This is my 2 cents from facebook's "post a picture of your significant other" for Valentines...Since it's Valentines, and we celebrate those we love, I've chosen to celebrate my most "significant other," China, using the pronoun "he."
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I've been with him now for 2 years now, and we are still going. I can't say that it was exactly love at first sight, but he has really grown on me now. I can't imagine my life without him.
We have a love/hate relationship at times. I find he requires alot of love and attention and he alway wants me to hang out. Sometimes, I ask myself, "Why do I put up with constant attention seeking? While it can be annoying, its also intoxicating. We are sometimes distant from each other because we miscommunicate...but, our intimacy is beyond words, and there is a great degree of transparency between us now. We've been through alot together.
From the outside, some would say we have commitment issues, and yet, when we get together...I can't take my eyes of him. I never have to worry about him seeing other girls, because he is not exactly what I would call "the catch of the year." Yet, to me, he is.
I can learn things from him. He teaches me valuable lessons - mostly about myself. He seemingly always knows the right things to say. And when I need a laugh, he never fails to amuse me...even in the smallest ways. And his family! He has perhaps the biggest family of anyone I know. Its hard to keep any secrets around his household.
We truly find each other when we travel together. Stretching our legs, with no agenda, and just our backpacks. We've explored each other extensively. He tends to be an unreliable travel partner, however. One time, he even left me in a train station with no where to go, and just when I thought I had been completely abandoned...he was just around the corner...waiting to surprise me with tickets for the most amazing train trip of a lifetime. We've had our highest highs and lowest lows together. I can't get enough of him.
We fight sometimes, but then make up almost immediately. He knows what makes me cave. I especially love our dinner dates and late night taxi rides. Magic.
I have to be honest here - I've tried to see other people, but then realize that what we have together is special. Once a year, he even surprises me with fireworks for our anniversary. I complain, I try to escape, and yet something keeps bringing me back to him. He has this effect on everyone he comes in contact with.
While our relationship is kind of up and down at times, when I see the bigger picture I realize...we were meant to be.
Sometimes people ask me, "You guys are still together after all these years?" My response is: yes. Our relationship has been the greatest adventure of a lifetime.
Oh, and did I tell you? He still lives with his mom.
