While I’m married now, and my wife has known since day one about the real me, there was a long period I refused to date. I wasn’t sure how to share about myself to the world, or even entirely what I wanted for myself. As such I felt it would be selfish of me to enter into a relationship while I’m still trying to figure out who I was.
As time went on and I came to realize just who the real me was, I expanded my horizons, and started not really looking, but opening myself to opportunities that I had blatantly turned down in the past.
I met my wife online as friends. I was able to help her get out of a bad situation and she moved in with me. Our relationship quickly progressed and while we were engaged for a long time, it’s 6 years later now, we have a 5 year old son, and we just celebrated our first full year of marriage.
Dating can be tough, and knowing yourself can be tougher, but sometimes if you just open yourself up to possibilities, the right person will just walk into your life.
-Piper