My thoughts

(Chapter 13 Interaction with Spouse or Significant Other in my book)

Today I was thinking about something. From July 2012 until May 2017, I was in a long-term relationship. I was the one who ended the relationship after I figured out there were problems with the relationship. Unfortunately, he was perfectly happy with the way things were, so he was not going to work on “us”. I have only dated a little since the break-up and not at all since 2018. In thinking about me not dating, I think that this is probably a good thing for me. If I go back and read through my journals, I am functioning better since not being in a relationship. Perhaps being in a relationship and living with a memory impairment is just too stressful for me. I will just wait to see where life takes me but for now, I'm not looking to go on any dates. I could be wrong that being in a relationship is too stressful for me while living with MCI. Perhaps it was just this relationship that was the problem. I might never know the answer to this.