Originally Posted by erin7799
Ok. Well it sounds like a comfort thing. She has known you for 5 years. She has slept w/ you, laid w/you and spent nights w/ you for 5 years. It sounds like she is comfortable w/ you. She is telling you that she doesn't want to be w/ you. There is a difference between wanting to be w/ someone and using them for all of the things you're used to them giving you. Like the lovey, touchy, feely stuff. It's hard to move on sometimes even if you're the one who did the walking away. You 2 have a child together. Can I ask how old she is? Did she ever get to experience that whole bar/club scene? Did she have the chance to get it out of her system before she had a baby? Maybe if she never really had the chance to do all of that, she's going through it now. I had a child young and I never got to do any of that fun stuff w/ the friends until I was 25. I had a good few years of going out and having fun before I settled back down. I lost myself somewhere between playing housewife and mommy. I wasn't Erin anymore. I always had to make sure that everyone else came before me. And eventually, I put my son first, then me, then everyone and everything else. Could it be that she is going through that, too? My advice to you is that yes... She is most definately not wearing thongs to the club/bar to impress her friends. Women do that stuff "just in case" someone else were to see them. Her haircut, all of it. It may just be that she needed a change. You have to listen to what you're saying. SHE asked YOU what it would take for you to move on. In that one question, she has said it all. She isn't interested in pursuing a relationship w/ you right now. So just let it be. Concentrate on your child and do the best you can w/ this situation. Let her do her thing and if you're still there when she's done and she wants to work it out, then the ball is in your court. You may not want her by then. You may have found someone else. Better. Just because you have kids together doesn't necessarily mean that you are meant to stay together. It isn't healthy for the kids to see a relationship like that and is that how you want to live this ONE life?