Big Questions

Tex isn't afraid of the big questions

which is a bit startling.

I am so used to the stereotypical male who is afraid of commitment
so much so that one doesn't whisper it in the early days
for fear he might be spooked

like a deer in hunting season

we hunters have learned to feign an aloof approach

so

Questions he asked today
acknowledging that it's a long ways off

he asked

When he moves down here -- would I want him to live with me -- or take time to get to know each other physically

and later

when I told him that I craved to have a man to take care of
he made me tell him

why
and how

and I warned him that the answer made me sound like a stalker girl
and Tex essentially told me

to bring it

bring it on

and

I did

I poured it all out
vulnerability be damned

and he smiled
and let me curl up next to him
(metaphorically)

and accepted it
and made me feel it was all possible
all of it

not assured

but hoped for by him as well

tailor made to sweep me off my feet y'all

hopefully when I fall - he's there to catch me.