

Our first date was... Explosive.
He was SO emotionally intelligent, so caring, funny, interesting... When I kissed him, I felt fireworks. I had kissed waaaaay too many people, but Paul made me understand *a bit* of those stupid romantic films.
Paul introduced me to healthy disagreements, reaching common ground, feeling pleasure when your partner does, "pausing" arguments that were getting out of hand, and the "it's not you vs me, it's US vs THE PROBLEM"
At the time, I was in love with Paul, but madly in love with that new way of defining love. It just felt... Right.
I started learning new words - Swinger, Polyamorous...