SIDE NOTE???!!!!
That's fantastic! That is such great news, even better than reading through the success stories!

I can sense some confusion over exw in your post. Boy, do I remember going through that! RO, custody battle, and D facing me and through that whole time stbx was being pleasant around me and doing stuff for me (even wanting hugs/dates/sex?) Strange indeed. But if we dissect it too much, Bruce will be back to hit us both w/2x4's, mechanical pencils, or throw his computer at us!

Well, maybe we should all be dissecting our ex's to get him back here!

I agree, take your time on the dates, do what feels right.