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soconfusednow
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Member # 40078 |  Posted: 1:50 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 |     |
There is a restaurant I usually quickly run in & out of with take out. Today I was in there a little later than usual & had no place to go, so I sat down to eat.
The place started to fill up. I noticed I was the only woman in the place. Then the thought came....if I wanted to meet a guy this would be a good place to hang out.
I was so ashamed of myself. I felt the need to look only at my table or out the window to avoid any possible temptation.  How did I get here?
D-Day January 2013
prior EA in the 90's
me 50
WH 52
NC-several
last broken NC 7/2013 (hopefully)
Married 29 years
2 kids
Want to believe it's over, but is it really? Will I ever trust again?
Posts: 244 | Registered: Jul 2013 | From: USA |
bionicgal
♀ Member
Member # 39803 | | Posted: 2:10 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
I think you are being hyper-vigilant. I get random, crazy thoughts like that too. Sometimes our minds are like monkeys!!
I wouldn't be worried or ashamed unless you were really contemplating hooking up with someone there. Like, you know, grabbing them and hustling them into the bathroom. . 
Lighten up a little soconfusednow! If it becomes a pattern of escapist thinking, then you have something to worry about. [This message edited by bionicgal at 2:15 PM, December 18th (Wednesday)]
me - BS (45)
DDay - June 2013, A was 2+ months, EA/then PA
In MC & Reconciling
I edit, therefore I am.
Posts: 1143 | Registered: Jul 2013 | From: USA |
Jrazz
♀ Guide
Member # 31349 | | Posted: 2:21 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
Don't be so hard on yourself. The ground was taken out from underneath you not that long ago. There is a huge difference between a fleeting thought and an action plan.
It's good to acknowledge when we have unhealthy thoughts, and to tell them to shush. You're not a bad person, you're just in a new headspace and need to learn how to deal with the emotions. You're going to be ok.
(((soconfusednow)))
Me: BW 34
Crazz: FWH 32
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning. - T.S. Eliot
Posts: 13820 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: California |
PinkJeepLady
♀ Member
Member # 37575 | | Posted: 3:04 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
You are ok!!! I have had the most random thoughts like that, I am embarrassed to even say them. Yours is pretty tame compared to mine, just saying.
Sadly though, I too wonder how in the world did I get here, of all places?
Take care!
Me: BW-54. Him-FWH 54. DDay June 1st 2012 cheating with prostitutes overseas
R-ing
"Not everything that counts is counted. Not everything that is counted counts." Albert Einstein
Posts: 441 | Registered: Nov 2012 | From: Out West |
sisoon
♂ Member
Member # 31240 | | Posted: 4:54 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
if I wanted to meet a guy this would be a good place to hang out... I was so ashamed of myself.
I'm sorry you felt ashamed. I think you just noticed the environment. You recognized a slippery slope without jumping onto it. That's reason to celebrate your observational skills and integrity.
FBH (me) - 65+, FWW (her) - 65+, Married 45+, together almost 49 (as of January, 2014)
DDay - 12/2010
Almost Recovered
I share my own experience not because I'm a good model but because it's the only experience I know.
Posts: 8547 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: Chicago area |
RipsInMyChest
♀ Member
Member # 41166 | | Posted: 5:40 AM, December 19th (Thursday), 2013 | |
I have those thoughts too...nothing to be ashamed of. I used to look around me in every store and wonder which guys would leave the store with me if I came on to them! I would NEVER act on those thoughts. I think those kind of thoughts are actually a way to understand our WS and tap in to our empathy....so we can understand their flaws and weaknesses better.
Me: BW 40
FWH 40
Together 21 yrs, M 17
Kids: DS 12, DD 10
DDay: 12/11/12 ONS with CW
Used condom, got chlamydia anyway...my symptoms were the reason for his confession.
Slogging through R
Posts: 154 | Registered: Oct 2013 |
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