My relationship with Ryan was just what I needed, light, fun and innocent. The auburn colored light
flecks danced in his brown eyes as he talked and I laughed uncontrollably when he performed private break dance routines, completely naked. When we weren't playing with our dogs, I introduced Ryan to my favorite romantic comedies like the 1938 classic Bringing Up Baby with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. I loved the scenes with Hepburn's character, a flighty heiress, and her "baby" leopard. Ryan even helped me stuff envelopes when I had to do
big mailings for my clients.
At first, I didn't miss the fact that he had no money to take me out on dates or that we couldn't go on vacation together. I didn't care that we didn't have a future together. Our
present was enough for now. Ryan was completely agreeable to my every whim and we
never argued. He had what I referred to as “perm-a-smile” and even my cheeks
hurt from smiling so much whenever he was around. He followed me sort of like a
puppy does. I hesitated to bring him around my friends who were
teasing me about my love affair with someone so young. I didn't want to hurt
his feelings. Plus, I knew we weren't going to last. Besides, my 30th birthday was
coming up, and I definitely wanted to keep him around until then.
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