Hey kid,

I can’t believe it’s been seven years already. It all started on a beautiful summer night.

Let me take you for a ride.

Mr. Big raising an eyebrow — Chapter one: the obvious answer.

Est. our year

I know we’ve had it rough

These past few years have felt like decades.

When we crossed paths, we were two kids trying to find our way through life. I was a clean slate. Unburdened by problems, living entirely in the moment, emotionally stunted, immature, and rarely thinking beyond myself.

I didn’t know love. Commitment and attachment were foreign to me. I was consumed by an unsaitable sense of lust. I knew love only as movies and television had sold it, but I had never felt the real thing. I didn’t know what love unbounded by duty or obligation could feel like.

And then you came into my life

It all started when I laid eyes on you.

That night, in a sea of people, I still remember the exact second I saw you beneath that pyramid. I couldn’t believe how beautiful you were. I spent the whole night thinking about you.

You were already running off when I realized I had a choice: play it safe like always or run after you and ask for your number.

Sometimes I wonder how my life would have unfolded if I hadn’t. I don’t think I’d be a fraction of the man I am today. Life has a way of pulling us under, of taking us to dark places. But every so often, it turns everything around and gives us more than we dared imagine. And sometimes, all of that begins with one glance at a girl in a fluid ivory dress, standing in a room of thousands.

The two of us together beneath the lights — where it all began

The two of us embracing beneath the pyramid — worth the risk

We have grown so much together

But the thing about growing up is that it's hard. Growing up with you has been the hardest and most rewarding thing I've ever done.

I know that I've hurt you over the years. And you have hurt me too. I am sorry for that. I am sorry for the times I was selfish and thought only of myself. I am sorry for the times I didn't consider your feelings. If I could go back in time, I wouldn't have don those things. I would have been a better partner, a better friend, a better person.

♥

For the record,
my answer is always yes.

But after all the ups and downs

After all the heartache and pain, if i had a time machine

Would I go back and still choose you?

Always

One last thing, kid

I know I never officially asked you to be my girlfriend. So here I am, seven years later, trying to correct that mistake. You deserve the best, and I’ll spend every day trying to give you exactly that.

Will you be my girlfriend— my Valentine, my love, forever?

Choose carefully. The kitties are watching.

That settles it

Yayyy, you’re officially mine now. Forever.*

Higs jumping happily in celebration — The official reaction.

* Terms and conditions apply, bihh. Don’t piss me off or annoy me 😤

One more year

Here’s to us.

One more year of growing. One more year of adventure, laughter, and tears. One more year of filling my gallery with “dead wife” photos of you. One more year of petting kittens. One more year of gossiping.

But none of it would mean a thing if I weren’t doing it with you.

One more year. You and me.

First, a littlesecurity question.