symmetrical posting

Last week I was thinking of writing a post called, "I'm sad, and I can't tell anyone." Now, I'm not sad any more, so it's not applicable here, but I was very sad. My girlfriend and I broke up after dating three months. I don't know exactly how long that is compared to other peoples' dating, but I hadn't dated anyone in about seven years, and I taking this pretty seriously. Maybe too seriously. But we had differences and decided that we wouldn't work out together. At first, I wasn't too sure about how well I'd be able to keep the friendship, but now I'm feeling better about it. I'll save the friendship thoughts for later.

The first few days I was so sad, feeling like I wanted to cry, but never quite able to. Subconsciously, I think, I kept myself around people all the time. It's easy at work, but I was able to do it after work, too. Even on Sunday night, three nights after we broke up, when I thought there wasn't going to be anyone around, I unexpectedly ran into some friends and they invited me over for dinner. It was good.

I'm coming out of it stronger, but it's a process. I'm glad it didn't take longer to figure out, since that would have made things harder.

I also have to say that it was worth it. Both of us, I think, got a lot out of it, and are better for it. We made some good choices which made things easier. I think I'm rambling now.