Reverie
1 min readAug 25, 2020

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I have covenant love with my fiance. We actually said private vows to each other which we consider to be binding despite the fact we're not married yet. And fuck, have we been tested since then. He ended up having a psychotic break and committing manslaughter, and going to prison, and I was a main witness at his sentencing, and he's (best case) going to be in prison for at least 10 years. Been 4 years since our private vows, but we're still as deeply in love as ever. I didn't think the "for worse" part of the vow would be this bad, but when I said it, I meant it, and I still do. My perspective is, if he is the person I believed him to be when I made those vows, I will commit to him for the rest of my life. Of course, when he did his crime, I had to evaluate "was I mistaken in who I thought he was?" Because if I was, then I made a vow to a person who doesn't exist. But all the evidence and all his actions before and since have indicated to me that he is the person I knew him to be and who I decided to marry, thus I feel that I am still making the right decision when I stay with him. It's a beautiful love we have, truly. Sacred and spiritual. Reminds me of Damien Echols and his wife Lori.

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Reverie
Reverie

Written by Reverie

“The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds” — Cloud Atlas

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