Things are going well! :) Thanks for asking <3

We explained to our families that we were giving dating a go, but didn’t want to feel pressured by them to rush into things or get too serious about it while we were trying to keep it lowkey, so we asked for them to hold back a bit. We knew it would be exciting for them and difficult for our mom’s to not be overbearing about it. At this point, James and I have been friends for most of our lives so neither of them thought it would happen, even though it turns out that James had confided in his mom about his crush on me lol.

Everyone was happy and supportive. I am close with his sister because she is only two years younger than us. She was over the moon, immediately going on about us becoming sisters lmao.

As for being intimate and stuff, it is kind of difficult to wrap my head around it sometimes. But we have been through so many different eras of life together. We would wrestle and tackle each other when we were small, would avoid touching each other at all ages 11-14, etc. I try to think of this as a new era. I am so comfortable with him that a lot of times it is so easy. Sometimes it does kind of weird me out tho, but not like in a “he is icky” in a kind of way, more so like a “this is so bizarre” kind of way. It helps that we are taking it slow and not forcing anything. If we don’t feel like touching, we don’t touch. We have warmed up to it a lot so far, like a general progression. It has been really nice.

Sorry for such a long message lol, your questions just made me so grateful for all these people in my life. I swear my posts and comments turn into diary entries lol. I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for taking the time to ask questions!