sweet set up

I have a pretty sweet set up right now. You see, the thing is, I'm dating my best friend. 

I only had one girlfriend through middle school in high school. For four years I had a girlfriend and I had a best friend that whole time too. The two were not the same person though. I jumped into a relationship at the beginning of eighth grade. I wasn't friends with my girlfriend before that point. Sure, I became friends with her in time, but I never would have called her my best friend.

This time is different.

This time I went from the acquaintance stage, our junior year, to the friends stage throughout most of senior year. To be honest I was pretty sure I was in a type of glass ceiling relationship where I could see the next level, but I could never achieve it. In time she became my best friend. When summer rolled around she was still my best friend, but again, the glass ceiling feeling. Wanting more but thinking I'd never get there.

Then I left for school and boom, now she's my girlfriend. Not the normal way things play out, at all, but I wouldn't change it for the world.

The cool part is this... I can watch tv with her like she's just my best friend, I can take her on dates like she's just my girlfriend, but no matter what we're doing I can just be myself. It's a natural friendship that evolved into much more.

I also think of it like this... there are some things I tell her as my friend, some things I tell her as my girlfriend, and some things I tell her as both. I tell her everything, and that is pretty cool.

I'm lucky.

Luckier than most.

Madly. Crazily. Happily.

In love.

NP: Too Close- Alex Clare