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I've been emailing with a guy I met on an online dating site for a week or so.
He tells me his last relationship was with a girl that has BP. That's all he tells me about her. So I took the chance and told him I have BP too. No use trying to hide it right? Better he turn away now than later right? I haven't heard back from him yet so we'll see how it goes.
He tells me his last relationship was with a girl that has BP. That's all he tells me about her. So I took the chance and told him I have BP too. No use trying to hide it right? Better he turn away now than later right? I haven't heard back from him yet so we'll see how it goes.
I told my boyfriend right off the bat. He told me last night that I'm still a hell-u-va lot less crazy than his exes. That made me feel okay, I guess. But I still had a middle-of-the-night anxiety attack and could feel my mind slipping away. I didn't "come back" til he said, "You know this is okay, right? It's okay to be like this." Half my anxiety was about him seeing me be anxious hahaha one in a million, this guy... one in a trillion really.
Good luck! Honesty gets you a lot farther IMO
As for when exactly to tell someone, I don't know. I've always been up front and honest about it....but that hasn't gotten me far. For me, I think that you'd do well to not tell right away and let this person get to know you for you. Everyone is a little quirky. When the time comes, you'll know.
I just think that by telling someone straight off the bat that you have BP is defining yourself as such. And i know that you are so much more than just an illness.
Good luck.
~Hanna