Thought I'd post a quick update. Well, we've essentially lived together since last Sunday, slightly more than one week spent exclusively together. I can honestly say that it's going very well. It's pretty much the marriage I had with her before she left with the exception that we don't fight and I've adjusted better to her kids being with me. We work on things around the house together, play together, attend events together, sleep together (and yes ML). Every once in a while I get a pang of anxiety about whether this is moving too fast, but it's soooo natural. We address the issues of the past year and trust things and I haven't experienced any red flags.
Today we went for lunch. She wants us to see a C together, which is fine by me. I think a big part will be to get her to open up and resolve some of her issues from the past year, but I hope to get suggestions to head off any difficulties that may arise after this honeymoon period is over. My main issue right now is that I find myself a little to tuned in to the non-verbal things and also wondering if a moment will come when she changes her mind, although the latter situation doesn't come up much because she lets me know she loves me. So we'll look at setting something up soon. I've hesitated up to this point about telling my family. They are supportive, but they also haven't forgiven or forgotten. Their opinion is that I can do better (doesn't everyone's family think that). I know it's mainly out of concern.
So that's all for now.
Me
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
