Reproductive biology

So, today was my day with Pizmo, and it was... interesting. Not, like, in a bad way, but... I dunno. Stuff to think about.

Anyway, so we totally met up in Shattrath, and we went to Nagrand to pick up Pizzy's gems cause it was the last day of the month - he swears they have better stuff when he waits that long. And he did get some pretty shiny ones! Then, we were trying to decide where to go next, when all of a sudden he hopped out of his flying machine (which is SO COOL, by the way - I totally wish I had one) and started shooting this cloud with a laser beam or something. Then he gave me 3 motes of air! He said he pulled some pieces of sky down just for me. He's so cute.

So, then we were like, gosh, what the heck are we gonna do today? And we decided that we should at least go have lunch or something, so we flew back to the inn at Telaar, because they have ice cream there.
So, we're totally sitting there eating and he asks me if I'm feeling better from my "female time," which is kind of weird because I haven't HAD my period yet - it's too early - and I'm just now starting to have symptoms and stuff. So I'm like, uh, no, ask me that a week from now. And then he was like oh my GOSH, what if you are PREGNANT, I'm not ready to be a daddy, blah blah blah. And I'm all, dude. It's a couple days too soon, my period'll come on Saturday or Sunday, and it'll all be fine. And suddenly he was all paranoid and like, are you fertile right NOW, and I'm like NO, there's only a few days a month a woman can get pregnant.

And so then he's all, we're talking about women's bodies, what about MEN'S bodies, what about MY body? And I'm all... um... think you're fertile all the time. And he's like, how do you KNOW? And I'm like, um statistical analyses or something, we could look it up in a medical book or whatever, and he's like NO, that's not what I MEAN, and I'm like, FINE, what DO you mean? And he totally danced around the subject for like EVER, and I'm like, just spell it out like I'm stupid or whatever.

FINALLY, he tells me that the radiation from Gnomeregan may have made him sterile, so if kids are a dealbreaker, I might as well just leave right now. And... I dunno. I didn't really know what to day. I mean, it makes sense - it's a miracle he's even alive, really - but I dunno that I had seriously considered it. I mean, I'd love to bear him children. It'd be incredible to bring new life into the world that was a product of our love for each other and stuff.

But... I mean... as much as it would be wonderful... it's OK. I mean, if having a gaggle of kids was my main focus in life, then I'd be some housewife in Ironforge or whatever. And maybe that's something I wanted back before Gnomeregan. I can't really remember. But that's not my focus right now. I'm out to save the world. And help people. And help people save the world. Or something.

And I mean, if I don't have any babies with Pizmo, it's not like I'm totally missing out on the chance to be a mother or anything. I've got Wynni. I've done the pregnant thing. And besides, oh my GOSH how many orphans are there in the world? I mean, geez, with wars non-stop, it's practically more common to grow up in an orphanage than with real parents, you know? I think it'd be amazing to be able to give those kids a chance at a better life.

Besides, how could I let Pizmo go? He's amazing. I can't even enumerate all the ways he's amazing. How could I abandon a man that I'm insanely in love with to look for someone who can put babies in my womb? I'd much rather be deeply satisfied with all other aspects of my life than go find someone who can ice the cake, so to speak. Besides, we don't even KNOW for sure. How stupid would it be to find someone to knock me up when it'd turn out that Pizmo could all along?

I tried to explain all this to him. He just felt so ashamed, and convinced that he was fundamentally broken and ruined and how could I possibly want to stay with someone that was so defective. It just breaks my heart to hear him say these things, you know? And it makes me TOTALLY crazy that he won't just believe me that I'm so not going anywhere, I'm not leaving him for anyone or anything.

And then, I can't remember quite how it came about, but Pizmo told me that he enjoyed making me happy. That with everything I do, I deserve a warm embrace to come home to.
That, of course, just sent me back to Warm Fuzzyville. And, of course, one thing led to another, and we made love upstairs. And HOLY CRAP. OK, so, I know that I try to skirt around the lovemaking thing, because it's private and special, but Pizmo is incredible. I swear, he has a prismatic punchcard memory or something, and an engineer's creativity. You'd never know he was a virgin a month ago. And that's all I'll say about that.

Someday, we'll stop having deep discussions and actually find the recipes we keep saying we'll look for. But for now? Whatever. I'm happy. And that's what matters.

