My Best Friend Never Grew Past Age Eight, and No One Believed He’d Find Love — But I Did

he hated me for being impossible.

We argued about pain medication, missed appointments, and the way I refused to ask for help until I was shaking with exhaustion.

Once, after I fell trying to reach the shower, he sat beside me on the bathroom floor.

“You do not get extra points for suffering privately,” he said.

“I do not want to be a burden.”

His face continue reading …