Friend Friday

Friday's theme is where I talk about how awesome my friends are! I'll showcase a new friend of mine each week to tout the awesomeness of. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. If their online ID is semi-public, I'll use it. Otherwise I will refer to them with pseudos. :)

Today's friend? TheJadeGeek. AKA JalenJade. AKA my boyfriend. :) He is without a doubt amazing, and therefore the first Friend Friday post is dedicated to him.

He and I started off as friends typing. We got to talking, though, and realized how much we had in common. We'd both said how bad we were on the phone, and yet that first phone call was filled with conversation and lasted for hours. We've talked almost every day and night since.

I tend to get a lot of magazines in the mail for free. I never complain because so far I get free Glamour, Shape, Vogue, Elle Decor, Forbes, Inc, Fast Company.... and Bridal Magazine.

I remember this night so clearly. I love gorgeous, formal dresses. It's a weakness of mine. I think that a girl can't help but feel beautiful when she's dressed in clothes designed to work with her curves, to show off her body, to make her the most gorgeous woman in the world. Wedding dresses do just this. So I was thumbing through thw magazine, and ended up visiting some of the designers' websites. I was sending links to him, comparing dresses on which ones we each thought were exquisite.

He mumbled something that he didn't want to tell me. We have a rule, though, that if you start a thought, or give any indication that you've had it, you have to finish it. I finally, finally pulled it out of him. That was the night that he confessed to loving me. It was also the night that I confessed to loving him. We sat on this for quite a while though.

Eventually, that love couldn't be sat on anymore. He took care of me. Every single night, no matter how neurotic, paranoid, or ridiculous I got, he called. He called to tell me he loves me, he will still love me in the morning, sleep peacefully. He made time for me, and he showed me every single day how much he loved me, how much he still loves me. He makes me feel like I am worth something, and because of this, I am learning to have confidence in myself.

And so we ended up together. He is mine, and I am his, and we love each other deeply. I know I will love him every day of my life, and he continues to show me that same love every day. Our relationship grows stronger every day.

We are still such great friends, too. We watch television together, we spend time in each other's presence... even if we don't say or do anything, we just know the other is there. We talk a lot about just general things, sharing laughs, miserable days, and anything that comes to mind. He is my best friend.

I couldn't ask for a better friend. He's what I've been looking for all this time. He doesn't really like super-public mushiness, and I, while being slightly more okay with PDA, tend to share his sentiment on overly mushy and sappy couples, so you likely won't hear another entry like this... ever. But this is Friend Friday so I have made an exception to that rule and hope that he won't mind that it was made, just this once.

I love you, JJ.