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Joy in short-lived relationships? (self.polyamory)
submitted 2 months ago by SharkWeek to c/polyamory@lemmy.world
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A couple of weeks ago a woman I love moved a long way away ... we only met 6 weeks before that, yet it wasn't a whirlwind romance. She's terrible at communicating remotely, so we won't ever have a long term relationship.

My spouse has lifted my spirits a lot, and reminded me that I'll always carry her in my heart. I'm happy to have had this experience, even if I'm still feeling a sense of loss over it every day as well.

So ... who else out there has had that sort of short but sweet romance? What was it like?

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[-] SharkWeek 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you for such a considered reply!

Back when I was in my 30s that was exactly my outlook, and I have many find memories to look back on (and a few disasters, lol).

Now I'm older, I'm realising that I want longer term relationships, and stability.

I wish you and yours the very best for the future :-)

[-] anna@retrofed.com 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you!

The beautiful thing about polyamory after all is that we can have both :)

[-] SharkWeek 4 points 1 month ago

Absolutely :-)

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