Today is a special day. I officially have a boyfriend and get to share it with you. We were hanging out a LOT before I left but because I was leaving I was holding back on calling it anything official. But I miss him like crazy and we talk or email every day and so I'm finally calling our relationship by the name, that it really has been for a while, I was just nervous.
This is Matthew Hoffman. He's my sweetie. We met about 5-6 months ago through a website where we both submit our writing for other peoples insight. We realized we lived close to each other and met. I never expected it to turn into anything, he just seemed like a safe person to talk to. We talked about just personal things at first and writing. Maybe because we didn't have any expectations is why it started so well.
We are so similar and so different at the same time. When we talk I feel like we really connect in a way I've never connected with another guy. He's an ENFP, and a website says that INFP, and ENFP are perfectly matched and I can feel that in our conversations with each other. We talk and talk.
He has a sensitive compassionate side. He's good with words and loves words, and uses them well. He loves to learn. He's a great listener :) He's handsome. He makes me laugh. He asks good questions. He's smart and has a great memory. He loves books and to read. He reads more fantasy and science fiction so he's given me a few books in those genres to read. We're reading 'the Case for Christ' together now.
But our lives were so different. He was divorced, he has 2 very creative kids, average job, not travelled a lot.
He's recently returning to his faith in God and Jesus, and is now attending 'my' church in PA. We pray together every time we talk which I love.
He's a great writer, and story ideas come to him even more than they come to me. He writes me a poem (a haiku) every day, and has written me some beautiful poetry.
So…the struggle is that we miss each other like crazy but are on separate continents. He would like to come to Africa, but has finances and his children to think about. I feel very divided, wanting him, but wanting my dream at the same time. We're praying for how to work things out and when we can see each other next. We're hoping for Christmas time.
I'll let him tell you a little about himself in his own words:
Hi! My name is Matthew, and I hail from Pennsylvania. I love reading and music and, though I have many interests, at the end of the day I am a storyteller and a poet.I am also a nerd, and I love science fiction. I pretty much love anything that involves imagination because every day I imagine a world where life is peaceful and all of Gods 'children' are loved. I see beauty in the world around me constantly, and I want to explain why things are beautiful to me so others may share that beauty. I could ask nothing better out of life than to love a woman as amazing as Dietlinde, and I am humbled by her love for me.
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