I've been in a relationship with my partner/boyfriend for three years. He's amazing. We were close friends for a while, and we waited to date until I felt ready for a relationship (hoo boy did he take that the wrong way... he thought I was speaking in Girl and rejecting him). He was the first person I came out to, around a year ago, and to this day I'm still astonished that he's taken it this well and been this supportive. He identifies(d?) as straight and his previous relationship was with someone extremely abusive (which I won't go into detail about) effectively began transitioning without telling him and then eventually came out as FTM. He tends not to be attracted to the very androgynous or masculine-looking type of girl. So you would think that once I told him, he'd flee.
But through all of his fears and worries, all legitimate, some rational and some not so much (just like mine), he's stood by me. He's been open about how he felt, made many, many compromises and sacrifices to support me, he listened to my own fears and helped me fight my demons. Having both come from dependent relationships, we knew what to watch out for and have built an open, trusting and healthy relationship. He really is my partner and my best friend.
Even if we end up not being able to be together in the end, I know that I won't for a second regret the time we spent together. But still, I hope that we can have a life together and raise some brats of our own. I think we'd both make good daddies, with a little work. 😉
