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My fiancee of 3 and a half years (Not too long I suppose, but long to a 22 year old) said she wasn't in love with me anymore last night. We had a bit of this a couple months ago, and I moved many of my things out (The shop has always been separate, at my father's house where I'm always welcome in exchange for knives and yard work 
) I was really a kid when we met back then, staying up all night and sleeping all day without much drive... I suppose she sort-of set me straight and I got a degree in Horticulture, and she mostly supported my knife making, even if it meant we didn't go out to dinner much.
..Now I'm spending time with my friend I haven't had much time for and I'm trying to get back to the grind stone (Although I've been 3 for 3 messing up blades and having to re-do them, so I'm pretty much out of abrasives for the moment.)
I suppose I'm looking forward to being able to afford trying hunting for the first time with my recurve (first time hunting period, actually), but it's like re-learning how to breathe and do everything when you've had a best(wifely) friend by your side for years. :| ..Additionally, I have severe OCD (good for knives, bad for wives), so it's a daunting task to even begin to want to date again.
) I was really a kid when we met back then, staying up all night and sleeping all day without much drive... I suppose she sort-of set me straight and I got a degree in Horticulture, and she mostly supported my knife making, even if it meant we didn't go out to dinner much. ..Now I'm spending time with my friend I haven't had much time for and I'm trying to get back to the grind stone (Although I've been 3 for 3 messing up blades and having to re-do them, so I'm pretty much out of abrasives for the moment.)
I suppose I'm looking forward to being able to afford trying hunting for the first time with my recurve (first time hunting period, actually), but it's like re-learning how to breathe and do everything when you've had a best(wifely) friend by your side for years. :| ..Additionally, I have severe OCD (good for knives, bad for wives), so it's a daunting task to even begin to want to date again.
) hit right on it BD. Concentrate on making a good comfortable living, and let your hobby grow at it's own pace. I don't have any advice for finding girlfriends, soulmates, or whatever's the current lingo. 27 years ago I was a policeman, and kept following this cute girl in a neat shortbed truck (this has almost nothing to do with the truck). She got mad at me following her and not stopping her, so one night she made the stop, and asked what the he-l I was following her for, then she asked me out (hey, I couldn't be making this up). A year later we asked us to marry us, and the rest is history. I haven't regretted one single minute of being with her. Something like this might happen to you eventually, just don't be in a hurry. There are a lot of guys on the forums that live and breath knives from sunup to sunset. Someday I hope I can do that, but I have a woodworking job that takes a lot of time, however I'm starting to find more time for my knives, and I wouldn't trade that at all. Just keep at it BD. Try not to concentrate on the ladies to much while grinding 
