Happy Birth Day to the Love of my Life. I call him WGB, Worlds Greatest Boyfriend, he has had the title for 21 years.
I never knew love like this before! Some times he gets on my last nerve as I am sure I do for him. But 99.9% of the time we love each other unconditionally and that is an amazing love.
He adores me. And I had a lot of chatter in my brain when we first got together, that it was impossible that he loved me like that. But he has been consistent for 21 years of us being together and another 16 years before of being my good friend! I think that was key. We were friends first.
When trauma responses showed up, he was patient and talked me down. Always telling me he has never given me reason to think he would treat me like that, and he never has.
The hard part for me, was accepting his generosity. Letting him take care of me in ways he wanted to but leaving my independence intact. We don't want to be married. I did not like marriage, at least the 20 year marriage I had, left a bad taste in my soul. I like having an equal partner. We help each other mutually. We are there for each other. And our friendship is deep.
Life is better with a true friend by your side.
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