My partner is 17 years older than me. I've started doing 'grief math' when I think about our future.

The author and her partner met when she was n29 and he was 46. Now that he's 57, she's timing more about how their future will look. Courtesy of Victoria Peel Yates. My partner is 17 years older than me. I've been calculating how much time we have left together. Since my mom died at 69, I can't stop worrying about what our future might look like. Despite my fears, we recently moved to Italy together. On New Year's Day, I sat crying alone on the sofa while my partner, Max, slept. I wished it...