When I meet someone I like being with more than I like being alone, I'll marry her.

And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that

I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing.

And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand.

I find my voice and manage to say those three one-syllable words back to him. Words I haven't uttered in a very, very long time. Words that meant nothing before now.

...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.

Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.