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I think that everybody who needs cheering up should read the below link to MLC for dummies its brilliant and will brighten up your day?

https://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=588545#Post588545

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Had a text from WW last night asking me how am i and would i like to meet her to talk? she is still with the PA! so i am assuming this is the temperature check that is spoken about on these boards? i am not falling for it and told her no not yet. i am happier without her on the scene.

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I would of waited a day and the said there is nothing to talk about.

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Yep! It's a temp check.


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Good job, Mark. I would have jumped all over that breadcrumb in that point of my sitch!


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Temp check. Good job not jumping all over it while she's still in the PA.

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Feeling low today - i have had no contact with her and don't want any? so why am i feeling low about my sitch?

i have had a really good 2 weeks! happy and GAL with walking and talking to fellow walkers with dogs!

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You will have ups and downs for awhile. Just know it’s normal and part of the process.

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Originally Posted by markw
Feeling low today - i have had no contact with her and don't want any? so why am i feeling low about my sitch?

i have had a really good 2 weeks! happy and GAL with walking and talking to fellow walkers with dogs!


It is the lack of control. It would be a completely different feeling if you knew "If I say X and/or do Y, she will come running back to me!" But you are no contact only because that is what is best for you and your sitch, not because it is what you want. You will always struggle in life when you have to choose between worse or "worser".

But yes, the roller-coaster ride of emotion is real. The best way through it is to focus on what you can control: you. The LBSs we see struggle the most, sit and stew on their sitch the most. The LBSs we see thrive through their sitches are the ones that are out GAL, are out working on themselves. This is why we emphasize things like GAL. Always be busy. Do not sit and stew in your situation. We had a LBH here who was terrible GAL. Full of excuses. I don't have enough friends. I don't have enough money. I don't have the energy. He wanted to come home from work, and sit and talk to his brother and sister-in-law all night about his situation. And it took him MONTHS to move forward. Don't make the same mistake.


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