Patience is the problem. I'm living with a constant reminder of the fact that I'm romantically alone. Every second I see those two together, it makes me sick that I've allowed myself to slip into this pit of fear.

Like I said, finding a chick isn't even an issue. Liz, Dan's wife, has a friend coming over tomorrow that I plan to ask out. She's really cool, and strikes me as being someone I'd probably enjoy being involved with. The issue is in allowing myself to become emotionally invested in this girl, because I'm mortified by the possibility of a recurrence of past events.