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7/26/2009 12:17:03 AM  
cinnimini
Bentonville, AR
46, joined Mar. 2009


I've been divorced 7 months. I barely function still. How long does it take, on average to get where you feel normal again? I have never had psychiatric problems. I'm known as someone with a positive attitude. But I can't shake the depression. Now he is "in love" and probably getting married. Why do I care? I think because I am still miserable and I'm mad at him for not being as miserable.

I just want to move forward but I can't.



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7/26/2009 12:37:59 AM Bentonville, AR  
waytogo51
Over 10,000 Posts!!! (11,783)
Farmington, AR
58, joined May. 2007


Just keep taking it one day at a time. Get involved with activities and keep chatting on here. It does help. Good luck.

7/26/2009 8:25:09 AM Bentonville, AR  

arkansasgem1
Morrilton, AR
55, joined Mar. 2009


Well, depending on the circumstances. Were you still in-love with him? Did you want the divorce? For me my divorce was like losing a close friend or family member to death. The loss, pain and grieving were no different.
7 months isn't all that long. Give it time. The old saying holds true, Time heals all wounds. Even though you may not feel it, each new day will be better than the day before. I have been divorced for 5 years. When I joined this site back in the fall is when I decided I was ready to open up and let the outside world in. It wasn't only because of my divorce I took so long. But I had to start over, relocated, find a home, job. Then my daughter got married, pregnant, new grandson (15 months).
For me, I would say it took the better part of the first two years to be able to look back and remember and not grieve. My ex also remarried quickly. Divorced again just as quick, it lasted a year. I went through exactly what you are. Some days it was all I could do just to push through my days. "Will I ever be happy again? Will I ever find love again?" "Will the heavy feeling of loneliness ever go away?" All of this weighed heavy on my mind every day. I was depressed, severely. Around close family and friends that would visit I would pretend everything was okay. I didn't want to worry them. It got to the point I didn't want to see anyone. I didn't want to have to pretend everything was okay, when I was dying inside.
Cinni, I've been there. If you would like to talk, I'm here. Kerrie

7/26/2009 9:43:53 AM Bentonville, AR  
arkigirl
Cabot, AR
56, joined Mar. 2009


hey its hard to get over and it takes a while but put your life in full forward do what you enjoying doing and pretty soon your life will be so filled you wont have time to miss him or think about it good luck you got wonderful friends here that respect you

7/26/2009 12:02:02 PM Bentonville, AR  
penelope32
Pocahontas, AR
38, joined Jul. 2009


Cinnimini, I have been divorced two years and I am just now functioning normal again. What you are going through is very normal, and in no way are you alone. I know it hurts for your ex to move on, not so much because you still want him, but because you feel it is unfair for him to be happy and you not, or atleast this is how I felt. Having said that my ex remarried 6 months after we divorced. It was the best thing that could have happen to me. It allowed me to truely know it was over and I felt free to move on. I hope that you find everything that you are looking for. And I wish you peace because i know I could have used it.

7/26/2009 4:51:15 PM Bentonville, AR  
cinnimini
Bentonville, AR
46, joined Mar. 2009


Quote from penelope32:
Cinnimini, I have been divorced two years and I am just now functioning normal again. What you are going through is very normal, and in no way are you alone. I know it hurts for your ex to move on, not so much because you still want him, but because you feel it is unfair for him to be happy and you not, or atleast this is how I felt. Having said that my ex remarried 6 months after we divorced. It was the best thing that could have happen to me. It allowed me to truely know it was over and I felt free to move on. I hope that you find everything that you are looking for. And I wish you peace because i know I could have used it.


All your answers are comforting and full of truth. I picked this one to quote because you picked up on something. I want him to be as miserable as I am. He put me through hell and as usual, I'm left holding the bag. But I am a survivor, even though I don't feel like it right now.

