Hi, its nice to see another english guy on the forum. It sounds like youre going the right way about things, which is the practical way, i always think that falling into love is very much an emotional, unpredictable thing, but getting back out of it after a break up is very logical and practical.
And you need to get out to africa to work in orphanages, i worked with a team for 3 weeks in the slums of kampala in uganda to renovate an old building into an orphanage, most amazing thing i have ever done.