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Just wondering...

Ive been dating the same girl for 4+ years now...and spent a weekend away from her with my old college roomate (with whom im still great friends) and his family (brother, sister, and friends) and just feel awakened.

I spent a whole weekend being myself...something I havent felt in what feels like an incredibly long time. Spent time with a girl who Ive found I have more in common with, and with nothing to think about beyond just enjoying the company and being a huge fan of the family involved...

feeling like myself has felt like an enormous awakening. Ive realized that Ive felt numb for the past couple years...and to quote the Lumineers..."the opposite of love is indifference" and I wonder if thats what Ive been at.


Ive gone from a general pessimist to a completely different person in one weekend...so much more comfortable with myself, and with what I want with myself...and just feel like ive bucked the feeling of down...that i didnt know how to explain.

I feel good...

anyone experienced something similar? If so...go through it? and what did it do for you?

Yep. And I divorced a few months later. That was nearly 3 years ago.
I thank myself daily for having the strength to stand up for myself, my happiness, and make that decision. It wasn't an easy one but my life is happier for it.
Good luck. We only get one trip in this skin. Be your biggest advocate.

Yep. Then I pulled my head of arse and realized what a fantastic woman she was and then married her. 23 years ago.

+1

My experience, be it a few years longer.

Don't ever make decisions based on a weekend.

It may be the right impulse, but give it time.

Dwell on it.

Not to insult the idea of an epiphany... that has merit.

But think on it.

Last time I was in jail, I had a similar experience. It was pretty weird. You see, I had reported to probation and immediately was handcuffed, then placed in a room where I was handcuffed to the floor. And my PO came in and said, "don't worry, you aren't necessarily going to jail today." (Which is very reassuring when you are handcuffed....to the floor)

At any rate, they took me to jail, and I sat there Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And during this time, I had no idea what was going on, I didn't know when I would see the judge, what would happen, what the possibilities were when I did go to court. Completely in the dark.

So naturally, Wednesday-Friday I was pretty down, especially since the last time I saw the judge she had told me that if she saw me again, she would send me to prison for a total of one year.

And as these days went by I prayed a lot, and talked to a few fellas in there, and I am pretty sure it was Saturday morning I woke up and just had this calm, great feeling that no matter what, everything would work out. Even if I had to do time, everything would work out perfectly in the end. It was like someone was watching over me.

And then, Monday, they called me at 6am to go to court. They took me up to this holding cell with a bunch of others, then into this small individual cell on the 23rd floor of the justice center. And lo and behold, scribbled on the wall in that tiny cell, the likeness of JC.

So I go into the court room, and argue for the judge to allow me to carry on with my probation, and she tells me that she can't do that. She tells me that she is a woman of her word, and last time she told me she was going to send me to prison--so she was going to send me to prison...

But then, after a little more talking on my part, she agreed to cut the sentence in half, and counting time served in rehab--my sentence lasted all of about 29 days in Lorain...

Yea, someone had my back.