my bf would quite literally carry me everywhere if he could just so my feet dont have to touch the ground (i have sensory issues where i hate the feeling of my bare feet on the ground)š he says loving me "should be like worshipping" & i swear he'd give his life for me in an instant. i could literally go on forever but if he exists theres other men like him out there tooš«¶
my friends boyfriend always treats me and any of her other friends with the same amount of respect she gets. he holds the door for all of us, for valentines he got all of us a single rose and gave her a bouquet, cooks and cleans for us, let us use him as an emergency contact because none of us have family in our city, and so much more. iām literally still astounded and theyāve been together longer than a year. iāve never met someone with so much respect as him and iām SO insanely happy for her
i could go on and on about how great my guy friends are. i was the last to get my license, they always offered to pick me up and never once made me feel guilty or like a burden. oneās an amateur editor and made like a movie trailer of clips of me for my bday and it was so sweet. one randomly texts/calls me every couple of months when heās thinking of me and always says that heās proud of me. they all really helped my confidence, never fail to hype me up. iām so lucky to have them in my life fr
One of my other friends and I were briefly fwb until I met someone I wanted to see seriously and now weāre just friends. He taught me that it was possible (AND NECESSARY) to feel safe during sex and then as soon as I was like ābro I want to give this guy a real chanceā he was like āIām so proud of you for being healed enough to feel ready to pursue that.ā (He is not healed enough yet but as soon as he is Iāll be cheering him on too)
The guy Iāve been seeing (Iām letting him drive the pace of this and heās not ready yet to call it anything particularly but as far as Iām concerned Iām taken) like I actually couldnāt possibly fit all of the things in this, but like. I told him abt my past and that Iām still clawing my way out of the pits of hell and he didnāt flinch for a second. He said āOkay, well, communicate with me. Weāll take this at whatever pace you need. But this should be stressful ā thatās the most important thing.ā
He listens to me like he actually fucking cares about transliteration conventions in names of ancient Mesopotamian gods. And he says he does because like itās fascinating (AND HES RIGHT) but my one other experience with romance absolutely does not include someone listening to me with a smile on his face and asking good questions about the things Iām passionate about
Another friend of mine who is a bartender at a bar I go to once a week for music night walked me back to my car once absolutely without question when another patron made me uncomfortable, then messaged me later to apologize because he felt he hadnāt responded as totally understandingly as he wished he had. (He was fine it was never an issue.)