salad wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
You both have shared interests in martial arts which will serve you well both physically (as you have discovered) but importantly a mental bond based on tough mental discipline.
She's tough alright. For someone who witnessed her entire family and village get blown up in Syria it's a miracle that she isn't spending the rest of her days in a psych ward under strap and lockdown. She is easily the strongest woman ive ever met in my life, and despite her lithe frame and softer disposition she is tougher than even most Navy SEALS and Marines to have survived what she did and still graduate with her degree and try to succeed in life the way she is.
She actually inspires me
Inspiration is a good thing from a partner.
Do be prepared for the moment, perhaps when you least expect it, that her vulnerabilities will take over and she will need you to inspire her. Or to just be there without judgement. Relationships are give and take. Two people coming together with all their baggage and carrying the load together. Sometimes she will carry more, sometimes you will.
I can't even begin to imagine all she has gone through. The scars are there somewhere. Just ... love her.
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Mom to an amazing young adult AS son, plus an also amazing non-AS daughter. Most likely part of the "Broader Autism Phenotype" (some traits).
11 Jun 2021, 1:56 am
