Hello,
My name is Chris, I am 35 years old. I am a systems engineer in the U.S. I am mostly just here to look around, learn a bit and consider things.
I am currently in a relationship with my girlfriend of a little over 8 years. I have a 13 year old son that I have custody of (ex lives in another state). About six years ago my girlfriend was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease. To put it short, it is like alzheimer's, parkinson's, ALS, and MS all wrapped up into one. It progresses differently for different people, but the end is that by about 50 there will be a lot of dementia and movement disorders.
Currently she can not drive because she is a danger to herself and others on the road - and while I joke that that's nothing new, it is legitimately enough that we felt it best she give up driving. Other then that, most people can't tell there is anything wrong with her at this stage. She and I do, but we both know her pretty well!.
Anyways, between this, raising my son, and being the only provider, and person who can drive, it is getting pretty tough, and will only get harder as time goes by. This is the situation that has brought us to considering a Polyamory type relationship.
We aren't necessarily looking for anything specific. (not an add or request just an explanation) We are just hoping that maybe we might find someone who would want to potentially become part of our family in any way that feels comfortable to everyone. Someone to help provide emotional, physical, financial support, in any combination that works.
I don't know if that will work out. I don't know if that sort of person exists. Asking someone to voluntarily step into a relationship where one person going to become considerably ill probably isn't fair. I just know that I'm going to need help on many levels, and we don't really have a lot of family to fill in.
I'm really just kind of here to explore. I've really started to believe as I've gotten older that the relationship dynamic of only two people is considerably limiting. I feel like there should be room for a range of relationship dynamics. , and I'd like to see what is working for other people.
Anyways, hopefully that came off the way I intended, and didn't seem overly upsetting, boring, pleading or anything else.
My name is Chris, I am 35 years old. I am a systems engineer in the U.S. I am mostly just here to look around, learn a bit and consider things.
I am currently in a relationship with my girlfriend of a little over 8 years. I have a 13 year old son that I have custody of (ex lives in another state). About six years ago my girlfriend was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease. To put it short, it is like alzheimer's, parkinson's, ALS, and MS all wrapped up into one. It progresses differently for different people, but the end is that by about 50 there will be a lot of dementia and movement disorders.
Currently she can not drive because she is a danger to herself and others on the road - and while I joke that that's nothing new, it is legitimately enough that we felt it best she give up driving. Other then that, most people can't tell there is anything wrong with her at this stage. She and I do, but we both know her pretty well!.
Anyways, between this, raising my son, and being the only provider, and person who can drive, it is getting pretty tough, and will only get harder as time goes by. This is the situation that has brought us to considering a Polyamory type relationship.
We aren't necessarily looking for anything specific. (not an add or request just an explanation) We are just hoping that maybe we might find someone who would want to potentially become part of our family in any way that feels comfortable to everyone. Someone to help provide emotional, physical, financial support, in any combination that works.
I don't know if that will work out. I don't know if that sort of person exists. Asking someone to voluntarily step into a relationship where one person going to become considerably ill probably isn't fair. I just know that I'm going to need help on many levels, and we don't really have a lot of family to fill in.
I'm really just kind of here to explore. I've really started to believe as I've gotten older that the relationship dynamic of only two people is considerably limiting. I feel like there should be room for a range of relationship dynamics. , and I'd like to see what is working for other people.
Anyways, hopefully that came off the way I intended, and didn't seem overly upsetting, boring, pleading or anything else.
