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Dec 06, 2022, 11:46 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow and very excited. My stylist and I have a great time together, singing, hugging, laughing.
In 2003 David and I were separated (very). I won't write out the entire story, I'll skip the details, I'll just say that I met a man and he and I lived together for 12 years. The first two years of our relationship were thrilling because he was so loving, so devoted. We had such fun together! Everything, even chores, were fun. During those two years I experienced a life I had never known before or since. Real joy. But things got bad and sad and eventually the relationship ended.
Last week or so I was scrolling around on Facebook and the name of the man I'd lived with popped up through a mutual friend. I was not thinking, it was like an instinctual response. I clicked on "Friend Request," stared at the button for 2 seconds, then I jumped, sat up and thought WHAT did I just do! and literally, not one bit more than 40 seconds after I had clicked on it - unclicked the request. Whew, I thought. I almost made a really stupid mistake.
So today I was on Facebook and I saw something that told me my former partner is now on my friend list. Obviously, in less than one minute he had seen my friend request and accepted it.
I messaged him and we messaged for an hour. He's alone and very isolated, just as I am. Lives with his cat (we're both cat people.) Fortunately, he lives in a different city, about 50 miles from where I live. But "talking" with him...I felt like someone had taken the key and unlocked my handcuffs. We shared twelve years and so many experiences, so many people, he was there when the kids were teenagers, David wasn't. We were both very involved in the cafe scene (the cafe were I worked). So much history. I feel like I have a reason to get up in the morning - to say, Hey, hi! Good morning!
I'm not sure what I've done, really.
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