DEAD ROBOT and DEAD KAZZAK!

OK! So! After a totally bummer of a night, my friend Staciana totally invited me to go and beat up these monster guys with her army, and I'm like, sweet! So first we went to the Black Temple and totally took on DOOMWALKER! I was so totally glad, because man, I totally remember when I was just beating up orcs, minding my own business, and he comes over and starts stomping and I totally bit the dust and I'm like DUDE, I never even DID anything to you before, GOSH! So yeah, he was totally crazy, and he ran back and forth and caused earthquakes but we were just too awesome! Yeah!And so then we were like, dude, we're totally on a roll. Let's see if Kazzak's home! I was like, sweet, cause I haven't checked out his new apartment in Outland much. So we totally flew up there, and there he was!
He totally slapped me for taking this picture. I guess he was sitting on the Throne of Kil'Jaeden or something. Number one or number two, Kazzy? Anyway, so a priest totally fixed me up, and we all gathered up, and we totally kicked his butt for being so inhospitable.
Answer your doorbell next time, you jerk!

Anyway, so yeah, it was totally fun, and maybe someday I'll drag MY army to beat these guys up! That'll teach them to support the stinking Burning Legion!

There is no spoon, only Zul... Aman

OK! So! I know this chick who had been leading a Zul'Aman expedition, named Elliora, and she was totally working with Lightlance, and they had a lot of people just up and quit, and she's like, dude, you know what, I'm totally no leader, I have no frickin' idea how to save this. 'Sides, I totally wanna smash demons or undead or something, not a bunch of stinky trolls. So I'm like, sweet, I can pop in and save the day! Or something.

So, I bop in there, and they tell me that pretty much Lightlance and Grendrak are the only guys who were part of the original team. So we round up a whole ton of people, but of course they totally hadn't worked with each other before, so it was kinda rough. And of course, here's this totally awesome yet totally imposing gnome shouting orders and stuff which mighta been confusing. But! Despite some fumbling, we totally killed the Identity Crisis guy and went on to kill the Lightning Bird guy. And the Lightning Bird guy totally had this KILLER AMAZING mace for Snoop Daug! That's gonna be SO killer when we go back to Serpentshrine Cavern.

Finally, we totally went to pick on this guy who was wearing a cat on his head. No, seriously! OK, maybe it was just the head of a cat on his head, but still it was like, gross. And so he started whacking Lightlance, and man, he was hitting like he was holding a dwarven battle tank in each hand! And then he called up this spiritual cat thing, who totally liked to munch on our healers, and he made these totems that totally blasted everyone to smithereens. It was freaking INSANE!

He may have totally kicked our butts this week, but you just wait til next week. He's so going down.

Operation: Free Azi!

OK, so, our appeals were totally not getting through, and that totally obnoxious priestess Stardew was totally getting in our way at every turn, so we decided that we'd have a HUGE party in front of the Temple of Elune! We had fireworks, and tonks, and robots, and noisy spells, and Mojo, and Goblin Gumbo, and a pony keg - we were SO incredibly loud! There was no way that they could miss us.

When we had been making noise for awhile, I totally gathered everyone together and made a speech in an incredibly bright spotlight.

We are totally here today to express our SOLIDARITY on behalf of our TOTALLY AWESOME friend, Azuria Do-rah'fulo! She has been taken against her WILL, imprisoned without knowing WHY, and treated as if she was as ILLIDAN HIMSELF! Friends, I ask you - is it JUST that Azi be imprisoned without charges?
Is it JUST that she be denied legal counsel?
Is it JUST that she be denied contact with the outside world?
No! I say unto you, this is totally NOT JUST! These are not the actions of an incorrupt legal system! Rather, I submit that these are the totally vindictive actions of a woman who has despised Azi from her very birth! A woman who is likely responsible for the disappearance of Azi's parents! A woman who has stymied our inquiries and appeals at every turn!
Priestesses of the Temple, Druids of the Claw! Citizens of Darnassus! I implore you to break free of the shackles imposed by Ms. Estrellani Stardew! Raise your voices on behalf of Azi - we will not be silenced as she was!

We demand TRUTH!

We demand JUSTICE!

Most of all, WE - DEMAND - AZI'S - FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOM!

