Today marks the third anniversary of Xiaoduan and Xiaobao being together, and it feels like a day worth celebrating.
We started dating on January 5, 2019. Three years have passed since then, and we have made it this far through all kinds of moments—arguments, laughter, and above all, happiness.
During the Spring Festival this year, the plan is for both families to sit down together for a meal and talk seriously about our future. There is a good chance we will get married this year, which is something I am genuinely looking forward to. I believe Xiaobao is looking forward to it just as much. Sooner or later, that beautiful day will come.
She has been incredibly good to me. At this point, she is inseparable from my life. For the past three years, she has been part of my everyday routine, and I can hardly imagine what life would look like without her in it. I believe she feels the same way too.
For our third anniversary, I spent a long time thinking about what to give her. In the end, I chose something very practical. Haha—she will probably like it, though there is also a chance she will not. The two of us do not always see eye to eye when it comes to these things, but that has never affected what we mean to each other.
It is a bit like the bracelet she gave me. My way of thinking is simple: if it is from her, I like it. But that is just my personality. Girls are different. I always want to surprise her, but Xiaobao will keep asking until I tell her the truth, because she already knows that what I pick might not match her taste. And once she finds out what I bought, if she does not like it, she will tell me to return it and choose something herself.
An anniversary is meaningful because it gives you a day that is truly worth remembering. Today is that day for us. Nothing feels more worth commemorating. This anniversary also feels like the one closest to the moment when our relationship finally reaches its destination. After that, we may not even have dating anniversaries anymore—haha—and that makes me happy.