Dating, I'd Like To Date Someone

[Changing4Best]

Yes, I'd like to date too! So glad I am not alone in this dilema, but I have so much against me. I would lose my medical plan if I remarry (I am a widow). I take some dozen meds too, so this won't be easy! But love can conquer all, right? I mean I think so anyway.

My last relationship, the guy was a depressed/ suicidal guy and he took all his meds.... the one before that was abuse, to the point that he tried to choke me once andf was so jealous that if I even looked at another guy in the eye, he'd blow his top and threaten me, even with death while holding his karate foot up to my neck!

On the other hand, when I was not yet diagnosed, my marriage to my beloved husband lasted 23 years. He even forgave me for cheating on him, but he had a massive stroke, I think because of my flirtyness with another guy... (I am bipolar as well as PTSD). None the less, he put up with me for all those years, loving me even though he knew "something" was wrong with me (but we did not know what).

SO I think there is hope, even though I am not sure if hope alone will get us through all this (I have a guy in mind, he likes me and I him). We have not officially started dating yet. We are attracted to one another none the less. He wrote me a sweet get well card and We have talked and we have one another's phone numbers....

 

[Changing4Best]

Re: online dating. My next door neighbors met online and stayed online a lot before they met in person. They are married now, had had step kids to deal with and she has generalized anxiety disorder and is disabled. They are doing really well, hardly ever argue, and are really in love. I am not sure how long they have been married, but I estimate from what they have said about time re: their marriage, that a dozen yrs is not out of the question and easily. He has no mental disorder that I know of.