Day 314 - Somehow I Now Find Myself In A Relationship

The Brit and I have been sailing along for months now and I haven't really wondered about our "status" because I've felt like I've been treated right this whole time and it has seemed relationship-y/exclusive.

But, in the last month or so, it has completely unfolded before me that I'm in a relationship.

The Brit was actually the one who brought it to my attention.

So, what's been going on?

Well, it started maybe a month or so ago when we were hanging out and talking about how he can't burp or doesn't burp or rarely burps (I know, romantic), but then he said, "When in our relationship have you known me to burp?"

I forgot about the burp talk and just thought, "Oh?! Relationship?!" It was nice to hear since we've never had any sort of discussion about things, but we have grown to spend more time together, text more and we even talked on the phone. I know, weird.

Then the other day we went hiking. We've started this up as he wants to get working out again and lives near an awesome trail in LA where dogs run all around. We stopped to sit on a bench and it must have been a little wobbly because we almost flipped it over. He was making some joke about it and then said, "We'd be the couple of the moment."

Why does couple seem so much different than relationship? I mean, they're basically the same, but couple is like, oh, couple!

The thing that sort of solidified everything is that I know he has mentioned me to his mom more than once. Let's discuss:

First time: I snooped at his birthday card on his TV and saw that she wrote something like "Have fun at your dinner." That has to be reference to the birthday dinner I took him to since there was nothing else it would be about.

Second time: I heard him on the phone in the other room once when he called his mom back saying he was hanging out with me tonight.

Third time: He admitted to telling her a story about Barbar. Yes, Barbar. That cat is popular.

Most recent time: We were deciding what to make for dinner and he wanted to do something his family used to do. So he called his mom and said, "Molly and I are going to cook..." and, since he was driving, she was on speaker and was not like "Who is Molly?"

And one more thing, I was talking about my middle sister's surprise birthday trip in July and he was all like, "When is it?" I told him the early July dates and then he said, "OK, so you will be around for your birthday?" I'm glad that he's sort of OK with looking a little in the future. It was nice to hear.

So, here I am. It's weird. But nice. But no, we are still not Facebook friends and that's just the way I like it.