This is me.
This is my wife.
We’ve known eachother for 8 years now. We first met on a Zombie Walk.
For our first date, I baked her cookies and we stayed in and watched Doctor Who.
(She’s a huge nerd)
I was the first one to say “I love you” and I said it in writing. In huge letters.
The first week of we spent together, we wrote and shot a short.
We’re both writers, although I haven’t published anything for over an year.
That’s because I have Myalgic Encephalomielitis, and it’s hard to deal with it sometimes. But she takes care of me when I’m bad shape.
And when I’m in good shape I make her stuff, like Necronomicons and Dragon Eggs.
(Have I mentioned she’s a huge nerd?)
Every year for her birthday I write her a short story based on her life, and give it to her in the form of a booklet.
Sometimes there are treasure hunts.
We spend most of our time binge watching TV shows and playing games.
We both suck at videogames (she’s usually better), so we mostly play Magic and boardgames.
When we first moved in together, our whole apartment was the size of our current living room.
(Our current living room rocks, btw)
Last Halloween, we finally got officially married. In secret. In Vegas.
And we spent our honeymoon in a tent in the middle of the desert, with no electricity. It was awesome.
She’s 4'10" and I’m 5'6". We’re basically hobbits. That’s why we never leave our hole. We’re both introverts, like really.
We love having people over, though.
I introduced her to Star Wars and Feminism.
She introduced me to Fellini and woodworking.
I’m very proud of her. She has to deal with depression and anxiety daily, but she never lets that stop her.
And when she needs to unwind, I’m always there to hug her and make her laugh.
During our time together, she got clean, got in and out of college and got her first job.
I enjoy our life together very much. She makes me so incredibly happy.
I’m telling you this because tomorrow is Valentines Day, and today marks the day we entered a committed relationship, many years ago.
Before that we both were in relationships with abusive partners, but we learned a lot from that, and we work daily in making our relationship 100% healthy.
We do fight. But when we do, we never fight against each other. We both fight together against a common problem, and we work together in fixing it, instead of worrying about being right.
The point is we love each other very much, and never go one single day without saying that out loud lots of times, and without thanking one another for their effort in making us happy. Not one single day.
But I have to go now, we have a Star Wars jigsaw puzzle to build. Thank you for your time.
