I'll just pearoast this here then....
Back when I was 16, I was up at the Edinburgh festival. I'd met a few techie types whilst doing work experience, and ended up meeting most of the comedy circuit at the time. It was fucking great, going to every house party and being plied with all sorts of booze and narcotics. And then I met Mick.

He'd sat down next to me in a bar, and we had instantly clicked. You know how you just start talking to someone and everything else melts away? Well, tht was the two of us. Only one small slight issue- he was 38. But we were mates instantly, and that was all that mattered. We spent the next week glued together at every party.

At the end of our week together, I was trying to shake off a bloke who I'd snogged drunkenly earlier on and who was telling anyone who listened I was his girlfriend, and Mick was being persued by some blond thing who was adamant that he was the one for her. He'd tried to get her into a quiet corner to tell her about his (fictional) wife and three kids, but she pulled him into a toilet cubicle. After shouting for the bouncer, the two of us legged it.

We went to another bar until we were kicked out at 4am. I had a train home later that day, so we walked arm in arm around the city, just talking (still just mates here). After a few hours, he asked me if I fancied him.

"Fuck" thinks I, stupid 16 year old me has ballsed up this friendship. Because I had fallen for him so hard over the last week. I hadn't even thought I was capable of feeling this much about a single human being. And I was doing my damndest not to show it to this incredible man, because with a 22 year age gap we couldn't honestly be more than mates, right?

However, I make a point not to lie. "um, kinda" I saucily replied.

"Good. Then I guess we can be mates that fancy each other then"

(Bear with the flirting, neither of us are any bloody good at it. I still have no idea whatsoever if someone's interested in me)

We had a coffee. We walked down to the meadows and lay on the grass, and watched as the sun rose. And then we leaned towards each other and had the shyest, most gentle kiss ever.

From that day we have been inseperable. I was still at school- I had to deal with having a boyfriend older than some of the teachers, he had to deal with every one of his mates asking what the hell he was playing at. But we've stuck with each other, because there is no way I can be without him. When we're apart, it hurts so much. I never knew that I could feel so much for someone that just lying next to him would make me gasp with the swell of emotion. He's my best mate, my rock, and the best fucking lover in the whole damn world.

We've been together for over 5 years now. We've been living together for almost the same amount of time. We worked together for 3 years so that we would never be apart, and now we both work from home together. Every day I look at him and feel more in love with him, and he tells me the same all the time. We honestly can't go more than a day apart before rushing into each other's arms again. We have no secrets.

Regardless of other people's judgements, follow your heart. Because 5 years ago we knew this wasn't some simple "lets be together because we're bored". There is no way I'd be in a relationship with this age gap if I had any choice, but that's what Mick is, and I love the wisdom he brings to me, and he loves the clarity I give to him.

And he still keeps me up til 3 every night :D
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 17:13, 8 replies)

aw!
*clicks*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 17:16, closed)

The last line gave me a massive grin when I read this the first time
And it just did again =D
( Captain V, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 19:36, closed)

Yay!
This makes me happy :D
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 20:28, closed)

clicky
that's lovely :)
( gypsy turnips, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 0:03, closed)

'Regardless of other people's judgements, follow your heart.'
That is all.
( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 14:55, closed)

i'm qute sure his mates quote eric idle to him almost daily...
"you lucky, lucky bastard"

for those of you who have not seen the madam.. she makes normal human females look they were made by the council
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 10:00, closed)

^
That is the funniest thing I've read on this QOTW so far.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sat 6 Dec 2008, 20:37, closed)

Lovely
have a clicky
( Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Mon 8 Dec 2008, 21:58, closed)