Its a feeling that I get. It feels like it flows from my toes all the way up my body and when it reaches my face I just have to smile and say “eeek!”. It’s that good.
Relationships seem to go something like this:
“Once upon a time you were single, it was fun and definitely fine with you, until one day…a certain someone catches your eye — and there’s no fighting it! Its immediate attraction, fireworks, knock you off your feet, electricity, curiosity, and adventure all in a new found flame. So you’re caught off gaurd because it was unexpected, yet its also inviting because the surprise is mutual. No harm in getting to know each other, hanging out, and talking, right? Maybe you won’t even like the other person when you get to know them a little bit. But the talking reveals your similarities and differences, dreams, future, past, character, sense of humor, etc…You are ‘in-like’ for sure now. And thats when the small things mean so much – nothings comfortable yet, but putting yourself out there is completely worth it. Its in those times: the phone calls, the apple snacks, the walks to class, the dancing, the smirks without explanations, the footsie under the table, the celebrating nothing…those are the times when the ‘eeek!’ appears. But time passes, routines are formed, and the excitement curbs a little…soon the ‘eeek!’ becomes so faint, it sometimes even disappears. You continue to live in a ‘eeek!-less’ relationship – eventually you just accept that or the relationship ends (probably in a resounding “uhhh!” or “errr!”). Either way, the ‘eeek!’ has lost it’s power.”
I hate that cycle because I love the “eeek!”. I have resolved to cherish and recognize the “eeeks!”. I never want to lose the “endorphins & adrenaline” that they give me. And I never want to take the person who “eeeks!” me for granted. So people say relationships take work – maybe we’re all working to keep the “eeek!” in our lives. I like to work.
I just needed to say that out loud. Thanks for reading!