I totally must have been really, really persuasive, because then this dude totally came out of the temple, and he was all, um, you guys are so right, and so we're gonna let Azi go, and you know what, we're gonna let her folks go too. And we were like, dude. And her aunt totally busts out and is like, YOU FOOLS, and we were all, sorry lady, we totally won. And so then we sat and waited and watched and then, finally, our girl Azi comes stumbling out.
Oh man, we were so totally pumped to see her. She looked kinda tattered and stuff, but she was so totally happy and excited to see us. But that totally wasn't the wildest part. Check this out:

Dude, you know who those people are? Azi's PARENTS! And it was totally wild, because they haven't seen each other for like 300 years or something like that, and Azi was totally just a little kid when they were taken away. And it was so amazingly touching and awesome, because they didn't recognize each other, and they just kind of slowly came to the realization that they were reunited after all this time.

They also totally recognized Estrellani, and it was totally weird - Azi's mom was treating it like it was just a game or something, and that she'd get her back, and it'd keep going around. And the rest of us were all, dude, you can't be serious, she totally deprived Azi of a childhood and you're like, ha ha, good one, sis? Dude, I so do not understand night elves.

Anyway, I figured that Azi was kinda shaken from her experience, and her folks would totally wanna get out of the same clothes they were in for like 300 years, so I jetted off to the Auction house to nab some cloth to whip up some clothes. (I ended up just buying a couple things straight out because man, I got a steal of a deal.)

So then, I come back, and give them the clothes, and Azi's dad is all, hey, let's put on the clothes the ugly midget gave us, and I'm all, EXCUSE ME? Do you know how much money I spent, how many favors I called in? The danger I faced in Serpentshrine Cavern as I strove to prove myself to the powers that be? I told him he had better be grateful and put on the damn clothes!

Stuff simmered down after that; we had a long chitchat in the moonwell about evolution and family and stuff. Turns out Azi had a little sister! (Her parents were all, what do you think we were doing in there for 300 years, playing parcheesi? Hee.) So Kitty-Kaetta, Grendrak, and I headed to Stonetalon and we totally summoned them and there was Azi's sister and it was all, holy crap!

She totally didn't even know she was adopted and stuff. Wild, huh? Grendrak and we gnomes went to spy on Azi and her sis as they were reuniting, and it was pretty sweet. Her sis seems pretty quiet; I wonder how she and Azi are gonna get along? And Azi's dad was just overwhelmed - after 300 years, his whole family is finally together. I mean, I know that 300 years is totally just a drop in the bucket for a night elf, but it's still gotta feel like a long time.

Anyway, it was totally getting late and I needed to head out, so I told the Azi fam that I was outtie. She hugged me and thanked me for everything. And yeah, it was a lot of trouble and everything? But it was SO totally worth it. Azi's free and has a family, all in one shot. I'm just so happy I could share in such a totally momentous occasion in her life!

DEAD NAGA

Tonight, we went to find Karathress and his homies! And they were all laughing because they had TOTALLY kicked our butts and stuff before. And we're like, nuh-uh, not this time dudes. And we totally killed their traitor Broken friend! And they were like, oh snap, but haha, now the Fathomlord can totally make totems, so nyah! And so we totally killed the hunter dude and his pet, and they were like, oh snap, but haha, now the Fathomlord can totally be strong and butt-kicky! And so we totally killed the priest and he was like oh snap, I'm the only one left! And then we kicked HIS butt too! So that totally makes FOUR of Vashj's lieutenants that we've totally beaten. FOUR! I'm so frickin' excited and proud of my army!

He loves me, yeah, yeah, yeah!

OK, so, I was just about to write "best day EVAR" here, but I'm totally beginning to think that pretty much all of the days I've written about that have involved Pizzy have totally earned that moniker, so I'm not even gonna BOTHER! Except I guess I kinda already wrote it anyways but that is totally not important.

ANYWAY! So, I was totally wearing a new dress, and I met up with Pizzy, and like we always do, we were totally trying to decide what to do, and I suggested we look for the recipes we were gonna look for LAST time, and he was like, OK, whatever. But, you know, Pizzy's really not very good at hiding his emotions, like, at all, and the way he was looking at me and some of the things he said? Yeah, so not thinking about punking blood elves or whatever. So, I suggested we go to the hot springs in Un'Goro, and we left for Ironforge.

