The older one gets, the more persons one has. This is necessary, because the older one gets, the more one's persons die. My person – my AA sponsor, and the one who knew everything about me and to whom I could go for anything – died in 2011. My next person – my husband – died in 2022. I know that as I continue to age, I will find more persons and I will also lose some.
For me, at this stage of life, it isn't about having a person who knows all, to whom I can tell all, or from whom I get what I need. It's about knowing I'm not now and won't ever be alone. Those who have gone before me are still with me. And still will be when I'm ready to follow them.
You are definitely my person (you knew that right? Because if not this is really awkward 😬) and yes I think you can have a person who is not also your partner! Steve is aware and perfectly okay with this arrangement 😆❤️❤️❤️
Good thoughts, Carla, and they have me going back through various relationships I've had over the years (some of which you were privy to at the time!). Also, I would love to know more about your person. :)
My person is amazing. I don’t know if she would call me her person because she does have a partner – – BUT meeting her and everything we’ve been through together all of it has sparked me to realize our person doesn’t need to be romantic.
I mean, I think this is something many people come to a lot younger, but I met the person I was with for 26 years when I was only 25 so I didn’t come to that realization until maybe 48.
Now I’m doing a monologue :-) but also one of the big ones here for me is the idea that something doesn’t really feel like it has happened until we tell our person.
And also, also now I’m wondering, can someone be your person if you’re not theirs?
Also … I LOVED Grace and Frankie. I very much envied Frankie's wardrobe. And follicles.
The older one gets, the more persons one has. This is necessary, because the older one gets, the more one's persons die. My person – my AA sponsor, and the one who knew everything about me and to whom I could go for anything – died in 2011. My next person – my husband – died in 2022. I know that as I continue to age, I will find more persons and I will also lose some.
For me, at this stage of life, it isn't about having a person who knows all, to whom I can tell all, or from whom I get what I need. It's about knowing I'm not now and won't ever be alone. Those who have gone before me are still with me. And still will be when I'm ready to follow them.
((not a dang thing to add, but thank you for sharing this. It is so perfectly written.))
You are definitely my person (you knew that right? Because if not this is really awkward 😬) and yes I think you can have a person who is not also your partner! Steve is aware and perfectly okay with this arrangement 😆❤️❤️❤️
((laughing out loud. and packing because if steve is OK with it, I’m going to abandon ship HERE and move on in))
Good thoughts, Carla, and they have me going back through various relationships I've had over the years (some of which you were privy to at the time!). Also, I would love to know more about your person. :)
My person is amazing. I don’t know if she would call me her person because she does have a partner – – BUT meeting her and everything we’ve been through together all of it has sparked me to realize our person doesn’t need to be romantic.
I mean, I think this is something many people come to a lot younger, but I met the person I was with for 26 years when I was only 25 so I didn’t come to that realization until maybe 48.
Now I’m doing a monologue :-) but also one of the big ones here for me is the idea that something doesn’t really feel like it has happened until we tell our person.
And also, also now I’m wondering, can someone be your person if you’re not theirs?
I think yes.