Chip Chick
This year marks 10 years since she originally had been introduced to Dave, and throughout the last decade, they were not regularly in touch, though they did speak occasionally.
“Through those chats, I learned that the situation was worse than he originally hoped for,” she said.
“It took Molly a couple of years till she went into remission, but sometime after, the cancer came back, and after additional treatments, went again into remission.”
“Through this time, her health and emotional state deteriorated significantly, to the point that now she needs help with many of the everyday activities. Through all these years, Dave was by her side, though romantically, their relationship never rekindled.”
Anyway, a little over one year ago, Dave asked her if they could get together, and she agreed. When she saw him for the first time in 10 years, he really surprised her.
She was caught off-guard as she realized he was so much different than the man she dated all those years ago.
He seemed older; depressed. What he had been through with Molly certainly took a toll on him. As they were getting up to speed with one another, Dave revealed that he got his own place, which he lives in for half of the week while living at Molly’s the other half, and he’s trying to rebuild his life without Molly completely in the picture.
He thinks this living arrangement allows him to support Molly while also having his life outside of her and caring for her. He does completely see Molly as his responsibility to care for, much like you would a child.
“I respected him a lot for the decisions he took and the way he cared for her,” she continued. “I think not many people would have done that.”
“We started to meet more often, and to make a long story short, our romantic relationship rekindled. I have recently moved into his apartment, and so we spend together half of the weekdays in which he lives there (the other half he still spends in Molly’s apartment).”
“It is obvious to me that from the outside, this arrangement may look odd. I guess since I have the context of his history and this entire process was quite gradual, it feels less odd to me.”
