To be love is to be seen
Hi. I’m 28F and my partner is 29M. We’re both working professionals in different fields—me in financial services, and he’s a licensed engineer.
We’ve been together long enough that I naturally started imagining a shared future, not just as a couple but also being included in each other’s lives and families.
Lately, I’ve been feeling a bit left out when it comes to his family’s plans. They’ve gone on trips abroad together, and I’m not part of those invitations. When I bring it up or when it comes up naturally, he reassures me with comforting words—that there will be a time when I’ll be included, that we’ll travel together eventually, that it’s not being excluded.
I understand that family trips aren’t always automatically extended to partners, and I respect that space. But emotionally, it still makes me question where I stand in terms of being integrated into his life, not just as his partner, but as someone who’s slowly becoming part of his world.
It’s not about the trips themselves, but more about the feeling of being considered—or not—when plans are made.
Any advice OP? Normal lang ba to? Or ako na tong may mali?