For me the hope that I cling onto is that I can heal myself and come out of this awful situation as a stronger, stabler, more self-reliant person. Hopefully, that includes an intimate relationship in the future, but most likely with someone I haven't even met yet. That is what "prevail in the end" means to me at this point.
THIS. Does Steve hand out medals when we reach our first DB milestone? You deserve a medal. This is progress.
You're a few months ahead of me but I can't wait until I can say this and actually mean it.
H: 35 W: 33 M: 11 T: 13
4/10/18: I discovered A and confronted ("BD1") 6/23/18: I moved out 8/31/18: MC ends ("BD2")