Hi to anyone who reads my post 👋🏾. I have not been in a relationship for 5 years but that has changed. I am going n a fairly new relationship with someone I wouldn’t guess I would be involved with. In the short time we have been together, I’ve realized how driven, motivated, caring and smart he is. Not to mention how he treats me with respect. Why the post you say...well when I met him it was during the summer ( August to be exact), and he was living in Boston. I live in providence, Rhode Island.

We met in a Lounge where I was with my best friend at the time and he asked my best friend if he could step in and speak to me. At first, I didn’t pay him any kind but I did see him in the corner of my eye before he approach my best friend. I best friend stated it was up to me and I didn’t see the harm in speaking to him so I did. To my surprised he was very respectful and didn’t rub me the wrong way. He shook my hand and we exchanged conversation. He told me his name and that he was in school to get his Masters in industrial design, his school.....on the WEST COAST OF USA!!! San Francisco...😱😱 I honestly didn’t know what that was so explained it to me. He asked what I do and told him I work with children with autism. He was impressed because he has a nephew who has autism and knows how hard it can be to communicate. From that point on he didn’t leave my side and waited until the right song came on so he could ask me to dance, we danced the rest of the night together ☺️. We exchanged numbers and the next day he texted me and the rest was history. We went on dates and doesn’t any time we could together before he left back to school.

I have been in a long distance relationship before and told myself I wouldn’t because I was cheated on because of it but this guy is different. He’s been honest so far and he’s really open to talk about a lot of awkward topics. He doesn’t wait to speak on them either. I don’t have to guess with him, where he could be and whose he with. Granted we don’t always talk everyday because of class and the time difference sucks but when we do, we talk about anything and he makes me laugh. I’ve gone to see him once so far and that together was amazing. He treated me to dinner and special time just the two of us. The sad part he would not be back for thanksgiving but his break starts Dec 22nd. I was gonna visit him again but I’m in the process of moving to a new place with my best friend.

I guess what I am asking is for those who have been in a relationship like this, is it ideal to keep this same pace....meaning take this slow but constant? This is the first time I’ve been in a serious relationship where the guy was not afraid to say what he desired.....me as his lady. I don’t wanna rush anything at all. Which is one of the reasons why I took a chance with him, his honesty.