Relationship Milestones

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Hi friends. I know I've been absent for a while. You know how it goes. 

"I've been busy with school." 
"I had an internship this summer that took a lot of time." 
"I've been working." 

Blah blah blah. Excuses excuses. I'm sorry! I just don't have time to keep this up "full time". 

Anyhow, today's post is something that's been on my mind since a big-ish milestone is coming up for me. 

I've never been in a relationship before. Not a real one. I've talked with people, flirted, had a good time, hung out, etc., but nothing has ever come of those efforts. Ever. Until I met someone 7 months ago. 7 MONTHS. That's insane to me. That's almost an entire year. 

Obviously we started as just friends, but the more we talked the more I grew to like him. Around the 6 month mark, I realised that I had fallen in love with him. He fell in love with me, too. 

I'm going to be honest. This relationship has really tried my emotional maturity and patience. Do we fight? Not really. Do we argue? Not really, but we have "broken up" multiple times, only to end up getting back together in the end. We've had many "uncomfortable" talks; these conversations were necessary but tough. We've dealt with jealousy on both ends, even though we both know that nothing is going on. It's been quite an experience. 

It just amazes me how one person can capture your attention and your heart like that. One person out of the billions of people on this planet. Think of all the people you've ever met, interacted with, been friends with. What is so special about this one person that you just want to spend as much time as you can with them? It's baffling to me. 

What's even more baffling is when that person feels the same way. He recently told me, "I just want to spend every hour of every day with you." 

How did I find someone who feels the same as me? I want to spend unhealthy amounts of time with this person. 

Relationships are a funny, beautiful thing. I wouldn't change this one for the world. 

This post had no direction, and I apologise for that. This was just a thought that struck me today as today is 7 months of being with this crazy human. 

Au revoir xx
Rachel