I've been spending some time with a new friend. Not a romantic friend, but I've been enjoying his company quite a bit. I think I was supposed to meet him because among many things we have in common, he is also recently divorced after a long marriage. He is a few years ahead of me on this journey, and has some good advice and guidance. Talking with him helps me process. Just hearing his story and sharing mine is therapeutic. Both the similarities and the differences are helpful. He is actually at the point that I'd like to arrive at soon. He is happily dating someone. I'm envious, but I also appreciate his warm presence in my life. In a way, I feel like I'm using him for practice. I'm not dating him, but I do sit with him in coffee shops and share ideas, stories, hopes and fears. It's good practice to converse with an attractive guy in a public place. I try not to think too much about where I'm going to find a nice guy who enjoys my company, one I'm attracted to enough to climb out on this new limb. I haven't told him yet, that I'm practicing on him. :)I have many questions for him about his journey, his process. And I hope that sharing mine will be helpful to him, too.
