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Barb, Very well spoken. >From the day PD entered OUR marriage we have looked at it as a third, uninvited, unwanted, "visitor". It sleeps with us, eats with us, goes everywhere with us. Neither one of us (Bob w/PD) want it here; but NO ONE or ANYTHING would scare me away from the person I love, so it's the three of us now. And that's just the way it is. I also know that if I were sick Bob would stick by me too. P.S. Re: Cyber Reunion -- we like the sound of Vegas too. Jackie & Bob >I believe as awful as this disease is to US, it's JUST AS AWFUL for our >respective spouses, life-partners, etc!!! Just "different-awful...." for >THEM. > >How many of US would give everything we've got to wake up one day and >be RID of the damn PD? > > >It takes a very special partner to hang in there for the long haul, AND a very >special relationship. If the love that was there at the beginning has long >since been eroded by the many other things that can undermine the foundations >of a marriage, why then would you expect your spouse to continue living in the >same house with you in a caregiver role year after >year after endless year? > > >It's bad enough that I'M held prisoner by the PD - I sure don't want to be >someone ELSES jailer ALONG with my disease putting them in that role. > >Barb Mallut >[log in to unmask] > >