Anniversary Celebrations

My boyfriend and I have an interesting history. In March 2022, I thought I was stuck in a bad situationship. I was having an off day and I decided to stop at a convenience store to pick up a package I ordered. A young man, a counter clerk, said “hi” to me. He drew me from the dark cocoon I was wrapped in. His smile cheered me up. I went back to the store a few times and that young man kept reaching out, chatting. I was in denial about the situationship I was in, I wanted to save whatever that was, and stopped going back to the store.

I went back to the convenience store at the end of that situationship, once I wizened up and realized that a situationship isn't healthy. To my dismay, the young man wasn’t there. The third time I went in, no luck. I asked the new counter clerk who that guy was. He gave me his friend’s number. I thought it was forward, laughed, thanked him, and texted the young man who gave me some sunshine and lots of kindness during a dark time.

I'm happy to say that the young man answered my text, we kept texting, and met up a few days later. We chatted and talked for a month before he asked me on our first date. He asked me on 12 October 2022 and our first date was 13 October 2022. We went to Halal Guys and we decided to keep this quiet and see where things went.

He decided that he wanted to be a couple on 19 October 2022, and said we could share the news with our friends and family. We did and both of our friends and family have been happy for us since.

I celebrate everything. I love my boyfriend dearly and I'm glad he chose me, just like he's happy that I chose him. I feel like we could celebrate our anniversary for the first half of October, and that's what we have been doing. Last week for our one year since our first date, we went over to a friend's house who threw us a little party. She had gifts for us, as well as homemade soup. I also had a special gift for my boyfriend. It was such a great afternoon and I was grateful for my friend's kindness.

On the 19th, I went over to my boyfriend's house, we hugged each other and cuddled during our lunch break. We had the leftover food from the party my friend had for us. We also reminisced and talked about our first year together.

Tomorrow we will be travelling to the Renaissance Faire and staying overnight. This will be our romantic getaway. We are special to each other and we celebrate everything. Life is too short not to.

I'm looking forward to many more celebrations and anniversaries with him. I'm looking forward to everything we go through together, as well as learning and growing together. I have no idea what the years will bring, but I look forward to walking by his side.

I've always been one to celebrate. I almost died 10 years ago and I celebrate each day. My boyfriend had to get used to this and last night I asked him if he was okay with how much I celebrate. He said to me, "you do you. I love you and how you carry yourself. I love how you celebrate me too. I've never had this before and it's a nice change. It's something I have to get used to."

As for our second anniversary next year? Don't worry, I didn't overdo it this year. We'll probably do something better. I'm taking it day by day, as he is too. I know we'll be celebrating.