Mostly feels solved as in we talked about it and the problem has been addressed. I appreciate your account, I plan to talk to them about this soon. I think they'll be understanding.
I'm open to the idea of polyamory - it's something I've thought about before.
all-or-nothing mentality around boundaries in pop-polyamory
What do you mean by this
Also you've given me some good things to think about reguarding poly stuff. It has been on my mind just a little bit but I wanted to fully understand what's going on before committing to even more.
The "caregiver fatigue" is something I have been experiencing, but I didn't have a name for it. I plan to communicate this with them, as I think it's a lot of the reason I am struggling. You are completely correct about the jobs taking up their energy to really connect, which is why I've been (trying to be) understanding. Thank you so much.
I'm so excited to see how this turns out. I've long held the belief that this is the kind of program that would be amazing without profit motive.