The Love of My Life

Two and a half years in and not a day goes by swift and easy. I don't mind it so much though, so long as he is honest and faithful. Everything else, the money, the lifestyle choices, the fits over who gets control of the remote control and so on and so forth, is acceptable as long as he meets (and in his case, surpasses) my expectations and turn-ons for a man.

To be honest, when we first started dating, I just thought it was going to be a summer fling. We became official the night of my high school graduation, a day before his official graduation date. We were crazy infatuated with each other, err, at least I was. Summer brought a lot of new experiences and I was able to share it all with him. Fall came along, and then Winter and Spring, then Summer again. The funny thing was that summer of 2010 never seemed to have ended. A few months into our second year, he joined the Army and was M.I.A for the majority of 2011 and was officially released from BCT and AIT in early 2012. When he was home, it was like nothing had changed.

There were a few speed bumps along the way and there were times when we were just through with the bullshit.. so we cut the bullshit out and replaced it with love from there. We've never been perfect, we argued more than the average young couple, I can guarantee you that. I had trust issues and he has a mind of a two year old but somehow, we just connect and never really left Summer 2010. We are, what I would call, a serious fling, haha if that makes any odd sense. It's just one more reason why I fell so in love with him.. he is the fantasy that is my reality.

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A Quick and Short Haul + A Lesson Learned

Mini Haul: Yesterday, the day after my two and a half year mark with Stevenson, I made one of the most exciting cosmetic purchases of this year. I have not been this excited for a palette since the release of Urban Decay's Original Naked Palette and that was ages ago. While Too Face's "The Return of Sexy" palette is not new news (it was released earlier this year mid-summer to the public), it's a new addition atop my brand new vanity set Steven gifted me. ♥ The Naked Palette makes for a great base and with my new Too Face palette, I know for a fact that I will be absolutely thrilled with the results. That's about it.. just wanted to send out my excitement before I keep it contained and blow up haha! (:

What have I learned after moving in with a man I have been in a serious relationship for two (and a half) years?

When I moved out of my parent's home to live with my boyfriend, I never imagined it would be difficult and lonely. There were some days where I just wanted to pack up and return back to the nest, return to how things used to be, to remove the pain my parents must have felt when I left against their will.. but I know better than that. As the days pass by, I filled my life with activities I could not otherwise focus on when I was under my parent's strict time schedule. My relationship with my boyfriend has grown stronger, real, and at the same time, surreal with many ups and many downs. It took a long time but my parents soon came around and, although we are still working on our differences, we are communicating in a more honest and open way that was never truly fulfilled.

My parents always stressed over my safety and protection and never wanted me to worry about their own stability that, in a way backfired. I did not want to ever stress my parents so I never came to them for problem solving advice in throughout my childhood and high school and my parents always hid their struggles with their finances to keep me from working too hard at my job; it felt as though we were living a small white lie type of life. Since I moved out and gave our wounds time to heal though, my parents and I came back together, truly. I know for a fact that my moving out was as much for my relationship with Steven as it was for my own intimate relationship with my parents. It's teaching me more and more about my family values and about how I, myself, treat my family members in both favorable and not so favorable ways. Is blood really thicker than water? Everyone has a different answer. I, personally, have definitely learned that no matter how in love I am with a man, family is irreplaceable. Its a simple lesson that everyone knows but no one really learns it until your family is put up to the test.

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