- How would you tell the story of us?
Graphic novels. (laughs)
- Yeah with a graphic novel. No. (chuckles)
- I know the answer to that.
I would write one of those romance novels that's like
a dollar at one of those like random stores.
- Okay.
- And it's like super frivolous
or like super like amped up
or, you know, really gaudy.
The first time we met should have been us
on the beach in Hawaii
and it should be like a K-Drama where like
I fall in the sand and you like catch me.
(laughing)
Like, "Oh my God, it's you."
- And the music starts playing.
- Exactly.
That's how I would write the story us, but like,
not on the beach, but you know.
- I think it was, you know, it was by chance.
Our meeting was by chance.
You know, when we signed up on that site,
I didn't expect anything from it.
- I didn't either. - Right.
I let everyone know, like I went in there blind
just as a joke, you know?
Like I didn't take it seriously.
I didn't think I was going to meet anyone on there
because I didn't believe in using any dating sites or apps.
- It took me a long time to actually pay for it.
Like months to be like,
"Okay. I'll pay for it and see where it goes."
- Right.
- I'm really glad that you said something first.
- No, I'm glad I did too.
- Because I was way too shy - And I didn't know.
- To do that.
- I didn't know how you would have responded,
if you would have responded,
because I was asking a super nerdy question.
Well it wasn't nerdy to me.
But it can be, - It's a nerdy question.
- it can be perceived by others that way.
- It's a nerdy question.
- (laughing) Yeah. So.
- It was about Star Wars.
It's a nerdy question. - It was about Star Wars.
I remember I asked you
who your favorite Star Wars character was
and then you told me it was Obi-Wan.
And I came back - You didn't like my answer.
- Yeah, I didn't like your answer.
And I told you mine then I went into like detail
with Star Wars lore and (laughs)
- You got all super nerd on me.
And I was like, - Yeah, I know.
- "Wow. Okay. This guy really is a Star Wars fan."
- And then you came back and you told me,
"Well I'm not that much of a big follower."
You don't know that much. - I will be though.
- Okay.
- You'll teach me.
- I'll teach you, the dark side.
- Oh, nevermind.
(laughing)
- How is our in-person relationship
different from our online one?
- Oh, I know.
We're still getting used to each other's like mannerisms.
- Okay. (laughs) - And like, um,
Yeah. Yeah.
- You can say anything.
I don't care. - No. No.
We're getting used to each other's mannerisms
and like the way we behave in certain situations.
I didn't think you were as stressed out as I was,
or as much of a worrier as I was,
because I was only on camera with you certain times
of the day for however many hours.
But actually being with you, I can actually see, like,
you really are just like me.
Like, you're a ball of stress too.
- Yeah. You finally see what was going on.
- Yes, yes. - The off hours.
- Exactly. And I'm like,
"How do I help you?
But also not freak myself out at the same time."
- So, you know, you bring the same things to me.
And I think one of the noticeable differences, right,
is just having that physical touch
and being able to wake up next to you
and kiss you good morning
and hold your hand. - And kiss me goodnight.
Where's your face? Where's your face?
(laughing)
- We've had breakfast together every day
since I've been here, right.
We've made it a point to spend that time together
because I'm going to be working most of the day
and you'll be working too.
And if we don't have breakfast together,
we make it a point to have dinner together.
We've done it a few times where we'll eat,
we'll talk, and we'll play like one round of a board game.
We play, what do we play? We play Mancala.
We've played Corporate Pawns, which you cheated.
- I didn't cheat. - You clearly cheated.
- I didn't cheat.
You know what, if you let me cheat then it was kind of
your fault, but I didn't cheat anyway so it doesn't matter.
- You cheated. - So we're even.
I did not. Anyway, I won fair and square, okay?
- No, no, no. We're going to rematch then.
- And you'll still lose again.
- We'll see.
- We will. I forgot what I was going to say.
- Oh.
- Oh, the physical touch thing.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I can like touch your face now. That's so cool.