7/26/2009 6:35:07 PM Bentonville, AR  
shag_shag
Mountain View, AR
55, joined Jul. 2009


och it hurts. I am in the bigest empty I've evey know. I have a three beadroom place. No family within hours. In a small town with no social places whatsoever. Really need someone(s) to talk with. My x was my whole world and I moved to this little town for her and built my life around only her. Am I an idiot or what.

7/26/2009 6:55:06 PM Bentonville, AR  
shag_shag
Mountain View, AR
55, joined Jul. 2009


Anger at him. Think about this: Anger is an emotion. A strong moving emotion. As an emotion in makes you (by choice) still in a relationship with him, your just imposing anger for/with love. That is not mine is is from great minds of the past. Even I have a hard time getting it into my head and hart. I also went through all the anger "flips"

7/26/2009 8:21:03 PM Bentonville, AR  
cinnimini
Bentonville, AR
46, joined Mar. 2009


Quote from shag_shag:
Anger at him. Think about this: Anger is an emotion. A strong moving emotion. As an emotion in makes you (by choice) still in a relationship with him, your just imposing anger for/with love. That is not mine is is from great minds of the past. Even I have a hard time getting it into my head and hart. I also went through all the anger "flips"


You are right. Thanks.

7/26/2009 9:29:03 PM Bentonville, AR  
jbck
Over 2,000 Posts (2,957)
Springdale, AR
60, joined Aug. 2007


Cinnimon, you never get over it. It's like losing a loved one that dies; you never really get over it. But after a while, given time, the pain begins to subside and things get easier to live with. There is never a way to understand it; it just gets easier to live with. Time is your friend. Without as much time as it takes, reason will always be the enemy. It is the kind of lost investment that can never be fully recovered. Time eases pain that never truely goes completely away.



7/27/2009 12:55:14 AM Bentonville, AR  

katrinasq
Over 2,000 Posts (3,593)
Mena, AR
46, joined Jul. 2008


I've been amicably divorced 2 years after 7 years of apathy on his part, and I feel stronger more and more most of the time, but I still have days that I'm sad and frustrated that all my dreams and plans for the future died and I have to start from scratch all on my own. My ex moved his new girlfriend in with him about a year ago, and I'm not jealous of her, but I AM jealous that after giving the marriage my all for 17 years and finally giving up, HE'S the one that found someone to love after not loving me as he should have. HE has the thing I wanted most and I'm alone. Feels shitty sometimes.

If you can find one, look up a "Divorce Care" group up there. It's a 14 week class developed by the Baptist Church, but is simply Christian in orientation. I took one, and even though I thought I was ok, it still helped seeing all the common feelings and emotions I was going through and had gone through. I also made a good friend there, and she ended up buying the house across the street from me.

Sometimes, it depends on how long you were married. Other times, it has more to deal with unresolved feelings for the ex. ALWAYS it depends on how you are healing. Just take it one day at a time. Everyone told me not to get into a relationship or make any major decisions for at least a year after the divorce, and that made me mad. To think, waste ANOTHER year of my life because of HIM?! Hell no. So I bought a house that I now can't sell to leave a town I moved to for him that has no career potential or anything (or anyONE) else for me. Then, I got into a relationship with a guy (separated) that broke my heart when he got back with her. Now I wish I had listened. Think of it as taking time for YOU, time that YOU DESERVE. You'll be able to move forward in your own time. You are probably over the worst, but do have a way to go.

And email me if you need to talk. I sent my regular email to you, too. I can even come up there some weekend if you'd like.

7/27/2009 8:02:55 AM Bentonville, AR  

ok1954
Over 10,000 Posts!!! (13,647)
Okmulgee, OK
61, joined Sep. 2008


I have been divorced for about 20 years now, can't quite remember how long. But I am over it now, so it does happen.
But now that I think about it, I am still uncomfortable being in the room with him, don't want him back, just have nothing to say.
I think I was just angry. A divorce is never what you planned for, it's just something you never think about for yourself until you are there.
If you have children or grandchildren and you have to see him often, it will take longer to get over.
I try to avoid those who I do not want to think about.
My life was shattered, I had to start over. The dream of "happily ever after" never came true.
I still don't care to see him, when I am at my son's house visiting, Bentonville, he will call him to come visit and won't come if I am there.
We just don't have to talk anymore and we don't.

