So I've been out of it for a while...
But I have been seeing my ex regularly for lunch or a visit at least once a week. He has been very supportive and kind. I feel like he and Ashley are the only ones that I am completely normal around. We're taking realllllly slow. It's nice getting supportive texts from him every now and then.
He said he'd come to my bipolar support group with me. (They have a group for family/friends of those with bipolar at the same time as my group)
I just wish I had been diagnosed 20 years ago when I was rapid cycling and basically lost him. My life could be so different right now.