Dating After Divorce - Are You Making a Big Dating Mistake That Stops You From Loving Again?

If you are dating after divorce and feeling disappointed by a series of dead-end dates, you may be making this big dating mistake that stops you from loving again. I'd like you to understand the big dating mistake that I unwittingly repeated for a couple years after my long marriage ended in divorce so that you can avoid it.

What was my big dating mistake after divorce?

I was eager to duplicate my intimate connection, style of communication and roles that I played in my marriage with a new intimate partner.

Why?

This was the only relationship that I'd known in my adult life. I had learned about love as a wife and mother. I hadn't dated much before I met and married my former husband. So I knew how to love, not how to date. This was my comfort zone, and I had no idea that I had to break out of it if I wanted to love again.

How did I break out of my comfort zone?

- I learned how to date.

- I traded my mom clothes for still hot mama clothes when I went out on a date.

- I joined a matchmaking service that introduced me to a creative or professional date once a week over lunch.

- I learned how to use the internet so that I could join an online dating site -- after my 13 year old daughter encouraged me to do so when she gave me the film, "You've Got Mail."

- Since my only travel adventures had been with my husband and eventually with our children, I traveled solo to two continents to show myself that I could do this -- with unexpected dating advice from my teenage children.

- I let go of unrealistic love tests that I presented on dates, like waiting for love at first sight like I'd felt when I met my former husband.

- I stopped seeking The One and started creating friendships with great single men I met on 3 continents.

- I recovered from a mysterious injury that nearly destroyed my hope of loving again.

- I revived my career dreams and took action on them every day, and I was delighted by the album of songs, novel, podcast show and singles club that grew out of my break up and rebirth.

- I realized that I was too busy to nurture a romantic relationship while I dedicated myself to launching my kids and fulfilling my career goals.

- I gave myself a chance to grow into the new woman I was becoming before I entered a new relationship.

- I regained balance in my personal and professional life, so that I have freedom to focus on a new relationship.

- I let go of a desire to duplicate the intimacy or roles that I once played in my marriage, so that I finally feel free to love again.

I hope this helps you enjoy dating after divorce. When you focus on becoming your best you after divorce and before you enter a serious dating relationship, you will attract a love match who appreciates the new you as you develop a new vision for a happy relationship.

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