Anger or feelings



[Edited 7/27/2009 8:05:25 AM ]

7/27/2009 1:48:55 PM Bentonville, AR  
inarandalone
Bella Vista, AR
60, joined Feb. 2009


Cinnamon

It is hard even when it was easy...you are going through a normal phase, nothing seems right and seems like the world is stacked up against you. Glad your medical problems seem to be better. Rmemember this about depression, when you push your anger out at someone you get over it, I have heard depression describled very aptly as "Anger focused within at at yourself" Search to find what you are angry with within yourself, and believe me the anger is there...face it and try your best to deal with it. The depression will start to fade...Good luck, your a special person and you should not be at odds with yourself..you did not do it!!! He did.

7/27/2009 7:34:26 PM Bentonville, AR  
cinnimini
Bentonville, AR
46, joined Mar. 2009


You strangers are some of the best friends I have.

7/27/2009 8:16:45 PM Bentonville, AR  
jbck
Over 2,000 Posts (2,957)
Springdale, AR
60, joined Aug. 2007


Quote from cinnimini:
You strangers are some of the best friends I have.


Absolutely! I know a few of you guys and know that as a man, I may not fully understand, or so you think. If a man is worth a shit, he does. More than you know. Really. If he don't, he ain't and that's that.

8/1/2009 11:38:51 PM Bentonville, AR  
orion94
Cherokee Village, AR
38, joined Jun. 2007


you wont ever get over it. it will just get easier to deal with day by day untill enough time goes by you force yourself to stop caring about it and are able to move on. it sucks i know but its the truth.

8/2/2009 1:22:30 AM Bentonville, AR  

jchristie1
Benton, AR
46, joined Jul. 2009


im going through one and i don see light at the end of the tunnel, i love her with everything that is in me, 18 yrs and she doeswnt want to be married anymore i want to understand how and why it got to this, ive always lived to make her happy, and she says this will mak her happy, so with everything that is in me even going against what i believe in im giving her what she want and yet she doesnt look happy when i see her with him. what if i cant trust or love anymore, i dont hate her but i resent her, im the one living day to day in loneliness? i got to bed and wake up lonely, in a black hole of emptiness. i sure hope evryone is right.

8/2/2009 1:28:46 AM Bentonville, AR  

jchristie1
Benton, AR
46, joined Jul. 2009


i mean one of my supposedly best friends stole my true best friend and on top of that he enjoys my dogs and the presence of my son around him, how deep can the knife go? i mean my life truly could be a country song, my bf got my wife, and dogs what the heck??????

8/2/2009 8:27:44 AM Bentonville, AR  
cinnimini
Bentonville, AR
46, joined Mar. 2009


Quote from jchristie1:
i mean one of my supposedly best friends stole my true best friend and on top of that he enjoys my dogs and the presence of my son around him, how deep can the knife go? i mean my life truly could be a country song, my bf got my wife, and dogs what the heck??????


I bet you miss your dogs very much.

8/2/2009 8:57:00 AM Bentonville, AR  

ok1954
Over 10,000 Posts!!! (13,647)
Okmulgee, OK
61, joined Sep. 2008


Quote from jchristie1:
i mean one of my supposedly best friends stole my true best friend and on top of that he enjoys my dogs and the presence of my son around him, how deep can the knife go? i mean my life truly could be a country song, my bf got my wife, and dogs what the heck??????


I always wanted a dog.!!!

When my X and I were splitting up I found a puppy that I wanted and ask him to buy it for me as a going away present. AND HE DID. So I always say I traded him for a dog.

Still high maintenance.



