Ask Amy: Widower ponders the heartache of dating
Dear Amy: My wife passed away in a car
accident about seven years ago.
We were together for almost 25 years.
I had a few dates with women in the years since my wife’s death, but I didn’t meet anyone who really interested me. My last date was three years ago. I guess I just didn’t think I was ready.
I’ve been pretty content with my status until recently.
I joined a dating site and started talking to a woman. We talked for a week or so and got along great. We have a lot in common.
Every time I heard from her my heart would race and I felt what I haven’t felt in a long time. I was smiling all the time and in such a good mood.
Finally, we decided to meet. We met and afterward she told me she is only interested in friendship. I’m assuming that she just wasn’t attracted to me.
I get it, but it kinda knocked the wind out of my sails. I feel heartbroken. I don’t even want to look anymore and think I should just stay single.
My friends tell me to keep looking, but I don’t want to get my hopes up again and then be let down.
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