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Hey guys,
I went through a rough break up over the summer. We parted ways respectfully, but we spent eight loving years together. It was difficult to transition from being a person in a relationship to my own individual person. When you share everything with someone, it's hard to see clearly where they end and you begin when you break up, especially if neither party betrayed the other in some unforgivable way. We met at 17 and were together until age 25. In the interim I tried to focus on my grad degree, set up a gym schedule, and take some time to myself.
Now I'm feeling a bit better and have begun talking to a very attractive and intelligent girl that i'm in a class with. Her body language is very open towards me, signals me to sit next to her in other classes. She's a bit flirty, and the way she talks to me, if she was talking to anyone else, i'd be sure she liked that guy. But honestly, i've been with one woman in eight years and don't really know how to escalate things and convey that i'd like to get to know her a bit better. I know that things will just come naturally, but i'm always a bit apprehensive that she's being friendly and i'm misreading advances (I only just met her). I've never really had to work on this before due to the super long term relationship I was in.
Anyone ever been in a similar circumstance?
