I'm finding myself with a strong desire to go back into the dating scene (bc the dating scene these days is So MuCh FuN...). However, I still miss and have strong feelings of love for my LW. Does that ever go away? I'm under the impression it doesn't. Sounds like we learn how to exist within a relationship with a loving partner where the love is given and received by both parties, but we will still have a part of us that still yearns for our lost love.

I do not feel guilt like I'm cheating, I know she would be supportive of me finding someone that fills a need in my life, but I'm confused how to process these emotions. Am I wanting to find a partner for the right reasons, or am I just trying to distract myself from the pain?

It seems like it would be simple to discern the truth, but with these conflicting duel emotions it's difficult to make heads or tails of it. "I love her, but I want to find love with another person? That seems a bit scandalous. I know I have her blessing to find happiness, so why does it still feel unnatural? Does it feel unnatural bc the love of my life is gone and that's going to make anything / everything feel that way, or is there something else going on that I'm not dealing with?"

Can anyone relate? Who's found someone else and can say whether there will be duel emotions with your former love and now current?

Also, I'm limiting the amount of comments of, "I think you're moving too fast and need to process the death of your LW more," to 20% of the responses. Wouldn't that be nice if there was a way to actual do that :-D