Lover Turns Carer - ' The condition itself is seen as a separate entity.'
Lover turns Carer. Many relationships feel a strain when someone falls ill, breaks a bone or has a surgery. These caring acts are something we do for our loved ones, we bring them soup, pain medication and give them space to heal. But what happens when it never actually ends? There's no end date in sight and life completely changes. Through out my years of being in support groups I've seen partnerships break up and we know statistically men leave relationships when women are no longer performative within their house duties, appearance, sexually and in social settings. That isn't to suggest males that become sick don't get left, they do because they no longer serve the societal role of being the bread winner and the muscle within relationships. Truth be told chronic illness is one of the biggest tests relationships will go through, dynamics change and the relationship has another forever visitor. Ones independence is lower or non existent at times of flares of the chro...
