Relationship

I am in a relationship with a guy who means the world to me. If you like love stories and thinking about your own, then I think you'll like reading this story. Having a special someone in your life is a gift. My name is Tay and I am dating a man by the name of Jonah. We have been together since eighth grade and are now in college together. We have had a very long ride these past four years. It's been a roller coaster filled with ups and downs, twists and turns. To the outside world and friends around us, we look like the perfect couple. People ask me, "What's your secret? How can you stay with the same person for so long?" All I can say is that we've never fallen out of love and that I'm just a lucky, lucky girl who found her night in shinning armour.

Sometimes our relationship is all unicorns and rainbows but we really have a lot of days where it's just a normal boring day. Sure, we've talked about getting married but now I don't want to jinx anything so I don't talk about it much, but I definitely think about it all the time. Throughout the years, I can't count how many times we have had fights about stupid little things that turned into huge fights. Jonah is a very special person. He treats me like gold and a princess. I get whatever I want and more. Sometimes I feel like I'm not good enough for him and push myself to be better. No matter how much I tell him that he deserves someone else, he always says, "But I don't want anyone else I want you" and he reassures me that I am enough, and if anything he is the one who's not enough.

If you have someone in your life who you love very dearly don't fight about the stupid little things. If he says that you're enough then you're enough. Don't create a fight. You want a man or woman, whichever you prefer, who can respect you, love you, treat you like gold, can still be an idiot, or (themself).

It's also good to have a little bit of jealousy in the relationship. A little jealousy keeps the relationship strong. I'm not saying be jealous of everything, I'm saying it's okay to be slightly jealous. I get jealous whenever a girl that's prettier than me is around Jonah and talks to him and slightly flirts not knowingly. I know that might be a little bit crazy to some people but that's how I am jealousy-wise. I love showing off how great of a girlfriend I am sometimes and what I do to show it, some people might not agree with, but that's their opinion.

For example, I took Jonah to Mexico for a vacation once with my family and we went to Hooters and I thought it was great. I loved the food and everyone loved the waitresses. When we were there, I opened up my phone to take a picture and one of the waitresses was behind us and she was wearing really short shorts and she was right in the camera but she didn't know. I thought in that moment that this was perfect, so I look at Jonah. I tell him to get on the picture and he smiles and he sees the girl behind us and his smile got bigger. I thought it was hilarious when I took that picture and I am so proud of that picture. I know this might get a little bit confusing. You're probably thinking, "But she just said that she gets jealous when pretty girls are around him talking to him?" Yes, I did say that I get like that when I'm jealous, but this wasn't jealousy. This was showing something. It was showing that I trust him and also that in the end he's mine, anyways.

I took the picture, I showed all of his friends, and they were all jealous in a way. Some of them said, "Yeah, man, you're lucky. My girl wouldn't do that in one million years." I felt like the best girlfriend in the world and knowing that what I did made his friends jealous showed myself that I am a much better girlfriend than I thought I was and that I love him a lot and trust him with all my heart. I am well aware that finding your forever love is not likely in middle school or high school. But it's not about how long we've been together. I'm writing this to show my opinion on relationships and how mine is. To me, if you're happy with who you're with and you love them, then be with them.

But if you don't truly love the person that you're with then don't waste your time or theirs and move on. There's plenty of people in this world to choose from you don't have to be like me and pick one and not see any others. Test the waters see what you like. If you're lucky enough to find a lover, enjoy the ride and hang on to your seat because it's going to get wild. In a relationship, you can find things about yourself that you never knew. You may even find that your partner knows you better than you know yourself. It's an adventure with mystery, jealousy, romance, adventure, and everything that you see in books but in real life. All you have to do is create it and write the story as you go on. I want to know, what's your story? Do you know anyone who met in middle school and are married now? Also how long have you been with your lover? You don't have to answer these questions if you don't want to. I'm just curious.