Valleygirl83 Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 So I am in a weird situation. My ex husband and I have been divorced for going on 6 months. We were seperated for a year before that. Due to economic issues, we are living together as room mates. We handle our own individual "households" separately and we co-parent our children who live in the same house. Even though we have been divorced, we have had sex on a regular basis since our divorce. So, in a way we have never actually ended our relationship. We talked recently and agreed that we wanted to date but we both are anxious about rushing back into a bad situation. Our marriage was bad, on both of our accounts, so we just want to take it slow and see if maybe we can have an offical romantic relationship. So we are supposed to have a date this weekend and I am kind of at a loss as to how to date him. I mean, we were married for 7 1/2 years and even in the 6 months that we have been divorced, we have stayed relatively close. On normal dates you talk about your likes, dislikes, hopes and dreams, beliefs, etc. Since we know each other so well, these are not great topics of conversation. I also wonder if the comfort would make just make it feel less like dating. Anyways, so I need your ideas of what to do on dates, what to discuss, etc. Bonus points if you have ideas for "dates at home" that we can do. We have children, limited income, and want to avoid the awkwardness of having family watch the kids. We aren't ready to define our relationship yet and don't want to have to explain things to family. We have a room mate that we also want to keep this from until we know where it is going so having a baby sitter come to our home is off limits too. So, any ideas or advice?
anne1707 Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 On normal dates you talk about your likes, dislikes, hopes and dreams, beliefs, etc. Since we know each other so well, these are not great topics of conversation. You never know. The routine of married life can sometimes mean that you stop talking about anything other than kids, bills, family, work..... How about time to talk about you, me, us... Go for it and it might just surprise you.
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