hertz
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Hertz: you say your relationship is damaged in a very obvious way, but that it is a very stable relationship. That seems to be a contradiction to me I don't know about you, but 20 years, with continual planning for our future together is stable in my book. Again, I think one of the problems here is perception. I don't believe relationships just happen, and I don't believe they survive without being nurtured. Relationships often require effort, they often require negotiation and sometimes they involve other qualities as well. We're not a sinking ship. I can't see any reason why we shouldn't grow old and die together. quote:
I wind up with the sense that good, professional help may help you ferret out all the elements of your situation. I don't. My partner is not interested in ferreting out anything at this point. I can respect that. But I accept your point that some people might choose a different path. We have a relationship with a fault or two, and we are working around that as best we can. Maybe others would choose to try and fix the damage - that's up to them. The relationship you describe with the woman with MS sounds absolutely fine to me. They came up with the best solution available to them given the resources they had, and it sounds as if the open communication they were able to make use of was never going to be a threat to the relationship. I have no problem with it. It sounds like they ended up in a Poly relationship that worked for everyone. Good on them.
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