Dating after divorce - moving forward
I guess what I'm looking for is how to move forward. Even after another relationship.
Ex wife and I divorced March of 2025. She moved on pretty quick and met someone in August? I think, and has been with him ever since.
It took me a bit longer to move forward. But low and behold I met a woman through my daughters school. Single, had 2 great kids, and she was great herself. We dated for about 2 months and a ton of stuff clicked. Emotionally aware, attractive, great communicater. The list goes on. We hit some road bumps around Valentine's day, and ended up breaking up. Honestly started to take the road less traveled and started to talk again (our girls are best friends). We did that round a few times, until we're here, which is ignored texts and she has someone else already.
I get that everyone moves on differently, and there are signs, etc. But I felt like I found someone that I connected so well with that the long haul and road bumps would smooth out if I kept pouring myself into it.
Not the best answer.
To me, it's grieving-again. And I feel like it takes a lot to move past yet another relationship, long or short and start again as a 40 male.
I did online dating for a week and hated it. Couple matches, but nothing worth writing home about. I also don't feel I can get a really good sense of energy through that style. I learn little, and honestly I feel like I came across a lot of the same.
How did you do it? What was it like to move forward after another failed relationship. What did you do?