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Getting My Feet (Board) Wet
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Confused Confused Confused Confused
I am sort of confused. I recently have been divorced for almost 3 months. My ex wife wanted the divorce and she is now living in an apartment a few blocks away. I am a single father of 2 and she tells me she doesn't think we could get back together. Here is the confusing part of it she then asks me if she wants to go to a movie with her and she doesn't state it is as friends or as a date. I am not sure how I should be reading this. I know this is the first time she is truly by herself since we were married for 10 years. I am the primary custodian or the kids and I still love her and I think she loves me still but she has issues she needs to work out. Can anyone help me out?
 
Posts: 28 | Location: Bismarck North Dakota | Registered: 27 April 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
"living the good life"
No one can stop me now!!!!
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If she has issues to work out that the two of you couldn't work out together when married, than I don't see how spending social time together after the divorce can be helpful. Sounds like a step backwards.
I am sure she probally is lonely. I know I was at first.
Hey and my ex was a horrible individual.
I ended the marriage.
I had to to survive.
I will post the following once only. (god help me)LOL
I will never cop to this again.
I slept with him once about a month or so after the big sepparation.
LOL
I cringe at the thought now. Big mistake. What a needy step back wards.

My confession is motivated solely to keep you from moving backwards.
Please no one who reads this every mention it to me again.
(NOW- I will begin self hypnosis to remove that memmory once again.... din't happen, didn't happen) LOL
 
Posts: 2009 | Location: Ontario, Canada | Registered: 28 March 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
"Board Blazen Parent"
At A loss for Words - NOT!
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This is really new to her too and she probably is having a lot of the same difficulties you are with ending the relationship even though she ended it. She has a morning time too. She is probably reaching for something familar and secure, that something is you. When she gets more secure in herself and the currant situation she will probably move on and not ask you anymore.
It might be a good idea to let her know how you feel just like you did us.
Tell her that you still love her and how confusing it is for her to ask you out. Ask her what her motives are. Then if you are not comfortable with going don't and tell her that you are not comfortable. Try not to put yourself in a hopeless situation with false hope in your heart.
Hope I have helped.
God bless.
 
Posts: 1779 | Location: Mayberry, In. | Registered: 16 November 2004Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Getting My Feet (Board) Wet
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The thing is the problems she needs to work out is for things I have done in the past like 6 years ago she never has forgiven and it wasn't that bad but she has never learned to forgive anyone. With having a disabled child we never had much so I did not talk to her about our finances so we had to declare bankruptcy a few years ago. I know it was bad but the year we had to claim bankruptcy I finally had a job that actually was double what I was making before so for that whole time until the last couple of months she has not had to work. We were now able to afford everything we needed and then some and that is when she wanted out. She hold grudges when they should be forgotten in time. If she could learn to forgive we wouldn't have been divorced. She had refused to go to counselling and decided in less than a month we went from tryin g to work it out to separation in 2 weeks to divorce. In our past she never did work full time and now she does work full time and help take care of the kids she now sees my point of view and she understands whe I did it but still cannot forgive. I know I shouldn't hope but the way things are with our disabled child she will have no time to herself. She comes in the morning to watch the kids during the week and then works till 11 at night. She has been doing that for the last 3 months so she is tired of that.
 
Posts: 28 | Location: Bismarck North Dakota | Registered: 27 April 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Learning to Surf The Board
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this is my two cents worth. (not to re-iterate iamharmony but) if she couldn't get over the issues when she was still with you. there is no reason to think that she will now. Spending time together in a social setting is not (in my opinion) going to help the situation. It will feed that subcouncious hope that you may harbor for a reconciliation.

I don't want to come across as being harsh, I really don't.
 
Posts: 19 | Location: Paris, Ontario, Canada | Registered: 16 May 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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