8/3/2009 12:03:01 AM Bentonville, AR  

jchristie1
Benton, AR
46, joined Jul. 2009


yes i do very much lol

8/3/2009 10:48:02 PM Bentonville, AR  

katrinasq
Over 2,000 Posts (3,593)
Mena, AR
46, joined Jul. 2008


Quote from shag_shag:
och it hurts. I am in the bigest empty I've evey know. I have a three beadroom place. No family within hours. In a small town with no social places whatsoever. Really need someone(s) to talk with. My x was my whole world and I moved to this little town for her and built my life around only her. Am I an idiot or what.


I guess you and I are in the same idiot boat, only I bought a house after the divorce and can't seem to sell it to go someplace else, you know, start my own life all over, get the career thing going, etc.

Jchristie, you can come play with my dogs, they would love it!



[Edited 8/3/2009 10:51:29 PM ]

8/3/2009 11:11:21 PM Bentonville, AR  
jbck
Over 2,000 Posts (2,957)
Springdale, AR
60, joined Aug. 2007


Took me about as much time as it took to get from the courtroom to the parking lot. After the judge dropped the gavel, it was done. Live with it.

8/4/2009 7:55:27 PM Bentonville, AR  
cinnimini
Bentonville, AR
46, joined Mar. 2009


Very funny. I'm over it. I went through a rough patch. I'm done.

8/25/2009 9:04:27 PM Bentonville, AR  
arky501
Bryant, AR
64, joined Jul. 2009


Cinnimini,katrinasq is giving you some very good advice about going to a divorce care class. I went to one after my divorce and it helped me immensely! Don't worry about showing your feelings in a class, your all going through the same thing. You will laugh and cry together and meet some really nice people. Another thing you mentioned was depression, I would talk to my dr. and tell him how you feel, and let him prescribe something to help you handle life better. I did, and I don't regret it, and not ashamed to admit it. It is a chemical imbalance,and can be treated with medicine. Nothing says you have to stay on it for life, just to get you through a tough time for now. Another thing, if your not in a church, get in one, God answers prayer!! Take care and don't get down on yourself!

arky501

8/25/2009 9:52:34 PM Bentonville, AR  
jbck
Over 2,000 Posts (2,957)
Springdale, AR
60, joined Aug. 2007


Quote from cinnimini:
Very funny. I'm over it. I went through a rough patch. I'm done.


In it! Luv ya.

8/29/2009 9:59:36 AM Bentonville, AR  
littlekyar
Little Rock, AR
53, joined Apr. 2009


Reading some of these post have helped me to understand I am not silly. I move to Arkansas in 2007 for what I thought was the love of my life left my family and friends for him. We were married in April of 08 in September he was a totally different person like a light switch went from being happy to just mad all the time till this day I have no idea what happened. After the divorce in April 09 I have found out though there was an ex-girlfriend that worked at the same place he did that had come back into the picture. I like Arkansas and like my job but not knowing a lot of people is hard. But I do know all things happen for a reason you may not know why at the time but I do know there is somebody out there that will truely love me and not make a fool of me.

8/29/2009 11:45:45 AM Bentonville, AR  

ok72076
Over 1,000 Posts (1,420)
Jacksonville, AR
54, joined Jan. 2008


Quote from littlekyar:
Reading some of these post have helped me to understand I am not silly. I move to Arkansas in 2007 for what I thought was the love of my life left my family and friends for him. We were married in April of 08 in September he was a totally different person like a light switch went from being happy to just mad all the time till this day I have no idea what happened. After the divorce in April 09 I have found out though there was an ex-girlfriend that worked at the same place he did that had come back into the picture. I like Arkansas and like my job but not knowing a lot of people is hard. But I do know all things happen for a reason you may not know why at the time but I do know there is somebody out there that will truely love me and not make a fool of me.


