My beau is strong, adventurous, and resourceful; he is the first man I have ever felt safe with… as in surviving-a-major-disaster safe. Being with him has given me the courage to try new things that I always wanted to, but was afraid of. And he’s been very patient with me in the process.
He is intuitive and introspective; he has chosen to make major changes in his life that I have seen lesser men fail at or refuse to even try. He faces his responsibilities head on, and is willing to admit when he doesn’t have all the answers. He even reads instruction manuals!
He is smarter than he gives himself credit for, and also has a wonderful imagination. His sense of humor clicks with mine, and I have laughed more with him than I have since I was very young.
He is very affectionate and gives the best hugs. He is amazingly attentive to me… he seems to take note of things that I’ve forgotten about, until he somehow finds a way to address it later on. He is also very tender when he cares for all his critters.
He has a sense of self-worth that is unflappable; which has shown me new ways to think about myself, and how I conduct myself. I had worked hard to overcome low self-esteem from childhood abuse and thought I was doing pretty well, but I now realize that I have quite a way to go.
He is not perfect, and is actively working to improve the areas with which he is not satisfied. He has accepted that I am not perfect, and together we have worked to build a better relationship and not just repeat the same mistakes we made with our previous partners.
The best part about my Sweetie is that he does all this by just being himself… he is not seeking praise or adulation. I often feel very inadequate by comparison, and when I express that, he usually reassures me by telling me that he loves me the way that I am.