Amazing news Vet; you've made a brave and gutsy move and, though I never thought I'd say this, sometimes you do indeed have to go with what feels right and seize the moment without overthinking it too much.
I too have been quiet lately as I've met someone who has prompted me to take a deep look inside and re-evaluate... everything.
In June I was certain I did not want anyone becoming emotionally close to me. I was even more certain that I did not want to develop any feelings for someone myself.
But it happened, and I am extremely glad that it did!
Both she and I were seeing other people in the beginning. For my part that was specifically because I did not want to invest in anyone, to any degree whatsoever, but then things changed (on date 2 for sure, maybe sooner if I'm completely honest with myself) and I found myself inexplicably considering how I felt about that, and her.
Now, just a few months later, she and I are in an altogether different place to that which we started in, or ever envisaged ourselves being in. And it feels good. Really good.
And I think the point I'm trying to make here is that, to some degree, I've gone from trying to logically figure out what I want and don't want to being able to look into her eyes and know, to be with her and feel, and that is a much, much better place to be in than where I was before, overthinking myself into a mindset that simply didn't represent what I truly wanted.
Maybe there is a lesson in there for some of you? If not, I hope you all find what you really want and learn to trust your instincts as much as that voice inside your head that sometimes gives a conflicting, and perhaps detrimental, point of view.