I am aware how difficult it can be to share thoughts about parents with a partner. That is one of the reason I post here on Psych Central. It gives me a place to process emotions that will not trigger my partner. It frees our relationship of processing emotions we cannot seem to process. Overall it is easier to be in a relationship where your partner is not also your therapist. Some people may disagree, but my relationship has improved without the stress and expectation of a need to process things that it cannot really handle. Yeah for simplicity.