This is all you will likely see of the woman I've been dating recently. She is a very nice woman, and I'm not sure of if things will work out, and how far it will go if it does work out. There is no need for me to wallow in the past, as doing so will only serve to make me unhappy about my losses.
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It appears that without negotiation, my ex and I have a working arrangement regarding meetups. If I sign up for a meetup with the Live Music group, she will back away, as she doesn't want to see me as Marian. Since she poisoned the well for me as Marian in "her" dinner group, I have no interest in going there as Mario. In short, her extreme problem with seeing me as Marian has created a situation where she can have one group and I can have the other. Hopefully, she will see it the same way as I do.
But enough about the ex....
Unless this new woman embraces the idea that I can be both Marian and Mario, she will be out of the picture. For now, we've been enjoying going out to dinner and having walks by the beach. You'll note that I haven't yet given her a "name". The pandemic has slowed our "Getting to know you" phase of a relationship to a crawl - and that's fine with me. I'm learning some of the things I'm lacking in social skills (I won't name my key flaw here). And even if things don't work out, I'll have gained something by knowing her.
The big question is: How do I tell her about my life as Marian? And then, will that be the end of "us"? So many unknowns to deal with. At least, I don't have a former cruise partner to get in the way of me keeping my head clear....
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