Maybell XXXVII: Unpacking

[Maybell]

New Guy is great. Very sweet. I got super frustrated about something about him and he stopped everything to talk it through with me, resolve the problem, and set up ways to make sure we communicate about issues before they're huge problems in the future. Another time I was having an issue D12 and he said "I want to be supportive." He talks to me about his feelings and tells me what he wants, but helpfully, not with judgment. He asks about me and tells me about him. He can be vulnerable and he behaves protectively. I've met several of his friends (and we have a couple of mutual friends too). Every time I freak out about something I work to be patient and it plays out the way I hoped it would, not as I feared it would. He likes me and he can say why. I really enjoy spending time with him. He thinks differently than I'm used to and I like hearing how his mind works. He knows how to do things I find interesting, and there's just enough overlap in our experience that I feel like I have something to offer. He tells me about people who are important to him, mentions a particular good point, and then says, "just like you" -- meaning he finds commonalities between me and the people who matter to him, which I find very flattering.

For my part, I find him insightful, kind, friendly, and funny. There are things about his history that make me want to comfort him, and times now when I want to nurture and care for him. I'm really looking forward to introducing him to more of my friends and to a time (months away, I know) when I can introduce him to my kids. We are interested in similar things but we see them from very different angles, which I find so refreshing.

The other day I said, "If you'd taken that path we would never have met," and he quickly said, "You don't know that!" I feel like he cares about me. Everything has gone so much slower with him than it did with Mr. Fantastic and I am glad. But it's still clicking along at a pace I find surprising. He talks about places he'll take me over the summer.

It's been two months. I smile when I think about him. I can't wait to see him. But I'm still maintaining my own activities and goals because I know how important that is. I am enjoying seeing how everything plays out. I am worried about either of us getting hurt but hopeful it won't happen that way.

Unpacked enough? I feel like a teenager gushing about her guy.