So my partner (fairly) recently split a new part and had been really stressed about it. Plus, they’re always thinking about the possible emotional labor I have to put in for their disorder.
But like. The emotional labor for this was:
1) getting to hold the love of my life (while they dissociated)
2) getting to love on a new part of my partner (who I already loved going into this)
And 3) getting to think about how much I love my partner and all of their different parts.
Like, babe I love you. Listening to you talk about work requires more emotional labor and that has nothing to do with your disorder.
As a singlet I know I’m not getting the finer details. But who the fuck cares? I love my partner and nothing can change that.
Don’t worry so much about the emotional labor of someone loving you. Get loved idiot.