IF you're not stuck here because kids need to see their dad or career, like I am with my kids and career, I would sure think long and hard about moving back home... or at least take a 2-3 week vacation at home where the family is at to job hunt. My ex had family and roots here while I had just moved here for the job I had with the first career.
Now with a new 16 year career, kids and home I'm buying, this has to be home... Just need to find a bbw without many possessions who would like to move in and split expenses/bills Any takers?



8/29/2009 11:51:07 AM Bentonville, AR  

kennyray5150
North Little Rock, AR
45, joined Feb. 2008


all u have to do is move on

8/30/2009 2:17:01 PM Bentonville, AR  
realfineartist
Jacksonville, AR
57, joined Jul. 2009


It will depend upon you as to how long it will take to get over the divorce. That meaning when you decide that you want to live life, start to look forward instead of backward,learn from what happened and the mistakes, then only then you will get over your divorce. My suggestion to you is to get into a church and establish encouraging friends..When you do things will begin to happen for you and soon your troubled spirit will soon find it is no longer troubled..

1/24/2010 11:30:53 AM Bentonville, AR  

skip4637
Jacksonville, AR
78, joined Dec. 2009


keep on plowing, you will be o. k. friend

1/24/2010 11:48:16 AM Bentonville, AR  

ok72076
Over 1,000 Posts (1,420)
Jacksonville, AR
54, joined Jan. 2008


Quote from ok72076:
IF you're not stuck here because kids need to see their dad or career, like I am with my kids and career, I would sure think long and hard about moving back home... or at least take a 2-3 week vacation at home where the family is at to job hunt. My ex had family and roots here while I had just moved here for the job I had with the first career.
Now with a new 16 year career, kids and home I'm buying, this has to be home... Just need to find a bbw without many possessions who would like to move in and split expenses/bills Any takers?



just an update, I now have a bbw living with me and caring for me.


1/24/2010 11:01:39 PM Bentonville, AR  

katrinasq
Over 2,000 Posts (3,593)
Mena, AR
46, joined Jul. 2008


Keith, I hope things work out for you!

1/25/2010 11:21:10 AM Bentonville, AR  
bgarrett
Mountain View, AR
64, joined Apr. 2009


Quote from ok72076:
just an update, I now have a bbw living with me and caring for me.


Prove it!
we wanna see pictures so we can decide if she really is beautiful

1/25/2010 12:56:29 PM Bentonville, AR  
arkansasnman
Over 7,500 Posts!! (8,009)
Fayetteville, AR
52, joined Sep. 2008


The key to getting over it is not letting it drive your behaviors. The pain and such is there and the best you can do is "stop picking at it". You DO control your behaviors. Doing things like posting about it, will keep the issue driving your behavior.

1/25/2010 2:18:43 PM Bentonville, AR  
manefeatheranch
Norfork, AR
70, joined Oct. 2009


Well the very good news is that... you will get over it,but it will and should take you some time,but only as long as it needs to...and or until you should meet someone else,be assurred "You Will"!!In the meanwhile,Do Not beat yourself up over it,look ahead be positive,do positive,act positive and do things if necessary like check your wieght,check your personality traits,your temperment,how you relate to people,etc. adjust any or all,because life goes on and you want to be ready for anything....Stop and try some of this amd love will find you again...your X

1/29/2010 2:31:52 PM Bentonville, AR  
hawkdream
Little Rock, AR
67, joined Jan. 2009


Mine was final in 05 and I'm not a native Arkansan, either. Only since I moved to Little Rock from Newport, did I start really making friends to hang out with. The church I attend has an old f--ts singles class which does things together (over 40, so you don't have to be all THAT old). Keith knows where a lot of fun stuff goes on because he makes it his business (and writes an entertainment column for a local paper), so I hang out with him and whomever he's currently dating, sometimes. Group dates remove a lot of the stress and "performance" pressure.
I connected with a group of ladies who are into similar things as I am. It helps a lot, just laughing and hanging out with other women who understand, accept me and can laugh with me when I have a spell of stoopid. Found a bunch of old classmates through a couple of sites and keep in touch with them.
And I've dated a few pretty nice men along with a couple who turned out to be married and not totally honest. I had to figure out how to disconnect my feelings from other people's behavior, which I'm better at. I had to learn how to be friends with men and women, both.
Haven't found "the one" (that I'm aware of), but it sure beats watching soaps (which I can't stand) or surfing the net whenever I'm not working. If I find "love" somewhere down the line, that's great. If not, I can make it with a little help from my friends (and family).

