That reminds me of why I don't get on Facebook.

Enjoyed reading your post.

San Francisco is a lovely city. I'd take it over Chicago any day.

Kinda Stevie Nicks and Linsey Buckingham, but I think you made the right decision especially the part about inviting poeple into your relationship - What was he thinking????

I hope you are as happy now as you sound, and if I were single, I would have loved to have someone with your personality to spend my life with. You deserve the happiness it looks like you found and if your Ex is ever sitting at home alone some nights you can bet he's probably cursing himself for being such a fucktard.

Good for you

Drak is right on all counts.

No Facebook for me.

San Francisco over Chicago any day.

Great post!

I think part of it was I was really ready to settle down and he was still just trying to explore the untaken roads. I hope he just finds the happiness he was trying to look for eventually. I don't hate him, just wished he and I had the opportunity to fix whatever it was truly urking him before he decided that bringing a 3rd party into the mix would somehow be an acceptable solution. Thanks guys

In many respects, when I tried to write my Fixing My Destiny story, it would have literally been me exploring where my own "roads untaken" would take me. While I got a chance to start the story many years ago, at a certain point I decided to accept the choices I've made and move on with what I've got. It didn't derail the writing process, I just wasn't as passionate with writing for the main character to change himself, and I read two chapters of junk that I knew wouldn't cut it even as a beta. I'm sure the idea for the story's premise is still sound, I just need a lot of work to drive myself to finish it amidst my crazy work life

I enjoy facebook. I don't know any of the people on it and, I avoid getting involved in my own life so it works out just fine.

Interesting story but not all that unusual."If at first you don't succeed, try, try..."  It is possible, on both sides of the fence, to find lasting relationships.  I have been together with my friend for nearly 39 years, without having to bring other partners into the relationship.  It sounds like you have managed to move on and build your own long term relationship.  If you work at it, it will last.  My only book to date, Skeletons Of A Murder, has composite characters based on the people I have met and people I have known.  It wasn't until late in life (31+ years in the computer industry and 12+ years in the independent film production industry, yeah, I'm old) that I finally got around to finishing my book and getting it published, self published on Kindle.  Relationships of all types, good and bad, are a great resource for character development in a good novel, that and a vivid imagination.  The above are the ramblings of an old, gay man that is trying to start another career.