Lashback Negativity and its Utter Lack of Importance
As I expected, there were a couple of dissenters in hearing about Paula's and my news. People who either chose to dislike the idea or discounted to apparent speed of our relationship. And truth be told, it might seem like an incredibly short period of time to decide that this woman (or man, in her case) is the one that I want to spend the rest of my life with.

But you know what? If someone wants to spit vitriol and mock what we have then they earn themselves the one way ticket out of my life. I've no place for people who are unable to appreciate how happy I am and how much I love this woman.

And really, there's been one person, one woman from my past who's attempted to remain my friend through some difficulties of her own. We'd even spent some time together before Christmas and were getting along fairly well though without any interest in pursuing it any further, I was already well aware that, while I didn't know where my Ms. Right was yet, I knew for damned sure that she wasn't it. Anybody who tried to change me as much as she did was most definitely not going to win me over, I'm secure in who and what I am thanks very much.

But as it stands, she's probably pretty well out of my life. And maybe that's not such a bad thing considering the angst and major upset she introduced to it without much of any consideration for me. Oh yeah, and she's a total and utter lush which is just what I, being pre-disposed to alcoholism, do not need in my life.