The older light guy

The older light guy. Older , short, and light skin. Oh no. He was so not my type. We use to work together in a store, a grocery store at that. We had two different positions in the store. I was a security officer, and he was a cashier. We would always laugh, and joke every time we seen each other at work. We had fun at work. Time went by fast when we worked together. This man has always been a funny guy, comedian is what he should've been in life. He knew how to make me laugh and smile. I loved that about him. I would ask him for gum almost every time I seen him. We gave each other a nickname, we called each other dayday. No one understood us and our nicknames and stuff. We really had a bond. Over time the joking led to us flirting. He was kinda quiet and reserved , which reminded me of myself. Not the type of man that's always loud, and talking to everyone. The type of man who have his select few of people he talk to. A kind man. A provider. This was different because he wasn't my type. He was way older than me, and light skin in complexion. I didn't like light skinned guys. For years I loved dark men. Chocolate men to be exact. My men had to be really dark. That was my choice. I loved dark men with bald heads. Oh and he was short. That was a no go because I wanted a tall man that I could look up to when we kissed. Another reason he wasn't my type because at that time I loved bad boys and that he wasn't. He was now the opposite . He was focused on making money, going to work every single day. He was like a retired bad boy. Like the type who use to be bad but changed their life, got a job etc. yeah I didn't like good boys at all then. I would think good boys were boring, uninteresting., and corny. All along the good boy type was the type that I needed .I should've entertained me a good boy a long time ago. The good boys were the ones who had a soft spot for the ones they loved. Us getting together was so unexpected because I've laughed, joked, even flirted with people at work before yes. I've never entertained someone I worked with like this. I normally laugh and play with people at work but I don't eat it go further than the job. It was unexpected because I never seen myself meeting a man that I take seriously at work or at a grocery store. I wouldn't picture this was where I'd meet my future man, future lover, future husband. He loves me so much I love the way he loves me. Anyway, I can't believe we are in love today and we met about twelve years ago, and he offered to give me a ride home from work. After that ride he started visiting me at my place sometimes. We would go on different dates. We would go to the movies, to bars, to different restaurants, arcades, etc. My family never met him , well one family members did. My uncle met him. The only reason my uncle met my man is because my man always gave me rides to or from my family's house. The days I had to work late he would take me to my family's house to pick my kids up. The other family members might meet him in the future. I don't have a problem introducing him to any family members. I never told my family because they would probably judge since he is older than me. Some family members do ask about him. They say things like how's your old man doing? When will we meet him? You know how family can be sometimes. Then calling him my old man doesn't offend me though . That would probably offend some people. Over the years we would talk on the phone a lot and see each other sometimes. We wouldn't see each other loke every day, it was off and on at that time. Then sometimes we wouldn't talk for months and then out of nowhere one of us would reach out. It was a good thing we both never changed our phone numbers. We kept crossing paths, we kept reuniting after months of no communication. I feel like we were meant to be. I feel like he's my soulmate. He understands me and I understand me. He accepts me and everything that comes with me and vice versa. He went from not being my type to me adoring him, thinking he's the most handsome man in the world. Thinking I want to spend my life with this man. I stare at him often. I love his face, I love his patience, I love his gentleness, I love his touch, I love how much he loves me and won't give up on me, won't leave my side. I really think he's an angel sent to me. I can't believe I went outside of my type and gave him a chance. Years prior I probably wouldn't even look his way since I had a type. I love him so much. I'm so glad I gave him a chance. I now know what they mean when they say you get butterflies in your stomach. When I'm with this man I feel flutters, I feel so relaxed. When I'm with him I just feel amazing. It's a feeling I can't explain. It just feels so real. It feels so natural . It feels so warm. You gotta give people a chance. The ones you say aren't your type will probably be the ones that will change your life. Try something different. Step outside of your comfort zone. I've learned so much while being with him. Yes he's much older and I never dated this much older but he learned from me and I learned from him. I'm so glad whatever went wrong in my past relationships and his past relationships happened because we found each other and love each other so much.