Reasons Why I Loved You

reason two

dear darling,

          our first date went horrible wrong! i had meant to win you that big stuffed elephant, but instead you had won the elephant for me. i remember being all moody for the entire walk home. that’s right, i had dropped you home that day. and you were so embarrassed that I had seen your house.

          even though mine was way worse than yours.

          you were all giddy that day, and even invited me inside. i thought i was about to meet the parents. it was terrifying, but maybe you had seen the look on my face and knew what i was thinking.

          you told me that they weren’t home; that only your sister and brothers were. nevertheless, it was super scary darling, meeting the brothers of my girlfriend. your sisters were sweet, even though they gave me the stank eye. they kept questioning me about my previous relationships.

          and you’d always smile when i answered. “no one before my perfect one,” your brothers laughed and called me whipped. but i didn’t mind. what did being whipped or in love do that was so bad? it simply meant having eyes for no one but the one you already had.

          that night, i realized that you were the perfect sister. your brothers did threaten to beat me up, but you laughed it off. and then started a conversation with them that circled around me, but it had them sitting in the edge of their seats.

          reason two why i loved you: your loving relationship with your family.

                                                                                      love, me