Salutations comrades, I've been here a number of times detailing my struggles and triumphs within myself and now that I've grown to a comfortable place within myself I'm noticing glaring issues in my relationship with the mother of my children.

We've been together for 5 going on 6 years now, we've had plenty of ups and downs but we've managed to stay together through it all. What the main problem is my transition into a more spiritual and grounded way of living and being isn't meshing that well with my more "traditional" to say the least significant other.

Our perspectives on almost every subject is polar opposite of one another but we accept our differences in opinion and perspective. The problem arises for me her inability to CHANGE, its something she doesn't generally embrace and I've made complete turnarounds in my life to become a better person, not to say that she hasn't in her own ways you know but as far as lifestyle changes or letting go of dogmatic ideals and principles and being more open minded I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall.

This is problematic for me because I feel that my growth is stunted when we're not on the same page. I don't know how to tell her this without her jumping the gun and thinking I'm trying to break up when all I'm trying to do is bring the problem to our attention...I'm around bad influences constantly I've dedicated my life to healthy eating and living but she always tries getting me to drink or eat something she knows I'm against eating/drinking.

It's like she doesn't even respect the changes I'm making and its frustrating, sometimes I do feel like we shouldn't be together anymore because I've outgrown her and she's older than me! She's 27 about to be 28 in a few months I'm 25 as of august 18 it's not the maturity but the overall change as a person that she seems to not be able to adapt to. I'm still me in essence just more positive and more SOBER. It pains me to think that maybe we should go our separate ways but I can't continue living with someone not on the same wavelength as me it'll eventually lead me back downward where I don't plan on going ever again...