Posted by Rigby on March 3, 2004, at 9:56:08
In reply to Your SO and your relationship with your T, posted by tinydancer on March 3, 2004, at 7:39:21
Great topic!
I'm gay and have been in a relationship for 12 years. Aside: Now that we can get married in San Francisco the pressure is enormous--now I know how straight unmarried couples feel!! ;)
Anyway, my girlfriend used to get a teeny bit jealous--especially the first year or so when I was attracted to my therapist and my therapist had some boundary issues on her end. But that's resolved to a large degree and also my girfriend is just totally cool about that kind of thing. In fact, I had a very sexy dream about my therapist the other night and it felt *really* healthy to talk to my girlfriend about it. It felt like it brought us more together vs. me having secrets. Interesting.
> How do you deal with your relationship with your T and balance the needs of your Significant Other (Partner, Husband, Boy/Girl Friend)?
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> I'm married to a brick wall, so I don't know that anything I do has any effect whatsoever on him, but I wonder about others who are in a relationship themselves but at the same time are dedicated to the work they do with their Ts.
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> Does your SO express jealousy? How do you balance the two? Just wanted to kick a discussion about this topic into gear.
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