Chemistry Schemistry

My boyfriend flew home today. I drove him down to the airport this morning and was able to drive back home before he arrived back in Colorado.  Along his route, I got updates like, “…landed in L.A.” or “…arrived early,” and then the photos started coming. That boy and his iPhone… I love the way it allows him to share his life with me.

Here are the things I learned about us this week:

*The first night is tricky, but every night thereafter, I sleep better beside someone that I love. Plus, I feel that I can safely sleep with the window open a little.

*I enjoy cooking for someone who is used to heating things up when he’s on his own. I know it’s old-fashioned, but I enjoy feeding my man, taking care of him.

*I’m not very good recognizing sarcasm. Mark says I’m like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory.

*My boyfriend is “calm,” “kind,” “gentle,” “golden,” and a “gentleman,” according to friends and family. I am in complete agreement.

*We were right about our connection all along.

Meeting someone this way, talking to an old friend online, on the phone, for a period of time, it truly can work out. You take the time to get to know each other – the ideas, the goals, the heart of a person – when you have to focus on their voice, their words. One of my closest friends, she met her husband as a pen pal first. She said that they hadn’t met in person, hadn’t talked on the phone, and still she felt that she missed him desperately. They’ve been married almost 20 years.

I know that first impressions and attraction are important, but I wonder how many wonderful chances at happiness we might miss out on because we are too hung up on the chemistry?

 I knew my boyfriend when we were kids and I thought he was sweet and funny, but for some reason I didn’t see him as a boyfriend.

I look at him now and I see my beautiful boyfriend. He’s my sexy-gentleman. There’s all kinds of chemistry.

Image credit: Mark