Dear boyfriend,
I want to start out by saying that this isn’t going to be a letter talking about how I didn’t have a life before you. I did, and I did things I loved and had people who cared about me. And, honestly, looking back on the surface of things, I didn’t ever have much to complain about; however, before you came into my life, I never knew what I was missing until I had it. When I found you, I found a person who actually wants to be around me all the time, just because you like being with me. I found a person who is so selfless and kind, you just do things because you know they will make me happy. I feel so privileged to be loved back by a person whom I created my perfect definition of love with. I know we both always say this, but we really are so lucky.
Before I met you, I felt like I would never find a person who, frankly, was willing to put up with me. Then, as we grew closer, it didn’t even feel like I was an outsider, or a weirdo, or a screw-up like I’d always felt in the past. We clicked because none of that mattered to you, and I’m so thankful I found someone to keep up with and match my now proudly self-proclaimed weirdness. After going through tough times all alone, I had to teach myself how to accept the fact that I had someone who was not only willing to put up with me but really wanted to help because they actually cared.
Love is never really feeling like you’re getting to know someone, but feeling like you’re catching up with them. You fill in my space and I fill in yours. You can’t sleep on the right side and I can’t sleep on the left. Loving you is so effortless, and I don’t know how, but I do it more and more every day. It’s extremely difficult for me to consider that the universe didn’t mean for us to find each other and I’m thankful for every smile you’ve ever put on my face.
Giving someone hope is like giving someone a new outlook on life. While falling in love with you, and at every point up until right now, I have started to have hope that maybe there is such a thing as being genuinely happy in life. Alongside hope, you’ve given me countless hours of laughter, jam sessions on long car rides, cuddles in the morning, inappropriate conversations over gourmet pizza and ice cream, and probably weeks in bed watching "Chopped" together. Thank you for being my best friend and my person and my boyfriend and for everything you do for me. You’ve shown me that love is not about trying to change a person for your own benefit; it’s not about never letting a person grow or constantly bringing them down. You bring so much happiness into my life and I’m so lucky to be loved by you, to experience life with you, to help each other grow, to smile, cry and laugh with you, but most importantly, I’m so lucky to love you.
Sincerely forever,
Your girlfriend
