Confused in Love
by randy
(sacramento)
Confused in Love
I am 56 years old. I am currently going through a divorce that should have happened 4 years ago. I returned to my birth town and accidentally ran into my ex-buddy's wife who I always got along extremely well with.
She told me she was going through a divorce. That her husband had become violently abusive and mistreated her badly for the last 5 years. I have been about 500 miles away and have not talked to them in all this time. I consider talking to him but our friendship ended poorly 5 years ago.
She and I have always been comfortable with each other and hit it off amazingly well. They have been apart over a year. I find happiness with her I thought I would never find again. Problem is her 23 year old daughter told me that I was cheating on her dad and honestly shocked me.
We had talked about this 6 months ago and at that time her mom and I were just good friends. Now it is way, way, way more than that.
My heart tells me it's fine. He and I were not really friends anymore and they were already divorcing as I was. Am I doing something wrong here? I care about the daughter also. I have known her and her parents for over 15 years. Any feedback would be appreciated.
The woman told me she now loves me and I feel the same. This is not a rebound relationship. We both have been very careful and have hung out a lot over the last 6-7 months.
Confused