Thoughts on new mates.

I had a ‘date’ with the ex on Sunday night. I was helping her with an electronic problem, and I invited her out to dinner. We had an enjoyable time, but she was loathe to call it a ‘date’. I knew then and there that any chance of her coming back was pretty much nil,…

Progress, in small doses

If you read the essay from the Dallas Morning News that I linked to in my last post, you might have a better idea of what I’ve been going through. That post has deeply impacted me. I now understand that I am definitely not alone, but there are possibly millions of men that are in…

A lot has been happening

I know, I promised you a post last week, but some major things happened that have impacted my life. On Sunday morning a week ago, I received a call from the ex.  The police were on the phone, and our storage locker at a commercial storage company had been broken in to, along with 7…

Saturday musings

I’ve been away from home now for a week, and I have one more before I return home.  My ex is taking care of the house and the animals while I am gone.  She is also (I’m assuming) cleaning out the rest of her stuff from the house. And of course, I’m wondering… what is…

Driving and thinking

I am on a business trip, and decided to drive the 1,300 miles, instead of flying.  Yes, it took two solid days of driving, but I got a chance to do a lot of thinking while on the road. When we first separated back in 2008, I took a trip to Colorado, to an out-of-the-way…