Feeling stupid. Got myself into a relationship 7 months post separation. It felt so good and easy and promising. I had her meet my son like 2 1/2 months in. We spent a lot of time as a group the next month because she'd gotten laid off, had severance and had a month between the start of her new job. And of course she's amazing with my 4.5 y.o. son, and he loves her. Before Thanksgiving we had some issues, and she started pulling away, and two days ago she told me she didn't want to be in a "serious committed relationship" at this point in her life, and said we could continue as FwB. Which I don't know if I can be ok with because I'm so infatuated with her.

I'm really kicking myself for rushing things, and especially for the meeting of my son. He's so young, and he really connected with her, and now it's another failed relationship in his life, and I feel stupid for getting so invested in this woman. It was obviously too soon to get into this serious of a relationship. For both of us because she'd been separated from her abusive husband 6 months too. We knew it was stupid as we did it, and we thought to ourselves, were special.