Posted by GeishaGirl on December 1, 2004, at 8:32:04
In reply to What's wrong with me??, posted by tampagirl70 on November 29, 2004, at 10:22:51
Hi,
I don't think there's anything wrong with you.
I'm a relationship (which by anything but legal standards would be called a marriage) and am partnered with a man labeled with OCD, whom I love very much - and with whom I fight intensely with and love with equal intensity.
I've been married twice before, once to a fellow trauma survivor not labeled with OCD. The relationship I'm in now is different from the previous ones (I *don't* mean that the relationship or he's 'weird'). I somehow think the kinds of relationships we are in as different. Kinda like two people from different cultures sharing lives and all the conflict and love that comes with it. Things are working for us because we love each other so much and are both really trying hard to understand each other. I'm not sure if this is the case with the two of you, but I though I'd share what's happening with me.
I know that our relationship roles are reversed. But if you care to, I would love to discuss this more with you over babblemail. I know that it would help me, as well. Kinda lonely out here. No one seems to understand what I am talking about. They see our relationship as being the same as any relationship and can jump to conclusions about how things 'should' be. It takes too long for me to explain the reality of our life together, so I just I just tell them it's not like they think and leave it at that. Their attention spans are too short to get into any detail.
Take care,
Geisha Girl
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