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Saturday, 16 January 2010

  • Still going well

    My boyfriend still hasn't disappointed, yay!!  After visiting my hometown I finished the rest of my holiday visits and then drove up to Denton to spend New Year's Eve with J.  He was planning on introducing me to all of his great friends, so I was pretty nervous, but the night went well.  They all partied well into the night and J got drunk, but we got a bed for the evening so I was okay.  I couldn't ever live in a house like that, and I wouldn't have stayed if I'd had other options.  Oh well, it was fun regardless.

    The next day J and I went to the mall and tried shopping around, but didn't have any luck.  We went to dinner that night with his mom, step-dad, half-sister, step-mom and half-brother.  At this point I still hadn't met his dad, but dinner was fun.

    I spent January 2 - January 11 in/traveling to and from Atlanta, Georgia, for a community service project.  J and I texted and occasionally talked throughout the week.  When I got back, J was so excited to see me that we immediately hung out.  Our first plan was to go see Youth in Revolt, so we did that then had some dinner.  I met his father this night, and I was really nervous but his dad seemed nice enough.

    We had a tiny rough patch last night when we'd planned to watch two movies together, him spend the night, then we go see a movie in the morning before he went to work.  He got here much later than planned, told me he wouldn't be spending the night, and I was kind of upset.  I had been planning on him staying.  Though I understood his reasoning (he can't get a good night's sleep sharing the twin bed) it still sucked to hear.  We watched one movie and then went out to eat where he informed me that he was going to hang out with his friends once we were finished.  I wasn't too excited about that, and I didn't lie when he asked me if I was upset.  I also understood that he wanted to hang out with his friends - I'm not the type to say a guy can't go hang with his friends.  I think I was most upset about us making plans and then him just changing them all.  Either way, he left.  He later texted me and asked if I minded if he came back over.  I didn't mind, I said, but I didn't want him to feel like I was taking him away from his friends.  He said he would either come to see me or go home, but he was leaving his friend's regardless, so I told him to come see me again.  We had some fun and he genuinely felt bad about ditching me.

    Tonight he got off work early and showed up unexpectedly with some beautiful peach roses.  I'm sure it's one of those "I'm sorry" things, but goodness I love it when he gets me flowers.  Flowers are such a nice thing to have in the room.  I can see that J really does care about me, but he wasn't lying when he told me upfront that he makes mistakes.  I've never wanted to seem like/be the controlling type, and I don't think I am, but I'm glad I stood up for myself and didn't lie to him when he asked if I was upset the other night.  I want to be completely honest in this relationship, and that includes not hiding your real feelings, I think.  Goodnight for now, will post pictures of the new flowers later.



    EDIT (January 16, 2010, 8:47pm)

    Here are the flower photos I promised :)

    This is the first batch of flowers he brought me.  They were so beautiful and totally unexpected.


    This is the second batch of flowers, also beautiful!  He said he wanted to get me purple ones but that these were the prettiest.  The one that looks all dried up really is - I dried one from the first batch to save!  I'll do the same with one from this batch :)

Saturday, 26 December 2009

  • Coming to My Hometown

    Like I said in the last post, J came to my hometown on Tuesday.  When I first gave him directions I told him the wrong exit (238 instead of 328, which is the one I meant to say), so it's good that he texted to verify.  I was so upset with myself that I had texted him the wrong exit, but thank goodness he wasn't too far away from it when he realized it must be wrong.

    When he got to the house we kissed, and he later told me that he didn't want to stop kissing me he had missed me so much.  That was really sweet.  We went immediately to the mall because I needed to pick up a gift that was waiting for me and he wanted to find some gifts for his family.  We walked around the mall for quite a while and then went back to the house, where my step-mom was.  So, he met her and we went on our way and went to a little bar and grill so I could get a snack and he could have a beer.

    Right after the bar we went to K&G's house, two people very important to me.  They really enjoyed J's company and really liked him as a person and as my boyfriend.  I opened some gifts and we had a good time just talking and having dinner.  K fixed some lasagna which was SO delicious.

    J is a hotel employee so we stayed at that company's hotel in my hometown that night for pretty darn cheap.  It was such a fun evening.  We really enjoyed each other's company.  The next morning we woke up at our leisure and went to a museum in the area, which neither of us had been to.  After the museum I took him over to my real hometown, which is a suburb of where my dad & step-mom live now.  I showed him where I went to school as well as places I frequented and we had lunch at a local restaurant with an old friend of mine from high school.