As we were waslking through Ironforge, though, I was like, dude, I don't wanna do all that traveling. And Pizzy was complaining about the warmth, so I was like, whatever, let's just go to the Hinterlands, it's totally cooler up there and I don't really need to kill a devilsaur to have a good time. So, he arranged for gryphons, being all cute and telling the gryphonmaster not to give us a bum gryphon or anything.

After we landed at Aerie Peak, we decided to take a stroll, and we walked arm and arm all the way to the Overlook Cliffs, talking about his business, about Azi, and about the merits of the polymorph spell. He was so cute in trying to show off, and it was so pleasant just getting to be with him. We found a totally great spot by the waterfall, nice and shady so Pizzy wouldn't get burned at all.

I figured we'd just make love right off the bat with the way he was looking at me and stuff, but I guess he got nervous or something cause then he asked me about my parents. Now, I know that totally seems innocent to other people, but seriously, if you're a gnome, you don't ask about people's families unless you seriously want to chat about the incident, because 90% of the time the answer is, "Oh, they died at Gnomeregan." And that was my answer. So, I'm like, OK, whatever, we can talk about Gnomeregan, so I asked him about his family, and not surprisingly, his mom and his brother prolly died there too. Something about the way he described it sounded totally odd to me, so then I asked him how old he was. And he was like, I dunno, 50, 80, somewhere around there, and I'm all, dude, that's a pretty big range.

So then he started telling me what happened after Gnomeregan. He woke up after a few weeks and couldn't remember anything - not his family, not even his own name. And it was obviously so painful for him. And so I told him what happened to me, cause even though it wasn't nearly so bad, it was kinda the same. I woke up after a couple weeks in Anvilmar, and I could remember how to do things, and sketchy outlines of my life, I couldn't really remember other things. Like, I remember Rinkle and Gibble, sort of, but not really a lot of the feelings, or events - not really who they WERE, you know?

And I'm left wondering, how many more of my memories would be missing if I didn't have my brother Noodler to help me from the start? And it's sad, cause I mean, we're two gnomes from two totally different places, and yet we have similar experiences, so how many others have totally forgotten stuff too? And of all the people who died in Gnomeregan, how many have been forgotten just cause radiation borked our brains? I mean, if no one remembers them, it's like they never existed in the first place.

We snuggled with each other for a bit, just kind of content in the knowledge that we weren't alone in our experiences. And you know how cuddling is, especially when your sweetie is looking at you the way Pizmo was looking at me. So yeah, we made love, except, you know how it was me in control all the other times? Yeah, he was having none of that - he took me like a man. It was amazing. And that's all I have to say about that, except, no one tell Pizmo what ovulation means, OK? Thanks.

We snuggled and I told him I loved him. And... he told me he loved me too, for the very first time. I won't go into the mushy details, cause it was all special and stuff, but yeah. We may have both lost memories, but we're gonna make even BETTER ones. Together.

To Darnassus!

OK, so, I was like, dude, I'm getting totally the OPPOSITE of useful info here, so I'm gonna head to Darnassus and see if I can't get to the bottom of this.

So, I totally went to see Archdruid Staghelm first, cause I've done more stuff for him. I got there and I was all, Fanny baby, remember how I totally got you all that Morrowgrain? And I totally had that chitchat with Elune about the wildkin and stuff? And how I TOTALLY kicked the ass of GENERAL RAJAXX over and over? I mean, come on, revenge is TOTALLY sweet, huh? And I asked him what the heck was shakin' with Azi.

And he was like, dude, Duerma, you've totally done tons of rockin' stuff for me, but I totally don't know what you're talking about, so you should scram cause I'm totally busy and stuff. Man. You think after totally OWNING his son's killer, he'd be all excited to chitchat with me, but you know, whatever.

So, then, I totally went to see Tyrande, and I'm all, hey, Ty-ty, remember how I totally helped your agents in Stonetalon - and then she was all, DUERMA, you TOTALLY helped me kick booty at Mount Hyjal, and I was all, I did? I mean, I SO TOTALLY DID! So, night elf legal dudes, the fact that Tyrande totally remembers me means that I'm going to be totally successful in getting into Mount Hyjal eventually here. Boy, time travel can be totally confusing.

