P2YL SPECIAL: What to do after dating disappointment
Katrina Robinson • 19 December 2023
'The minute I saw his face I knew he was going to split up with me'
I was so looking forward to my date that evening.
Over the past few weeks we had spent some enjoyable times together. We shared the same worldview and had bonded over our separate experiences of going through unwanted divorces. People were starting to treat us as ‘a couple’.
But the minute I saw his face I knew he was going to split up with me, and he did. It had been a shortish relationship yet the disappointment I felt was real.
But I learned you can do yourself a massive favour at this point by accepting that disappointments are a natural part of life, including your date-life, and then turn them into something that actually helps you.
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