. Nice evening. Dropped her off and went to a show.
Sunday: She called asking if I wanted to get breakfast. We went to brunch then out to put flowers at her loved ones' graves. Pleasant ride together. Tough day for her and she needed comforting. Got back home and she helped me clean house. She went back home and I went to a movie and dinner. IM'd with her after that. Fun convo.
Monday: She called asking about walking the dog. We went on a long walk together. She asked for a favor. We talked on the phone a few times and she came over once. We talked about some planting I was doing. I had some unmailed bills on the table...she put stamps on them.
Tuesday: Nothing.
Things have been really pleasant (with the exception of the fight). And even the fight was maybe okay. She has been pretty giving (mowed lawn, helped clean house) and has also been open with gratitude. While we've spent time together and it has been pleasant, I feel my expectations have not been too high. No real pining away when she's not around. That's it for updates. No real meat to them, but I'll answer any questions. Gotta get back to work. BYe
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
) I was kind of naughty physical wise, but we really pretty much made up. Traded in the van for a different vehicle. Stopped by to show her and she got teary-eyed. It really did kind of signal the end of some things. It was the vehicle that allowed all six of us to go as a family places. Now it's gone. We went to dinner. Nice evening. Dropped her off and went to a show.
