Me and my boyfriend. This was taken on our trip to Jamaica (with his family) last November.
We met eight years ago when he was dating a good friend of mine while we were all in high school. Their relationship didn’t last very long, but we ended up becoming really, really close friends. We ended up dating for a few weeks and decided that we were better at being best friends.
It broke my heart. But I accepted it, and focused on what was ahead of me (graduating high school, college, etc.)
Not too long after high school, he fell in with some bad people. There was almost nothing I could do. I spent as much time as I could with him, reached out as often as I could, but I watched him spiral down. There was a two year period where I had lost my best friend; my other half.
Then he came back. By himself, he cleaned himself up. He worked on it. We were best friends again.. but maybe a little more. As time went on, and he felt better, we spent more and more time together. Then, we went to a Jack and Jill. It sucked, horribly!! So we enjoyed the $3 cups of Bud Light on draft.. and suddenly, our feelings started to come out.
And, the very next day.. he admitted to me he wanted to try being together again. That was one year and one day ago. While we spent the better part of eight years in some sort of weird dating situation, the past year has been the best year of my life. We’ve traveled together, helped each other, been there for each other.. and now we’re making plans for our future together. A house, kids, the whole shebang.
I couldn’t be any happier! 03.21.10 <3
by bluasylum