You don’t know.

I got a compliment I wasn’t expecting last night. Not one I didn’t think of myself. Definitely a compliment I had hoped to receive one day. But it was unexpected last night.

My partner told me that he always had a negative view of women before he met me. Said he thought women were all crazy and unreliable and cruel.

I guess I’ve known about his mum and his ex, so it’s not that far a jump to see how he acquired such a skewed opinion.

Id always thought of myself as a decent sort, in that way. Especially these days. I’m fair and kind and I talk about stuff.

It’s all working.

My partner held me in his arms quite randomly after a hectic weekend away and told me how he loves me more than anything and that he trusts me and how much that means to him to trust me. He told me how he doesn’t feel like every mistake is the end of the world. I don’t react to things the way he expects and apparently that used to throw him. He used to distrust me for that very reason. Now he sees how it’s simply a better way to be for both of us.

You don’t know how much of a compliment that was. My hard work is being recognised and I couldn’t be more pleased.