I was thinking of sharing my story, but I didn’t want to come off as condescending and boastful of my relationship. Though with the encouragement of u/Throw_awaya1 and many other users who want to hear about it, I guess I can share mine first.

Growing up, I was more of a tomboy, hence every guy I ever met never saw me in a romantic sense nor attractive. It doesn’t help that I was not allowed to date since my parents and relatives painted the “boys & men are bad and dangerous” narrative. Watching all the romance movies & TV shows made me a hopeless romantic all my life (reference to Cupid haha)

Fast forward to me studying abroad for my university in 2021, no luck in overseas either. At that point I was starting to lose hope but studies and hangouts with friends were in my mind so I didn’t really mind much about being single. Then December 2021 came and I went to a friend’s birthday party. I met my now boyfriend at that time, and we bonded well mainly cuz we both like anime and games. At first I thought he was cute so I asked him for his Facebook cuz why not. Then we just texted a lot more, he asked me out first and the rest is history.

How I feel overall? Very happy, since this was probably the first person who texted me faster than my own friends, showed genuine interest in our conversation and we connected on a personal level. At the moment we have been together for over a year. Even though we have our ups and downs, I’m still looking forward to spending my time with him, cherishing our little moments.

I wasn’t the girl every boy noticed, but I was the girl he noticed, and to me, that was everything. ❤️

Thank you for reading.😄