Like before you were this tiny little person on a screen,
you know, and then remember when you first visited me
and I like was with you in real life,
and I was like, "You're so like magnified."
You just seemed larger than life to me
cause like all of a sudden you weren't on a screen anymore.
And I still feel like that's sometimes when I look at you,
I'm like, "He's huge."
Like not in a bad way but just like,
"Holy crap, this person's real."
- Right. I think another thing to is our ability,
well mainly your ability,
to express our love languages to each other.
Cause I'm always speaking.
I say and express myself more with words,
whereas you like that physical touch, right?
You like to express yourself with physical touch.
And that has been--
- I want all the snuggles.
- That has-- - and I give all the snuggles.
- Yeah. That has been peaceful, calming,
and just has made everything better, you know,
because I can, it's one thing for me to express my feelings
to words.
But to actually have that physical touch added to that
equation - Yeah.
- just kind of elevates everything else that
we're already feeling, you know?
- What do you think I'm hesitant to tell you?
- There are personal things you've hinted at to me
that you haven't told me yet that have had to do with
your upbringing, growing up,
things that have happened with your mom and yourself
and how that has affected you, right?
And so I'm never going to press you on that.
I'm never gonna force you to share any information with me.
Even if we're together five years from now,
10 years from now, if you still haven't told me those things
I'm not going to pressure you or force you to share things
with me that you're not comfortable with
but I will be there for you.
You know, whenever you feel like the time is right to share
those things with me, I'll be here for you.
And I'll listen just as I've listened many times before,
I'll continue to listen.
Instead of thinking about,
"Oh man, that one personal thing she told me,
she still hasn't told me yet.
Is she ever going to tell me?"
I don't like to dwell on things that are
- I love that about you.
- out of my control because, you know,
- Yeah, because I can tell you before,
"Hey there's some really deep shit that I've been through.
I'll tell you about it someday but I'm not ready right now."
Or like it's the sort of the kind of stuff that needs
to come up naturally in conversation.
If I'm not feeling it, I'm not going to blurt it out
because I don't want my mind to go back there right now.
So I appreciate that you don't pressure me about it.
- What's an intimate fantasy of yours
that you haven't shared with me yet?
- Oh my God.
- (laughs) I'm curious.
Something just came up.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- I know that look. You have an idea?
- I'll tell you later. (laughs)
- Okay.
- Why? Do you have one?
- I have a few.
- A few? Okay. - Not a few.
Some that come to mind, all right.
We can talk about that later.
- Okay. - Okay.
- When were you the most in love with me?
- Oh my God. Well like every day.
(chuckles)
Yeah. When you need to kiss me goodnight
and you can't find my face because it's dark.
(laughing)
- Where's your face?
- Or when you joke around with me, when you make me smile.
When I make you coffee in the morning
and when you say thank you for making coffee in the morning.
And you drink it.
I don't even know if it tastes good but you're just like,
"I'm gonna drink this coffee."
- Coffee is coffee. As long as it's black, then I'm fine.
- Still, like. You have manners.
So I'm very in love with you when you have manners.
And when you like do stuff like dishes or clean something
or fold clothes or whatever.
When you're not lazy and, you know,
you help out around the house and stuff.
Like I'm so in love with you when you do that stuff.
That's a turn on.
- Okay.
- I was like, "A man in an apron. That's a turn on."
- How do you love me?
I think it's, there's levels to it.
I mean, the way that I see it.
- No, I'm just like - Yeah, for me, anyway
there's levels to it. - There's levels?
Explain, I'm interested.
- I think, for one, the first thing that comes to mind is,
you know, how I support you and listen to you
and care for you. - That's what I was gonna say.
That's how you love me.
- And just showing you I'm actually here.
- Thank you.
- And whether that's cooking your breakfast,
making you tea, getting you Dino nuggies from the freezer.
(laughing)
- No shame.
- Filling up your water bottle.
All those little things that I can't do if I'm away, right?
I don't even need to think about doing those things for you.
- I needed somebody in my life like that.
You're so handsome.
(laughing)
- Well, you're pretty.
- Thanks.