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I discovered my girlfriend's secret while ring shopping.

Was the secret that it was a secret ring?

Trigger warning for loss of a child.

I, 30 male, have been dating the most amazing woman, 28 female, for the past year and a half.

I have been in puppy love, me too, before the kind where they're all you can think about and you smile when you think of them.

And we have that too.

But she is also brought to me the joy of being together, but not together.

That magnificent way you can just be and be alone in the same room, her reading a book,

me doing a project, and really knowing someone, knowing how her mouth crinkles when she thinks,

the way the rain makes her feel all the stories of her childhood all the little stuff that

makes her a person at least i thought i did yeah let's it's just basically being roommates with

extra steps it's not even that cool let's make it not even that cool let's make it that let's

cope like that be like ew gross having deep connections with someone you you mean being a roommate? By the way, this comes from Throw 212 Away. And if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R slash OK Storytime subreddit. I'm Sophia. I'm Dakota. And I'm Keon. And O.P. says, I was shopping for a ring and had been dropping hints that made her smile. And we would plan this little suburban life, a deck with a grill, a goofy puppy, a piano. That's what I want. Pianos are so expensive, though. Yeah, she doesn't want the puppy. She just wants the piano. I just want the piano. You got to pick one. They're both quite expensive. Unless you're going to a doctor. You've got to pick one. You gotta pick one, a piano or a puppy. I want a puppy that plays the piano. Well, then you're gonna have to figure out a way to afford a piano for that puppy. A puppyana. We talked about baby names and vetoed ones. We have the joke names Trevor and Trevina. We'd pick out paint colors and flooring at lows and giggle like idiots.

I was 100% confident. I just hadn't chosen a ring. You know,

she didn't want a diamond, but didn't know what she does want. Then I got a Facebook message today

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