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In Bono’s new book, he wrote the following about his wife:
Ali told me that she loved all of me, that even the troubled parts of my soul were her delight. That she loved me when I was four and eight and twelve, that she loved me before she met me aged thirteen… She didn’t need me to be anyone else. She loved me.
That’s exactly how I felt about my ex. I loved her even before I met her, revealing letters I wrote to God when I was in high school and college praying and thanking God for her. It hurt not being loved or appreciated the same way I did her.
When you feel like your wife is a gift from God and she was made specifically for you, moving on is tougher than the steak she used to cook. It also makes it hard to put together a prayer. That’s when I ask for the Holy Spirit to please interpret my thoughts and feelings into a prayer because I just can’t find the right use of words.
A few time I mentioned to my wife that I felt she was more in love with the idea of a husband than she was for the person I am. She asked that I stop saying stuff like that because it messes with her head and makes her think. I was just seeing if her love for me was sincere.
One thing I want that she still won’t grant is an opportunity to set the record straight. Neither of us should struggle through a parenting relationship because of unsubstantiated stuff one person believes.
Something else Bono wrote in his book, “I can’t change the world, but I can change the world in me.”
In college, when couples talked about what kind of relationship they are in, we called that a DTR. As in, Defining The Relationship. I had a DTR with a lovely woman yesterday. We’ve been messaging each other since September and have met in person a few times. We’re not an item. There’s nothing romantic between us, though there is a lot of flirting. Basically, we agreed we like each other and dating to better know one another with intent. Slow goes it, and that’s okay. I have a lot of check boxes I want checked. She checks quite a few of them, and I think more so than my ex. One thing I like about her, she calls me out on my overthinking and tells me I need to get outside my own head.
