Let me start by saying I love and respect my boyfriend, he is 8 years older than me and I was 19 when we got together so sometimes the age difference can show in our relationship and thinking levels. Long story short, 2 months after we were together I became pregnant then a custody battle begin between him and his bm for their 4 yo daughter. I was excited to meet her when the time would come. It started to consume him, then we found out our baby developed a lethal condition and we had to do emergency termination.

My SO and I met a little over a year ago on a dating app.  From the beginning we both had the same intentions: friends with benefits.  I was traveling out of state for work and he had just split with his ex-wife so neither of us were looking for anything serious.  We just talked for 3 weeks and then we finally got to meet when I came home for a weekend.  Our connection from the beginning was like none I'd ever experienced, and not long after our first date, our 'friends with benefits' idea went flying out the window.  He is definitely what I would call my soulmate, which I thought was just