Fall in love

“Then I actually fell in love, and yes, I am super attracted to my boyfriend, and he's my best friend, but it's another depth of connection, my life is literally better because he's here, and he doesn't even have to be physically next to me, just thinking about him calms and grounds me. It's very cliché and very dramatic, but I understand that Greek myth that humans were one creature with 2 heads and 4 arms and 4 legs and Zeus split us, because it feels just like that, like I was missing half of myself until I found him. I'm still a complete person on my own, and we only spend together every other week (I don't see him when he has his son with him to give them that space) so it doesn't feel like codependency, but I'm a better complete person since he's in my life.”

“The moment I fell in love with him was about a month after we started talking and I was having really bad anxiety about our distance and all the what ifs. I opened up and told him everything I was feeling thinking it was probably going to scare him off. Rather than get defensive, he apologized, we talked about things, and he said he would do his best to keep me from feeling like that. His response showed me he is exactly what I need in someone.”

“I wish I could say that it was love at first sight, and that I knew the moment I laid eyes on him that we would be together forever—but it wasn’t like that at all, which is really special considering every other boy that I’ve ever liked, I “fell in love” almost instantly. But, being in this relationship now, I see how some true love really grows over time. In the beginning, I liked him and found him interesting and decided I wanted to pursue him, however I not once ever thought that I was in love, nor ever thought I would be. But as I grew, he grew with me, and our love for each other grew as well. The more I learned about him, the more I loved him. The more time we spent with one another, the moment I met his family, the first time we were away from each other—those are the moments I can really pinpoint as when I fell in love.”