ANYWAY! So I was like, Ty-ty, my homie Azi is totally locked up, and I totally can't even get a straight answer about WHY or WHERE or anything. What is UP with that? And she was like, Well, I totally don't know anything about that, but I'll totally look into it cause you'd rock my socks if I wore them. And I'm like, sweet!

So yeah, I'll totally let you all know what's shakin' soon as I hear back from Tyrande and stuff. I'll see what other strings I can pull too. I mean, what good is being a hero if I totally can't call in favors or whatever? Anyway, til next time! Toodles!

Letter to Azi's Captors

To WHOM it may CONCERN:
I understand that you have my TOTALLY AWESOME friend, AZURIA DO-RAH'FULO in custody! Seeing how Azi has taken great strides in promoting interracial relations, beyond what any government-licensed diplomat could do, I'm TOTALLY wondering what the deal is. She mentions she's on trial for crimes against her people - but WHAT, I ask, does that entail?

I am Duerma Whistlescrew, EMISSARY of the Order of the White Tower, one of the leading forces for AWESOME in the Alliance. I totally have a cloak sewn from the scales of Onyxia herself! I've totally reduced the Firelord to a hammer in a puddle of lava, the Windseeker to a dying breath, and Nefarian to a heap of ash. I've totally earned the favor of the Cenarion Circle and the Bronze Dragonflight, seeing Ossirian the Unscarred and the Twin Emperors fall by my own hand (well, and that of the army I was with). I totally even penetrated Kel'Thuzad's dread citadel, NAXXRAMAS!

Since the re-opening of the Dark Portal, I've been totally active in assisting the Cenarion Expedition, becoming even MORE exalted in their sight than that of the Cenarion Circle back home. I've totally LED an ARMY to crush the dark forces of Karazhan - we can TOTALLY have tea there sometime, if you want! - and the fearsome Gruul the Dragonkiller. I'm now leading an army to TOTALLY CRUSH Lady Vashj in the heart of Serpentshrine Cavern - we've TOTALLY already slain 3 of her lieutenants!

Why the heck am I telling you all this? It's not just to say "Hey, I'm a big cheese" because even though that's totally fun, that's also totally not the point. No. I have TOTALLY got a deal for you. So, you know how the Bronze Dragonflight totally controls time and all that? Well, NOZDORMU'S chief consort, Soridormi has TOTALLY said that if I can rescue the last two Vials of Eternity, right now held by VASHJ and KAEL'THAS, then she will let me go BACK IN TIME to help at the Battle of Mount Hyjal. I'm totally serious!

So here's my proposal, Night Elf legal dudes. In exchange for releasing Azi, I will TOTALLY go back in time and fight in her place. I'm so serious! It might take me a couple months to finish getting to them, but when you're dealing with time travel, does it really matter? This way, we both get what we want - my friend is released, and you have more manpower - er, womanpower - at the Battle of Mount Hyjal.

Let me know what you think! Otherwise, I'm going after Illidan Stormrage next, and that's much less useful to you.

Sincerely,

Pizmo meets Wynne

So, today I totally had Pizmo meet up with Wynni and me before she went to school, cause I figured it was pretty much about time that they met - I mean, COME ON, they're totally the two most important people in my life right now! And I totally thought we'd have lunch together or something, but then we just totally started chatting in the middle of the terrace. And Wynni asked RIGHT AWAY if "the naaru forgot their crayons when they made Pizmo." Oh my GOSH, I was so totally embarrassed. I told he it was for the same reason that I fall asleep all the time, and the Pizmo, bless his HEART, told him about some of the problems he has cause of his albinoism, like sunburns or whatever. And we moved on! That was it!

And Wynni told him about school, and Pizmo was like, I bet you're a better colorer than me, and Pizmo showed her his machines like the mechanical squirrel, and she was totally amazed. There was one other kinda weird moment - she totally asked him if he was her new daddy. I think I totally resembled a strawberry in that moment. I just kinda stammered but Pizzy TOTALLY stepped in and was like, I'm your mommy's friend, can I be your friend? And then Wynni was talking about playing catch and everything. And he was just INCREDIBLE with her. I was just like, holy gyrochromatoms, he'd be an amazing father. And wow, do I love this man like SO MUCH. I think I'm the luckiest woman EVER.

