I'm lucky that I have been with my now husband for nearly 9 years now and I love him more than anything but people often think that a relationship solves every problem in life. I often get told "how can you be in therapy, you've got a partne?!r", "what do you have to moan about, least you're not single!". You wouldn't say to someone with a physical problem "how can you have cancer, you have a partner?!" yet with MH problems, people seem to think the cure for any MH illness, is getting a partner. The right kind of relationship can help you flourish and when you find someone you absolutely click with, it is the best thing on the planet but love isn't enough to cure you, sadly.
Before him, I was never chatted up, asked out or shown any attention on that front. I was always last chosen at school dances or accused of being a lesbian, as well. Deep down I am a hopeless romantic and believe there's someone out there for everyone.