Thanks, everyone! Everything you say is true. I mourn the dream of happily ever after. And it's harder on weekends to be alone.

It's strange. On the one hand my ex was very accepting of my mental health issues. They didn't scare him off. But on the other hand he made it difficult for me to take care of myself physically so that I don't become so mentally stressed out. I need to eat dinner between 5 and 7 and go to bed by 10. He wanted to eat dinner at 8 or 9 and go to bed at 3 am. I had to fight for my boundaries from the get-go. I finally snapped and threw him out.

The local singles group has an outing next Friday, so I'll go to that.