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Ever stop Dating years after the Divorce?

My Ex left me 10 years ago. It wasn't a bad divorce, and we ended as well as we could.

I started dating pretty quickly thereafter. I regret that because I was rebounding. All those little relationships became more serious, and then I would ditch them.

I let some time pass, and got into a couple of serious relationships, but I eventually felt trapped in those as well. So I let some more time go by and eventually ditch those relationships.

Now I have not dated in two years, and in the last year many FB friends and coworkers keep hinting and flirting with me. I never take them seriously. But they keep on me, checking on me, and trying to get me to engage.

I get panicky even thinking about another long-term relationship. I avoid even getting myself set up to even get near one of those. So I avoid pretty well.

Unfortunately, I am not the pump and dump type. I do not like one night stands, and now hitting 50, even thinking about that kind of intimacy scares me because I am not horny like I use to be from teens to my 40's.

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  • Dick
    Lv 7
    9 months ago
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    I started dating after my divorce. Rebound relationships? Probably. I had no intention of remarrying. I didn't lie to them or make promises I couldn't keep. Most of them just kind of withered or tapered off. No break-ups or acrimonious separations. I don't believe in "bridge burning". Decades later, I'm still friends with some of them. I think it was a positive experience for me. I started cohabiting with one of them,  after about 10 years. 8 years after that we married.

  • Anonymous
    9 months ago

    Sorry, but you DO sound like pump and dump guy.  

    Maybe you need therapy.  Maybe you need self respect.  I don't know.

    But people who "ditch" relationships when the relationships become serious are pump and dump guys.

  • car253
    Lv 7
    9 months ago

    sounds like you need some space.   Don't date until your ready.  don't listen to co-workers or friends.   

  • 9 months ago

    I think when you find the right person for you. You will the probably engage in activities with them and actually try to get to know them that is my advice.

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