Hello, I just want to show my appreciation for my boyfriend.

The other day we were talking and since that conversation I could not get what he said out of my mind. It started much like any conversation of ours, just telling each other about our day and how much we miss the other. We’re in a long distance relationship and the last time we saw each other was in March of this year. Anyways, it was past midnight and I was half asleep. He doesn’t have a very good sleeping schedule and I’m like an old lady who falls asleep no later than 9:30pm and on top of that I have to be up at 6:45am for work. But that’s the only time we can talk to one another without anyone interrupting us so every night I wake up around midnight to talk to him while he plays on his xbox or lays in bed.

This one particular conversation stands out because we were talking about him and the obstacles he had faced in the past and the obstacles he’s facing now. And as usual, I was telling him that I’m proud of him for always getting back up even when he wanted to stay down. And that’s when he turned it around on me. He told me that I am the light at the end of the tunnel. When he met me all those years ago (which is a little over 3 years ago), it was like someone turned on the light. I make him want to be and do better. And that when we broke up and he tried to date other girls, did he realize that no other girl will accept him for all that he is. Flaws and all. Even his body wouldn’t act accordingly. In his words, he couldn’t get it up for anyone else. In the beginning he would seem like he’s able to perform but when it came to do the deed he just couldn’t do it. I would pop into his mind and it would feel wrong to do it with someone else. When we got together again he knew that he had someone who will love him for all the things he is and all the things he isn’t. And that he would spend everyday showing me just how much he appreciated my unwavering support.

But the time he was done with his speech I was left speechless. I couldn’t find the words that could tell him just how much that meant to me that he could share those things with me. Saying “I love you” didn’t feel big enough anymore. So instead I told him. That he is meant to be in my life. He completes me in a way that no one else really can. Every conversation we have teaches me a new perspective or something entirely new. And when we do have those occasions where we don’t have much to say, I still enjoy them because he’s there and he’s wanting to spend time with me. I love that he loves me for who I am and doesn’t try to change me. I also told him that when we broke up, the guys I dated or went on dates with paled in comparison to him. And that I have always and will always love him. He is the only man I have said I love you to and he will be the only one I say it to.

Then our conversation drifted off to other things. But what he said to me made the butterflies erupt and the smile not go away and suddenly I realized I wasn’t tired anymore. Instead I was filled with impatience at having to wait to spend the rest of my life with him. Because of our circumstances we can’t move in together until 2 years from now which is a real bummer when we both just want to be together like how we both envision it. The next day I get this message from him in response to me sending him a good morning message. And although it’s very simple it filled me with such joy.

Anyways that’s all I wanted to say and share with you. Thank you for reading.

I would love to hear something sweet your significant other did or said to you

Ps just because I like showing him off here are some of our pics together

this is our first picture together: 04/2016

Our most recent when I went to visit him in March: