InstantCJ
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Separated and Dating
05/01/06 10:01 AM
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I'm new to this site and divorce. I feel like if I had to sit down and think up the most fantasticly unbelievable scenario that is my life, I couldn't have scripted something more peculiar. My wife and I separated last fall, shortly after moving to a new city and buying a house. We got separated and lived together for almost 8 months. Needless to say it was the longest 8 months of both our lives. We also have a 4 year old daughter together. She is living with my wife but we share custody. We are both actively involved in her life. During the drafting of our separation agreement and the subsequent selling of our house (which took forever), packing and looking for a new place to live...I fell in love with someone else. We had been friends/coworkers for almost a year and while on the surface it may seem as if this other woman was the reason for my failed marriage...that's not the case. I think in my ex-wife's eyes it probably always will be but I gave up trying to convince her otherwise. I couldn't be more content with my decision to divorce. I just know it was the right thing to do and with time my ex-wife will also (at least I hope so). As you may surmise, the decision to divorce was mostly mine.
Now that we are legally separated, I've begun to see this other woman with more frequency and our feelings and our relationship have become pretty serious. It's difficult to sit here and try to find the words to describe how I feel about this person and keep this post brief. Those of you who read this may think I'm in a dangerous situation and I guess that's the reason I'm posting here...to get some perspective. It's come to a point in my relationship with this other woman that we've begun to talk about serious issues. Our ongoing relationship, how it will impact my 4-year old daughter...the issues my new "girlfriend" is dealing with when it comes to dating a divorced father of a young child. If there is anyone out there that is in a similar situation and can offer perspective...I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.
My apologies for such a long post...but I feel there are so many details to my situation that help paint a clear picture of what I'm dealing with. I would love to discuss more with other people in a similar situation. If you've made it this far in my post, thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.
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