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[quote=Anonymous]2.5 years ago a guy friend of mine, whom I have known through work and mutual friends for more than 14 years, lost his wife of 20 years to breast cancer. A week after she died he contacted me. I played it cool, but I wasn't ready to do more than be a supportive friend to him.

Last year we met at my suggestion for breakfast. He treated. We talked. He was dating casually and going to bars, dancing, etc. However, he told me he was still grieving. I took that as a way to let me know he either wasn't interested in me or he wasn't interested in a serious relationship with me.

So now it's been 2.5 years since his wife died.

I find myself angry at him at times, that he isn't interested in a more serious relationship with me that would lead to a commitment, yet he would have been okay with something more casual from me.

I would have wanted either to stay friends with him, or I really wanted him to want me as a girlfriend.

Does this make sense? I am late 40s, and he is early 50s. He isn't interested in dating younger women or having kids, etc.

As long as I am still available, do I ask him again how he is doing with the grieving process? [/quote]

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