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If ya noticed my absence I'm back. :-)

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Yes, I did notice you have been missing for a while. Glad to see you back!

Job: the management route sounds like it has potential. Good for you to look ahead. Good idea also to bolster skills in the online course. It must feel a relief to be employed again and have some steady cash flow. The finances can cause so much stress.

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I screwed up a relationship that should have lasted. I didn't appreciate or take care of it.

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Sounds like you learned something from the experience and will do better next time. Relationships do require nurturing, and now you know that.

Do you really need to get rid of all your current friends? That sounds really isolating. I feel bad for your friends, that they would be tossed aside just because you associate them with your ex-BF. It's as if they have no value to you of their own. Could you find some new friends but keep the old ones too?