Wow... I am just about to be getting into a romantic situation with someone.. it's pretty drastic for me. I have been single for 8 years but I have had long distance communications with someone in another state. In 2 weeks he's moving away from his family and friends in Texas to live with me here in Ohio. I have tried to push him away multiple times... I tell him I'm crazy, I am unpredictable, I am bad at relationships... but he will not run away (gotta give the boy props for that!!!!). I would love to love him, but I feel completely unlovable having bipolar disorder. I have told him he doesn't want to have kids with me, but he just keeps saying that whatever comes up we will deal with it together and that he can't imagine anyone else he'd rather have kids with (yet he does have a 2 year old son from a previous relationship).

Relationships are really a lot of work with 2 healthy people. It's more work with one or both partners with mental illnesses. I think the thing I am realizing is I need to be as honest as I can be. I need to be up front when I'm angry, sad, depressed, etc. We can talk about things... we will probably both work together in some of my T sessios. Relationships are really hard, especially in the beginning. I wish you all the best with this particualr guy you're talking about.