Thank you so much for sharing. I wish you and your girlfriend a wonderful life together.

Your story sounds so much like mine, except for the husband and kids. I was dating a man for 2.5 years that I thought I would marry. He had cancer multiple times, beginning just a month into our relationship. As we went through the hell that is cancer with each other for two years, I began confusing caring for loving. Looking back I was very depressed, just numbly going through the motions of supporting him physically, emotionally, and financially, while being a full time science student. I had begun to question my sexuality years before (I am 27), and the question began to come up again when we would fall into the lull of the relationship between dramatic reoccurrences of the disease. I broke it off last May, thinking I just needed space. He asked all of the questions you stated. I figured I was bi, but I met my now-gf at the end of June 2019, and realized everything you have described. I wasn’t even looking for anyone, but it just happened. I am 100% a lesbian and I only wish I would have realized sooner. There’s just....something different, easy, fulfilling about being with her. She is my first and last, too. We’re about to celebrate a year of being together, and she is the light of my life. She’s everything I needed in a partner.

Thanks again for sharing, and I’m sending love and light to you both and your children ❤️