So hypothetically speaking....

If you date someone (let's call him M) for three years, and it never really gets off the ground because he has an ongoing, nasty custody battle over his son, and he works all the time, and while he evidently thinks he's going to marry you some day down the road, you have no idea of this at the time because his actions speak louder than his words, and his actions indicate that he doesn't have room for you in his life...and you see each other so little that by the time you finally give him the "I think we should see other people" speech, you are already living with another man... (true story!)....

And then you marry that other man, and M rebounds with another woman and marries her 4 days after he finds out you are engaged....

And two years later you find out your husband is having an affair and you call M. to see how he is doing and turns out his marriage isn't doing well either....

And you separate from your husband, and he separates from his wife.

And you get divorced....but his divorce takes longer because they fight over property....

And another two years go by, and you still haven't moved on to dating anyone else after your divorce, and he isn't dating anyone during his divorce....

But you start talking more frequently, and even spend a little quality time together watching "It's a Wonderful Life" at Christmas....

And one night he tells you that you broke his heart when you ended things 6 years ago, because he always knew the two of you would get married, and you say you had no idea he felt that way back then because he didn't act as though he wanted to marry you, and he says you didn't act as though you wanted to get married to anyone, including him...and so you both decide right then to put it on the table and say "Yes, I want to get married".

And now his divorce is finally final July 2nd.

And he's ready to pick up where you two left off 7 years ago.

And his son has graduated from high school so there is no more ugly custody battle taking up his time.

And he's not working 7 days a week anymore.

And it seems as though maybe it's true what they say that timing is everything, and maybe the timing is right now....

And the emotional roller coaster might just be a sweet calm merry-go-round now....

Would you say yes to taking another ride?