Don’t Give Up On Love

Hello, 24F here.. It’s Sunday evening and I never thought that I would have a fantastic Valentine’s weekend but here I am..

Valentine’s night, I went and spent time with a guy that I’ve been talking to for months, he surprised me with flowers and more things followed, lol. The next day, we found a small ramen joint and there, he asked me to be his girlfriend. Words couldn’t describe how much happiness I felt, we practically spent weeks together damn near a couple everyone assumed, both acquainted with each other’s immediate family and everything feels natural. Today we woke up early and traveled hours away to my old hometown and went to church, then a festival and a Brazilian streak house. Now he’s driving us back to the city and Im about to nap lol.

Not here to just boast, but I want to see that believe it or not, this is my first Valentine’s spending it with a significant other. I’ve been diagnosed in 2023 with HIV from someone who in the end showed he could care less about me and made life miserable afterwards. I accepted then I would just be alone, show support to our fellow humans with the virus in loving relationships, and later I matched in a game with someone who cherishes me and is now my boyfriend. Never thought the day would come so soon but here we are, learned to love myself more than before with room to love another.

Whatever you want in life is coming. There is genuinely a person for everyone, but most importantly, love yourself first and foremost! Give yourself grace because life will have unique moments that can lead you into something that will be very beneficial. Never ever I thought that randomly matching with this man on Fortnite would lead me here, mind you he was ready to delete the game at that point. Have patience with life, and yourself 💚

I hope everyone had a great weekend!