I am one of three women in my lover’s life, but I hate the idea of ending our relationship

Since retiring I’ve worked as a volunteer in a museum. Nearly seven years ago, I started a relationship with one of the other volunteers, X, who is a bit younger, not married but living with someone for a long time, and has no children.

I have two wonderful adult children, and have not been in an intimate relationship since my painful divorce 20 years ago, after a difficult marriage to a husband who made me feel inadequate.