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I am in a long term relationship (16 years) with my best friend. It didn’t start off that way, but somewhere along the line, it happened.
Now, living with your bestie is exactly what you would think. We have so much fun. We laugh non stop, we never argue or fight, we talk about everything, we support and respect one another. It’s beautiful.
But I sometimes miss intimacy and romance. A trade off made when we encouraged ourselves and one another to strengthen our friendship and let go of the relationship stresses that so often pull one away from the other. We love each other and knew that being together meant more to us than anything. We have 1 teenager.
So 7 years ago, we split up our bank accounts, started paying 50/50 for everything and stopped the physical intimacy. Other than hugging, the occasional peck on the cheek or quick kiss on the lips, we don’t touch. We still sleep in the same bed (99% of the time), we don’t see each other in the nude. Separate bedrooms for changing. I know it sounds strange. My life is my favourite type of strange.
To be clear, I love my situation and would never leave it.
I’m interested to see what comes of this. Maybe a few good conversations, meeting someone who’s in the same situation (though I doubt it’s common), igniting something in myself that I haven’t felt in years, testing the waters to see if I’m really missing out on anything.
Because I have no idea what I’m doing, you must be willing to figure it out as we go along. I offer no guarantees. But who really can?
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