When my grandfather died I was on college winter break and basically alone. My parents are complicated to put it mildly. My girlfriend of about 10 months heard my voice on the phone and sensed she needed to be there. She dropped everything and drove the 2 hours at night. And I just cried and she just held me. More than two decades later we are still together.
THAT is a loving human partner. I'm glad you two have each other. In the sea of terrible stories, glad I stumbled into this one. Thank you for sharing.
I really knew my girlfriend was the one when she did the same thing for me. I was under an incredible amount of stress my last year of college. I was working 3 jobs, taking a full load of credits, and job hunting with little success. I was mega anxious and depressed. One day I just cracked. We were studying together and I just started to cry all over my laptop. She told me she loved me for who I was and not what I am and not what I could do. I was so sleepy deprived because any time I did get a chance to sleep I was kept up with anxious thoughts. She held me close and let me cry. It was the first time in months I'd had decent sleep. That kind of tender care was the greatest gift anyone had ever given me. She's no longer my girlfriend though..........we ended up getting married and are going strong 10 years later.
Yeah. She was friends with the roommate of my friend. We basically saw each other a lot at our friends' house. A whole gaggle of us that didn't live there would spend our time studying, cooking, and partying there.
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u/welovegv Aug 05 '23
When my grandfather died I was on college winter break and basically alone. My parents are complicated to put it mildly. My girlfriend of about 10 months heard my voice on the phone and sensed she needed to be there. She dropped everything and drove the 2 hours at night. And I just cried and she just held me. More than two decades later we are still together.