2/3/2010 11:18:22 PM Bentonville, AR  
mark250982
Little Rock, AR
56, joined Nov. 2009


Divorce or death sometimes puts us through a trauma. Your brain chemistry is changed and that is why you feel so bad or angry or hurt. It does take time to heal but that amount of time depends on each person and their situation. Some of us have coping mechanisms that others do not. I think the average time I have come across most often in people's comments is about a year but that is absolutely a subjective time. That is, it is unique to each person. Some people are just able to heal more quickly, others not so speedily. In my first divorce I prozac-ed my way right through it. She remarried within two months of the divorce. I stayed single (not by choice) for 12 years. I was OK with the divorce very quickly and, relative to my current divorce, it wasn't all that painful. However, my second (current) divorce has hit me in the head like a rock. Yes, I want her to suffer but I'm just going to do my best to walk away after the judge's gavel falls. Was I wrong? No. Was she wrong? Yes. But she would tell you just the opposite. I'm sure she's hurting but she's the one who has visited this hurt upon us. I've tried to medicate my way through this but it's much more difficult this time around. I have turned a corner in the last couple of weeks but who knows, I may be back to holding my hand over my eyes and wailing inside my car so no one can hear before I am completely over this thing. I still cannot hear Annie Lennox sing "No More I Love You's" without breaking down. However, I know my journey through this fire is all my own. When I am able to be shed of the misery is something that only I can accomplish and so I know that, while I may have something in common with other people going through a divorce, it is MY rock on MY shoulder that I have to determine when to throw it away from ME. I know that sooner is better than later but letting go is the hard part. Getting well is the foremost thing for me to do now and I think it is probably so for you, too. I understand the seemingly long time to heal even though I am at a different stage than you. However, I remember Dances With Wolves where Wyatt Earp's father (Gene Hackman) came from Missouri to Pine Bluff to bail his son out of jail. He told him that he was not the only person who had lost someone they loved and to pull himself together and leave the State and don't ever come back to Arkansas. I don't think relocating is necessarily the answer unless you're drunk and have assaulted some dude on the street like Wyatt did. I think it is a matter of becoming the person you were before the trauma occurred. That is, back to the happier and mentally healthier you. I wish for our speedy returns.
Mark

2/4/2010 11:53:33 AM Bentonville, AR  
mark250982
Little Rock, AR
56, joined Nov. 2009


Sorry, I get Kevin Costner movies confused.
Mark

2/4/2010 8:33:30 PM Bentonville, AR  
gobass
Springdale, AR
54, joined Nov. 2009


I heard it is about half the time you were married.
I was married for 20 year,s when it happened,I was determined not to spend the next 10 dwelling on a lost marriage,being single has been great!!!!
it's been 8 year,s .
I hope to find someone I'm compatible with,untill then I'll enjoy being single.
I'd say put those pic's and memories in a box, stick it in the closet,and one day you can pull it out and say oh yeah,then stick right back in the closet,because your new adventure's in life are a whole lot more fun than that box.
I believe divorce makes you think of the good in your marriage,then you see them and here comes reality.