    After lunch we went back to my dad's house and we relaxed and waited for dinner time, which is when we had dinner planned with my dad and step-mom.  It was J's first time meeting my dad, so I was a bit nervous but knew they'd get along fine.  Dinner went very well and a good time was had by all, thankfully, and everyone has been telling me how good it was to meet J.  I'm so glad everyone enjoyed him as much as I do.

Sunday, 20 December 2009

  • He still hasn't disappointed

    The same guy I've been talking about in the last couple posts is still with me.  :)  We became "officially" boyfriend/girlfriend on December 4.  It's been pretty great this whole time we've been together.  He likes that I'm goofy but sometimes stops me because he's more straight-laced.  He loves sports and I love art, and it's nowhere near vice versa.  We are opposite but the same.  It's interesting and fun.  He took me to meet his mom and step-dad and half-sister this past Thursday.  This coming week he has Tuesday and Wednesday off so he's coming down to my hometown to meet my family and stay for those two days.  It should be pretty fun.

    On another note - I hate other guys.  They are so stupid.  That's all =P

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

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    Cake Boss
    By Buddy Valastro, Joey Faugno, Mary Sciarrone, Mauro Castano, Danny Dragone
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    It's going!

    So, about that possibility.

    I'm really excited about him!  We'll call him J.  He asked me out on Wednesday for lunch, and we went, and it was cute.  I wasn't expecting to be able to hang out with him the next couple of days, but we worked it out.  Thursday he was on campus studying so we hung out twice - once during a break in class, then right after class.

    He still wanted to see me again so we met up the next day, Friday, for lunch.  We ate and then he went off with his friends.  Like I said in the last post, I had another guy to hang out with that night.  I didn't tell J this, but only because I knew that the new guy wouldn't actually turn into a relationship.  He's 28, so that would have been silly to think about.  He was a really fun guy though, we were laughing the whole night and I can see him being a good friend.

    Saturday I was busy and J was working, and Sunday was super busy too, but J really wanted to see me so he invited me over for some wine, hot tubbing, and movies.  When I got there I used the bathroom right quick and when I came out he already had two glasses of wine poured.  Then when we decided to go to the hot tub, I changed and when I got out he already had the wine moved over to the hot tub, two towels waiting, and the tub was warm.  I never expected him to be this prepared, and he later told me this was his whole goal - to give me a really nice evening.

    Monday I got a little worried because he texted me to see what I was doing but then never texted me back, but he texted me Tuesday so I was very happy with that.  He apologized for not writing me back and came out to campus to have lunch with a friend and I.  My friend was in the middle of a very raunchy story about a friend of hers she made out with that weekend...  Tonight we were talking and he seemed worried I was going to reveal information to her about us, even though nothing has happened yet.  These little things, like him thinking about us in a future and saying things like "I gotta know these things if we're going to take this further" (He was making a joke about asking if I liked Lady Gaga and I asked why he wondered =P)

     

    Girls, what are your feelings on limiting what you tell your girlfriends about your relationship?  Do you let it all hang out, or do you keep certain things private?  What information do you think is okay to tell?

    Guys, if you're the type to be somewhat private or definitely private with your relationships, what kinds of things would you consider totally off limits for a girl to tell her girlfriends?  Does it just end at sexual things, or are you weird with her telling her girlfriends about the sweet things you do for her?  Where do you draw the line?

Thursday, 19 November 2009

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    A possibility has arisen!

    So, I've been working as a student assistant at my university this semester, and I work with a teacher and her students, but I get to interact with the students.  This past week a student in the class who is older than me by three years asked me out to lunch.  We'd been kind of flirting for the whole semester and I was hoping he'd ask me out before the end of it, but thought he wouldn't since I worked in the class.  Lunch was nice and we seem to have a lot in common with mannerisms and how we think about things.

    He's been contacting me and asking me to hang out a lot, which is really nice.  He seems to genuinely like me, and this just feels right - more right than other boys have.  I feel kind of bad, though, because I made plans to hang out with a guy Friday night, even though this new guy really wants to hang out with me that night.  I'm not going to change the plans for him, even though I know Friday-night guy isn't going to turn into anything.  I don't even know that he'll actually show, though he seems to be serious about showing up.

    It's like everyone says - as soon as you stop looking opportunities start popping up or they start coming to you!  I really hope this works out, but I say that in every post =P  I'll keep you updated.

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