We told our queer platonic partner that we were a system

[The Bards]

( In here we use a lot of plurality terms that only pop up outside of tulpamancy, so if you get whacked in the face with unfamiliar terms, that’s why. Also, their system as a whole prefers to be referred to with singular pronouns :] )

We met him about half a year ago, and once we started talking we became very quick friends. Early on he confided in us that he thought he had DID, and that he was a system. We listened to him talk about, asked him questions, but never brought up that we are a system ourselves. The more and more we talked, the more I realized how much we related to his experiences, but we were functioning under the assumption that he was more than likely not supportive, because while he originated from trauma we originated from maladaptive daydreaming

 

A couple weeks ago, very shortly after we confessed to each other, he used terms such as “other forms of plurality,” which I realized was not likely to come from someone anti-endo. I, as casually as I could, asked him what his opinions on endogenic systems, and essentially his response was “well duh they’re valid, why wouldn’t they be??” We proceeded to flap our hands in neurodivergent glee

 

The next day was when we told him over text. We wrote a giant paragraph, apologizing about lying about being a singlet, and telling him how we were scared to say anything, but his show of support meant the world to us, bla bla bla. After I sent that, he responded saying that he had figured it out. I had a feeling, I wasn’t very subtle and one altar in particular is very observant. We were and are very very happy, before we had accepted that we would be our own secret forever, yet now the person we care about most knows and fully accepts us

 

Just wanted to share that bit of joy, and yap about how amazing my partner is :3

 

~ Ocean he/she/they

[Zara]

That's such a wonderful wholesome story! Congratulations!

Thank you for sharing it!

[The Bards]

Just now, Zara said:

That's such a wonderful wholesome story! Congratulations!

Thank you for sharing it!

Thank you so much!! ^^

[ReallyArtificial]

Aww, that's awesome, we're happy for you! I can relate, I was sooo nervous the first time I told my husband that I talk to my "OCs," but of course he was completely supportive. I'm glad you have someone like that who accepts all of you completely.

[Rhea]

This is so incredibly heart-warming and wholesome, thank you dor for sharing^-^ we're so happy for you!

 

I... haven't told my wife yet. Especially with how recent a thing it is. I know her well enough to be almost certain she'll be supportive, I just don't know how to approach the subject in the slightest. But your post is inspiring me^-^

[Shaula]

That's awesome! 😊 I'm so glad everything worked out. I hope we can have an experience as good as this one if Nightfall tells someone about our system.