[newtothis31]

Trying to date as a single Mom with full custody is hard on anyone. Dating & finding that one as a single bipolar mom with full custody just feels like chasing a carrot.

I'm just really hurt by this guy who I went out on three dates with- really thought that he was special- very kind and considerate. Seemed to be all about it after we spent a hour in an intense kissing session. Then he texted me that he didn't feel that way and wanted to offer friendship.

I accepted his offer since I could use extra support- my custody modification situation is very stressful. (Cliff Notes- Ex-husband moved out of state without giving me proper notice- has completely dropped out of any type of involvement with my daughter other than sending child support).

But now I'm just mad. Part of it is because he sends me these texts about not being interested in me from a romantic sense and that he doesn't want friends with benefits (when I didn't even bring that up)- why isn't he mature enough to cover that in a phone call instead of text?

Part of it is the irritability that comes with hypomania- I've been catching myself thinking very fast- and now I'm just rolling my eyes at the whole situation. Whenever I talked to him, he always ended sentences with a prepositions. He texted me the following sentence over text, "But I'm 100% certain of where I'm at." So I shared with him that I understood his point but he needed to stop ending his sentences in propositions.

Why can't you express those things to a friend? He went to college and is in middle management- there is absolutely no reason why he should have terrible grammar.

So - a part of me is thinking that if he's going to take that personally- then he's not worth trying to add into my friend mix. I've made a real effort and I've made three new very close friends this past year. Before that, I had one. I'm really proud of how far I've come post-divorce. Now I'm wondering how realistic it is for someone you were intimate with to become "just a friend."

I know this rambling but I had to get this out of my system.

[WibblyWobbly]

If he wasn't already a friend, I wouldn't try to make him one. It would be easier just to cut him out of your life and spend your time on the ones that you already have.

I briefly dated a narcissist who would freak out when I pointed out his spelling errors in his texts.

This post made me think of him.

You deserve better.

[wiretwister]

speaking for all mankind , ... we can be a real jerk sometimes , ... Mr right will come along , ... remember anything worth having is worth waiting for , ... easier said than done I know , ... hang in there ... never give up hope , ...

[Woolly Bugger]

A man from the west visited Harvard University one summer day. He saw a passing student and said, "Son, can you tell me where the library is at?"

To which the student said, "Sir, at Harvard we never end our sentences with a preposition."

The westerner looked at the student for a few seconds and then replied, "Well then, can you tell me where the library is at, ***hole?"