Everything is so rosy it's enough to make you sick! :p

The last time I posted I had been dating my man for less than a week.  Since then we have hardly been apart and have met each others friends and close family.  Everything is going so, so well.  We love each other with a passion that, to others, may seem to border on the obsessive but that's not the case.  What has happened is we have both found in each other exactly what we want and need.  We are so alike that all those little things that can cause insecurities and worries in relationships simply do not occur. I can be pretty sarcastic and pedantic which in previous relationships has caused some major issues.  I also cannot stand it when people don't use the brains they were born with and I am known to correct peoples grammar for example.  My geek charming is exactly the same so when we have been this way with each other, neither of us take offence because we both get it.  I'm not saying we will never fall out or have a cross word because that is the nature of relationships.  Whether it's a friend, relative or lover there will always be times when we cross lines or temporarily lose sight of what's important and become insensitive to those we care about. Yet when this does eventually happen, the fact that we have also become best friends will help us to talk about any given situations in a way that we haven't been able to in the past and help us to effectively deal with any difficulties without any serious impact to our relationship.

We're nearly at the two months stage now and yes, technically it is still early days for us but we feel like we've known each other forever.  We've seen each other laugh, cry, be angry and drunk yet we still love each other more every day.  I had started to believe that love doesn't happen like it does in the films, books and songs.  Started to believe that the inspiration didn't come from experience but from a basic need that we all possess.  I don't believe that any more.  I have turned into a walking cliché where every love song makes sense, when every day at work is just something else stopping us being together all the time.  I think about him pretty much constantly and we still count the hours until we'll together again - even though it's rarely more than a working day!  One of the worst clichés of all is that we hold hands and look all gooey at each other when we're at a restaurant or out with friends.  Previously I would mime being sick if I saw people like us but now I just nod because I understand.

Three's my lucky number!

I did say watch this space right?

Well it turns out that I started chatting online to the man who was destined to be date number three, on the same day that I wrote the last post.  I had actually been emailing someone else that I suspected may be date number three but as soon as I started talking to the new guy on Thursday evening I knew that would never happen.  This new guy was smart, funny, deliciously geeky and the more we talked the more we realised how much we had in common.  By 1am after chatting for five or six hours I actually called him!  How mad is that? Calling a complete stranger at one o'clock in the morning!  Yet we had a lovely chat and made each other laugh and I decided then that I loved the sound of his voice.  The next day we sent 122 messages between us, the day after that was probably the same.  Add to this another 2hrs on the phone when we were both really drunk because it was new years eve and we still got on!  By the time we reached our first date on Monday it didn't feel like I was meeting someone I'd never met but someone I knew and liked but hadn't seen in a really long time.  The date was a resounding success and was probably one of the longest first dates on record. 9hrs.  We had our second date yesterday and I can't believe how lucky I have been to meet someone who ticks all the boxes, makes me laugh and is a genuinely nice person.  OK it's early days and we don't want to rush into anything but all the signs are good :)

So far that's 626 text messages, 4 hrs of phone calls, 14 hrs together and counting.  I make that so far so good, next date.. Friday :D