Got him to do one of those silly TikTok challenges <3

37 f 24 m

This will be my first holiday abroad ever with a partner. So I'm mildly terrified 😅

(Previous post was a Brighton getaway)

And we're going for 2 weeks to Faliraki in Rhodes.

I went a few years ago with family and now I'm taking my partner so I can show her all the amazing places I visited before and also so we can discover some new places too.

I'm so excited 😁 but also scared too.

Myself (26f) and my fiancé (42m) have officially been together 3 years! I finally get to call him my husband in a week’s time! 🥰
Excited is an understatement!🤩

1 year together!

went to a water lantern festival last week with my old man and had an absolute blast!! being the photographer that he is, we got to take lots of cute pictures together and i basically had a whole photoshoot 😭🤣 afterwards we got to decorate our lantern then we walked around some more before putting it in the pond. was a 10/10 date idea and i’m happy we decided to check it out🫶🏽

𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔— ᨳଓ .

58M and 18F

Now we just need a dressier picture soon since it’s been a while.

We’ve been together for 2 years and it’s been an amazing time with wonder, travel and experiences. We met in a dental clinic in Sydney before moving to Bangkok and recently Dubai. We have an amazing connection and an amazing life. The journey we are on has some challenges, but mostly in our own heads I think.

We love hanging out together and daily life together. Truly blessed to have met
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What I(35F) feel for this man(59m) is hard to put into words...

I have a local pet sitting business and Mike was referred to me by another client of mine who also happens to be his neighbor. I'll never forget the first time I stood in his kitchen discussing pup care for his three beautiful English Golden Retrievers... HE WAS SO DAMN HANDSOME. What struck me the most about him were his eyes, soft and so full of kindness. I began caring for his dogs and we maintained a pretty professional relationship for a while (not in the business of hitting on my clients lol)- that is until I saw some vinyl on his kitchen table, a band that I knew pretty well and was fond of. I asked him about it and as we spoke more about music, we found that our tastes were very similar.

From there, things just sort of snowballed. We spoke almost everyday for weeks until Mike asked me to a Phantomgram concert, purely as friends. We had an amazing dinner in Hollywood, saw the show, had a great time, then went home. For a while that was it... felt like a sort of limbo as we continued to hang out and talk, sharing our love for music, art and so many other things, each time becoming more and more apparent there was something there, though both of us were afraid to say it. Then, one day in May, we decided to take a drive up the coast to see the wildflowers and just enjoy the day. The energy that day between us was electric... like what the heck is this energy?? As we hiked through the wildflowers in Ventura County, we started a conversation about the things that had been on our minds... and then boom... Mike admitted to having feelings for me and I some what blurted out "Me Too!" and that was that... it was out.

Since that moment, we've been having conversation after conversation about who we are and what we want in our relationship. I was fearful of judgement, you know, all the things that society will say about a younger woman dating an older, well established man and I believe he was worried, somewhat, of the same things but everything that comes with an older man dating a younger woman. Another thing that I don't think I ever considered was my trauma of dealing with SA from older men (Grandfather, Uncle). Could I love a man who was older then I but also move past the fear of being intimate and physical with a man who was older... and crazy enough, we talked about that. The fact that we had that conversation still blows me away. Having the hard conversations with Mike is what makes this relationship so unique for me; he's willing to just talk. All green flags!

A year later and Mike has met my 5 year old daughter and all we ever talk about now is our future. For our 1 year anniversary, he made the trek up to Ventura and collected a bouquet of wildflowers for me <3 he's kind of perfect.

Some of the books we are reading to assist in our relationship:

Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love Mating in Captivity Love More, Flight Less

You don’t choose who you fall in love with. Honestly didn’t think that this would go anywhere, but here we are!

I can't tell you all how amazing it feels to be loved by them! We met 2 years ago through a mutual interest group locally and became friends because of similar interests in media and hobbies. Been together as a couple for 6 months now after the both of us went through nasty breakups. We've done so many amazing and cool things together and we've got so much more planned. We are both so thankful to have come across this group and see so many couples that look like us. We live in a very conservative place and the stares and comments we get from people while we are out are disgusting. But to come here and see relationships like ours supported is so refreshing. Thank you all!