Hi and welcome confusedarewe
I can't really tell you what another alcoholic is thinking. I don't think any of us can.
The no relationships thing is actually no
new relationships most of the time I've heard it.
I guess it's down to interpretation whether you guys are new or not.
It's not an official guideline anywhere anyway.
I'm sure many relationships do complicate recovery but many do not.
I'm sure that keeping all the benefits and not the bf/gf nomenclature of the relationship is probably less stressful for someone in recovery...
I see you guys are still exclusive so I'm not really getting what the difference is in real terms beyond what you call each other
if thats ok by you there's no problem...but is that what you want?
My advice is to think about that - what you want.
You're entitled to have expectations
Once you have what you want clear, you can look at the relationship, as it is, and then decide whether it's worth the effort or not?
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