I'm not expecting to get her back. In the past I think I spent too much time suppressing my true feelings in an attempt to please here. I gave up too much of myself.

There doesn't seem to be anger between us now and she has expressed that she really wants us to share the strong friendship that always existed. I want that too but I'm struggling with her being in a new relationship so quickly.

I simply want to make the best attempt I can at being as honest and open as I always should have been. No matter what the outcome. I have no idea what the future holds for us, but we still share a lot and I'd like our interactions to be pleasant rather than stressful.

We have two teenagers in high school who will be graduating in a couple of years and going off to college, maybe someday getting married, having our grandchildren.... I'd like these events to be enjoyed by both of us even though I won't be experiencing them the way I always imagined.