You never thought you would date someone like him, let alone fall in love with him.
You wont deny that you find him attractive, cute even.
He says funny things sometimes and seems genuinely interested in what you have to say.
Jared Sluyter
And what he has to say isnt half bad either.
But hes not your key in.
You know the person you always go for and its not someone like him.
After all, he has brown eyes instead of blue and has no idea who Junot Diaz even is.
Hes in law school and wears ugly sweaters unironically.
You pause before you respond, hoping its not a date.
Jared Sluyter
But you figure its only lunch and youwereinterested in friendship.
You think,Why the hell not?You agree to meet at 1 p.m.
When you show up, hes wearing another ugly sweater, but the conversation flows.
He loved it and youre just surprised he even remembered you had mentioned it.
You never thought you would date someone like him, let alone fall in love with him.
But after that lunch outing, you start to text.
You start seeing movies together and exchange book recommendations.
Soon you start seeing him everywhere.
Every time you see an ugly sweater you think of him.
When you hear a particularly twangy country song youre comforted because it reminds you of him.
You even develop a taste for IPAs.
Hes your +1 to family events and your first call when something good or bad happens.
And the weird thing is that this person youre suddenly wrapped up in is someone you never saw coming.
You had dismissed the idea of us in regards to you and him.
You had decided he was going to be your friend and nothing more.
You introduced him to the pieces of yourself that you were absolutely convinced would push someone away, pushloveaway.
And its with someone you never even planned on loving at all.
