Ask Anything About My GF's Different Personalities (Sort of)

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The best sex I've had with Michelle was when we first started seeing each other and she was trying to impress me I think, though that's not to say the sex is bad by any means.

This isn't a good sign unless there are kids or something involved.

Or I could just be needling Michelle.

Edit: This reminds me of something funny that needs a short back story. Michelle likes women, but growing up with a preacher as a father and always hearing "zomg that's bad" (paraphrased obviously) it became something she wasn't very open to expressing when we were first together. It had started to come out in a very big way before any of this started. Okay to fast-forward to like three days ago. We're driving to this Japanese place and there's a Target where a group of chicks are walking across in front of us in the car and we have to wait and I have "Little Michelle". She looks to me and points and says, "Hey look.... bitches!"

Do you both improve each other's lives? You certainly have a burden taking care of Michelle when she's not well. Is she also helping you out when she's well?

The only girl I’ve seriously considered marrying since I’ve been a legal adult.

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We're in good shape otherwise, but I appreciate the advice.

Very telling that explaining about not caring what other people think touches a nerve so you have to introduce some comic relief in the form of a funny side note .... and again .... .... and again .... Now I'm tending to think that it is a form of cry for help.

Not really... like, at all. I think you're trying a bit too hard to play armchair psychologist here, though I'm sure you have good intentions and I appreciate the concern.

Do you think you would easily rubberband back to being your normal self? Or would you be more prone to worrying and look for signs of seizures and be ready to step in to save the day?

I am my "normal self". I'm not sure I understand the second question.

Would you be able to focus 100% on poker for 3+ hours several times per day?

This isn't so much because of the situation but because I haven't taken the steps to maintain my stamina. When her seizures and everything first started it took up the majority of my day because she was having 6+ a day and each was lasting an hour or two. During this period I got out of the habit doing a lot of the things I normally did, then after things calmed down I simply didn't pick it back up. For obvious reasons I switched from one or two 2-3 hour sessions each day to 2-3 or 3-4 one hour sessions a day, and have maintained that for the most part since. The biggest problem with my stamina is that I haven't practiced playing longer and conditioned myself to maintain my A game (like I had to do building up to when I was first able to maintain like 95% A game for 3+ hours). Because of mostly laziness the 3-4 one hour sessions a day became 2-3 one hour sessions a day, then 1-2 one hour sessions a day, and then some days I wouldn't even play. The poker stamina thing is my fault.

I'm sure you can handle your ego's insistence that there is no problem and you don't need help.

I'm very aware of what my problems and needs are, and I'm certain that I need help for things much bigger than whatever stress has come from this particular situation.

Thanks for your posts.