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for the last 3 and half months, I have been seeing one woman at least once a week, she has 2kid with a guy who's 17 years older than her. We're both 30, I am single. The thing is, I have dated not a low number a women, most of the dating was stress to me, can't describe, but it was always lacking something, incompatible views on different things (religion, kids, politics...), different lifestyles (me who likes to socialize vs them who are more reserved...), me who eats healthy and trains vs someone who is not sporty at all, communication issues always a big thing whether it be setting up even simple dates where I always had to suggest and push until the end to things like basic reassurance of the relationship and keeping that spike in the relationship alive with some flirting and similar.
All these things are fine with this woman, she buys small cute gifts for me, I do the same. She was the first girl ever to not let me buy the drinks when we went out on a second date out. I was shocked...She invites sometime for lunch, sometimes it's me, she always suggests splitting if not paying herself...Treats the staff good and never badmouths the father of the kids... It gets better, she has a car, I don't. They are well off, she married a millionare basically, but she still has her own job where she earns. I am ambitious and have my *** together, but I am nowhere near millionare lifestyl. I even joked at the beginning that I am poor before knowing her situation, she never gave a wrong look because of that. She's in the process of filing in the divorce, their relationship is toxic af and over especially after she caught him cheating year and so ago, they are talking to lawyers as well... she seems to have a postnuptial agreement according to which she gets nothing and also other bearocratic issues. They also still live together.
Provided that everything she told me is true, the thing between us is good. However, while it seems nice, there's obvious raised questions here? Also which red flags should I watch out for before this get the question if this is serious dating? What am I missing here? Under normal circumstences, I would never even go to a date with a person who has kids, yet I found myself going out with one for 3months now lol...
And let's say everything is as said, she's the ideal one...Going out of one relationshipt is never easy, let alone out of a marriage. How do I assess whether a) she’s invested in me as a long-term partner or b) whether Iam her transitional man as she segues into being a single person. Anything else you want to add, feel free...