Breakups

[Thumpalumpacus]

Indeed. I'm working on the flaws she's pointed out ... and there are many.

Please be very cautious with this endeavor. Don't allow the sting of the breakup to unduly influence your assessment of her evaluation. The character traits and behaviors she considered flaws may very well be accepted, understood, tolerated or even enjoyed by another.

I hear you, but some of what she has said has been in our conversations for a few months, and I've recognized the justice of her points. It's just changing habitual behavior is goddamned difficult.

I'm certainly not taking everything she's said as the blueprint for self-improvement; and I've been frustrated by her lack of reciprocity at times -- the points that I regard as problems in her behavior just didn't get the same concern from her.

But as Pickup said, it is a growth opportunity. Truth be told, I'm a better man for having known her, and part of that will be going forward and learning what I can from this. Failure analysis is something I try to practice when the occasion merits, and this is no different.

Thanks for all your kind words, people. I appreciate having a place where I can vent, and sort, the welter of emotions going on right now.