9 Months

   J and I have been together 9 months! Our 1 year anniversary is slowly, but surely creeping its way here. I'm excited for it to be here, but honestly it feels like we've been together SOOO much longer.
  For those who don't know J and I met in March of 2017, on my birthday. We met at work, it was his first day. Normally I don't talk to people I don't know, but people kept saying he looked SOO familiar and I had to know why, so I asked him. We've been talking ever since that day, not as people interested in each other, but as friends.
He had a girlfriend at the time and I was hooked on some idiot who thought he knew more than me. He talked about his things with his girlfriend and I talked about what was going on with the guys I'd been interested in.
We went to breakfast together after work sometimes, text each other when we weren't working, and we talked nearly all night long while at work. Over the months he grew to be one of my best friends.
After around 4 months of us talking and being best friends his relationship ended and every attempt I'd had at being in a relationship had failed.
Since we were both single we started hanging out a lot outside of work just as friends, going out to eat, celebrating his birthday, going to the fair, etc.
Before I knew it I realized I liked him as more than just my best friend though I was terrified I would end up hurting him after all the pain I'd been dealt in the past. I knew he already liked me though he denied it constantly. I admitted that I liked him and we've been a couple ever since, though I still made him officially ask me, which he did about a week later. Lol.
I fell for him quickly, after all he was my best friend already and we had talked about nearly everything completely open and honest before we'd started dating. He was easy to fall for because he's so different from what I'm used to. It's safe to say he is The One. I can easily see myself growing old with him, even when he's upset me. I may be wishing life away, which I certainly don't want to do, but I'm so excited to share all the new stages of life and of our relationship with him.  I couldn't have asked for anyone better 💗