2/4/2010 10:30:15 PM Bentonville, AR  

skip4637
Jacksonville, AR
78, joined Dec. 2009


was divorced dec. 17 09 still trying to move forward, seems like getting no where. hurt, pain ,loved her with all my heart. she was controling type. i lasted 49 years ,this way to finish raising our 4 kids. who all have good jobs an doing great. but i wont to know or the way i see it. i wont meet some one to date here, but i am afraid, my amotion,s etc. would not be fair dating partner, tho i don,t belive in talking about past to whom ever she may be wouldlike to hear some suggestion,s please

2/12/2010 12:53:40 PM Bentonville, AR  
kinkybastard
Little Rock, AR
44, joined Feb. 2010


I can fix that in about thirty minutes, though the effects may return should you choose to go back to thinking about it later.

2/13/2010 11:20:20 AM Bentonville, AR  
rogersbabygirl
Rogers, AR
47, joined Feb. 2010


I am going through the same thing as you. Even though it has only been a yr..it feels like a lifetime..and in that lifetime..i feel like i have been through hell and back. ..
I really think it depends on if the two of you were in Love or not. For me, i dont think we were ever in Love, just a marriage of convience due to an unplanned pregnancy, but i guess we thought eventually we would fall in love but it never happened. He has also moved on and today they are going out for Valentines and here i am sitting here depressed because i do not have anyone...why is it that guys break up with you right before valentines day..are they afraid they may have to spend some money on roses and taking you out or something? I didnt think it use to be that way...but things have changed alot. Getting back to your question....I think it is a matter of finding someone that you are happy with..and that is not sooo easy. Also i think you need to keep yourself busy and do things that make you happy and that you enjoy, so you are not so focused on what your x is doing. For me, I love to dance..so on the weekends if i do not have a date..i go out dancing and i forget about everything and have a great time.
I think we could be friends, i am new to this site and not exactly sure how you go about doing that, but if you want to hang out and go dancing sometime, maybe we could find someone to take our minds off of our x's.
Hang in there and get out and do things that make you happy...

2/13/2010 3:30:41 PM Bentonville, AR  
jbck
Over 2,000 Posts (2,957)
Springdale, AR
60, joined Aug. 2007


Ten minutes if you are not into self-flaguation.


2/15/2010 12:00:03 PM Bentonville, AR  
hawkdream
Little Rock, AR
67, joined Jan. 2009


IMHO, if we try to rush or skip the grieving, we're doomed to have it pop up and bite us on our a--, pretty quick. We have to take the time to heal and if we think we're going to get "fixed" by jumping into another relationship before we do that healing, then we're not ready, we're just looking for a "fix" (aka, drug) and it will have the opposite effect, also causing other people to be hurt, in the process. If we use another person to "dump" our resentments, engage in "bashing" our ex, seeking sympathy or validation because of how much doo-do we took in our former relationship(s), we're not ready. If we "need" a new relationship to feel good about ourself, our lovability, our sexuality, our identity, then we're not ready. If we keep trying to push the sadness, confusion and other resulting feelings away (and ignore them), we're not ready. As long as we THINK a new love can heal the previous one(s), we're not ready. Better to learn to be happy when alone, so we can remember that no other person can make us happy (only ourselves), so we can bring stability and healthy gifts to what we may hope will be our "last, great love".



[Edited 2/15/2010 12:04:53 PM ]

2/15/2010 6:31:22 PM Bentonville, AR  
jennyann71
Over 4,000 Posts! (5,349)
Clarksville, AR
73, joined Apr. 2009


You just learn to take the good from it and forget the bad and move on and make a new Life. Good Luck,

2/15/2010 6:49:41 PM Bentonville, AR  
jbck
Over 2,000 Posts (2,957)
Springdale, AR
60, joined Aug. 2007


Jennie, I still say 10 minutes.

2/23/2010 3:57:27 PM Bentonville, AR  
kinkybastard
Little Rock, AR
44, joined Feb. 2010


Quote from jbck:
Ten minutes if you are not into self-flaguation.


Thank you, I now know how to seek a cure. Before your post I wasn't sure what to call it and had to explain it by definition and I wasn't sure there were others like that.



[Edited 2/23/2010 3:59:05 PM ]



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