I'm back after a long absence

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The counseling session went okay, he talked a lot about some of the things he sees as incompatabilities and things that bug him, the counselor diffused it and asked him to look at how these things are with other people. He seemed pretty open to the whole thing, but still somewhat reserved.

In a lot of ways he is acting wounded, and wounds take time to heal. He needs to trust that he can talk to me about the big things.

We had dinner together after, did a little talking although the place was really really loud so it made it hard. I told him I really feel good that he is trusting me enough to talk to me about his feelings. I asked him if there was anything I could do that would make him feel good, and he said I already am by listening to him and letting him share, which is a huge thing he felt he couldn't do before.

Our homework is to make a list of ways we are compatible and share it with each other, we will probably discuss it then and also at the next session, which we set for 2 weeks from now.

Hopeful