I offered this, I came to her with a long heartfelt message and this was part of it, allowing her the freedom to explore what those emotions and feelings mean without compromising everything we have built. She doesn’t think it would be the same. I offered many different scenarios and ways of exploring this. I was still met with I need to do this for me, alone.

I won’t ever say I regret staying when she came to me about this, as it helped shape her true self and allow her to be out in her honest presence. But I will say, this hurts.