Been MIA....reason

Hello all....I used to be a poster here fairly often...although I was never engaged we were heading in that direction and started the planning....(although the ring was never given)....ANYWAY....after months of truly not being happy and fighting more than we were having a good time together, I decided to end the relationship back in October.

It wasn't easy, but now with insight and time to think about it (without him around), I know it was the thing to do. If we would have gotten engaged I would have been blindsighted with the planning and the excitement and we would have ended up together only for it to fall apart later on or for us to be extremely unhappy.

Since we broke up I've been concentrating on grad school and spending time with friends and have recently began dating again. I know there has to be a guy out there that is right for me & that we are compatible and bring out the best in e/o. The ex truly brought down my self-esteem and our relationship was just not healthy, but when you are in it, it's so hard to see.

I do want to thank all you ladies though for being there and mainly for cheering me up. Alicia, thank you MOST OF all....if it wasn't for you I don't think I would have had the strength to end it. I really am grateful.

Hugs to all you ladies...I'm hoping one day not too far off I'm back on this site, planning and waiting and such.

Love you guys.

Cin