As for the Topic of the Day...
Here's the Cliff's Notes version:
I've been in one major relationship. Steve and I met over Labor Day weekend a couple of years ago. I moved in three weeks later. We were together for three and a half years. We had good times and tough times, but we were always there for each other - even when I started to get more work on the road. Alas, my time on the road eventually took its toll on our relationship, and I came home one day and he wanted to talk, and...
It was actually a very amicable break up. I had one or two "good crys" during the period, but, otherwise, I was on the same page. I didn't see that initially. I didn't want to admit that initially, out loud, but, eventually, the truth just started to sink in. We had both just grown into different people. We did not grow apart, we just had different needs from when we first got together.
Steve was my first major relationship. And I was Steve's second relationship. Well, third. He had been married for fifteen years, then divorced, then in his first relationship with a man. Basically, we were both still learning what a relationship was, what it needed to endure. And what we needed from a relationship. The good and the not so good.
We are still very good friends. In fact, I'd say we're better friends now than when we were together. He also got to know my family, and I got to know his, and there's still that connection too. That being said...
I'm currently "dating around" as they say. And I've been having a good time meeting new people and making new friends. The past few months down here in DC have been a little "tricky" in the sense that I've actually met some very compatible people, but since I know that I'm no longer based in DC, I've made sure not to let myself get too attached, and not to lead anyone on. And even before heading down to DC to work on Damn Yankees, there was/is one guy in New York City, that I had been seeing quite regularly, but since I was going to be away for a bit, we sort of put things on hold. We shall what happens when I return...
I like being single right now. And I've learned the difference between being alone and being lonely. If another relationship happens to come my way, well... I We shall see...