So, I totally took Wynni to school, and we totally started talking about what we would do with the rest of our afternoon together, and really, I totally just wanted to have a day like we did last week at the Loch, where we just snuggled and talked about whatever and generally enjoyed being together and stuff. He totally wanted to go out and GET THINGS DONE -like, he wanted to help me get materials for tailoring or enchanting or make some money or things like that. I tried to think of ideas, and a couple times I inadvertently suggested activities that would help him more than me, and he was totally like, no way, I want to help YOU. He's so sweet.

So, FINALLY, after talking around in circles for like EVER, we decided to go to Shadowmoon Valley to try to find me an enchanting recipe or something. And as we walked towards the flight master, I was like, nuts to this. I totally don't want to light anyone on fire today. So I gave him a good kiss before hopping on the gryphon, and when we got there I totally dragged him to the inn. And he was all, what's going on, and I'm all, dude, I can't kill anything in this dress. So, I took it off and seduced him. Hehehe. If I can't have a mushy romantic afternoon, then this is totally just as good.

I totally told him I loved him again afterwards, when we were just kind of cuddling on the bed. He totally asked me again how I knew, and I was totally fumbling with words again and stuff. At some point, I told him that I felt like I could totally be with him forever and it'd be totally fine, and his eyes got all big, and he was like, you want to get MARRIED?! And I was like, crap, I totally didn't mean to bring that up, like, at all. And so then I prolly sounded even MORE stupid cause I was freaking out that he would freak out, and while yeah, I'd like it maybe someday, I totally didn't even mean RIGHT NOW, and oh my gosh. I was so worked up that I was totally shaking.

But he totally didn't freak out. I mean, he worried, "what if it's a disaster" and told me some of his fears and stuff, which are totally unfounded but I guess I understand why he's concerned and stuff. And I tried to assure him that everything was totally OK, but I guess it's something that will only be resolved with time, you know what I mean? And I assured him that it's not like I wanted us to get married RIGHT NOW, cause even if my heart is totally saying that, my brain tells me that we have a long time to go.

He totally had to get going to some kind of trade show thingee, and we left with a lot to think about. I don't really know what's going to happen, but at least there's an open dialogue now, right?

DEAD GIANT

OK, so FINALLY, we get everyone back from Winter Veil and all settled down and everything, and we're TOTALLY kicking Naga booty left and right - and then we run into these MURLOCS! Like, HOLY CRAP! We haven't seen murlocs in Outland at ALL! What GIVES? And so we kick their booties and we go a little farther and there's this HUGE SEA GIANT! He totally reminded me of this Lord Arkkoroc dude I met in Azshara this one time when I was trying to defeat this demon lord in the Blasted Lands.
ANYWAY! So he sees us and he's like RAWR, and he stomps and makes an earthquake and all these murlocs come running out and we're like HOLY CRAP! And then he started trying to drown people too! And we're like, DUDE, just cause we killed your stupid murlocs doesn't mean you gotta take it out on us, GEEZ! And so we KICKED HIS BOOTY! SERIOUSLY!

Down by the Loch

K, so after what seems like FOR-FREAKING-EVER, I finally got to see Pizzy today. We met up in Ironforge and then went to Loch Modan and sat down by the water. And I was really really really really hoping that I could just be normal and everything would be good but I TOTALLY freaked out and unloaded on him. I mean, I KNOW he was going to be there and that Kitty-Kaetta and Sely-belly were totally right and everything, but... I mean, it's not like Zanny gave any warning before he buggered off the first time, you know? And I just hadn't heard from him and I was hormonal cause I was still on my period and everything and... yeah. Of course, Pizzy was totally confused, and I tried to explain it, but what's to explain? I eventually just gave up and told him it was totally irrational based on past experiences and stuff. And I mean, no one ever wants to think that what they're feeling or saying is totally nuts and stuff, but I was totally talking in circles and confusing even myself, I guess. And he asked what he could do and I told him he could snuggle and comfort me and tell me he's going to protect me from all the problems we can't light on fire. That made him laugh.
So, we really didn't DO anything. We just sat by the water and talked for like EVER. He's starting up some huge corporation thinger that's totally going to sell EVERYTHING and he says it's going to make so much money and be so exciting and I'm like, wow. He's totally doing all this amazing stuff that I don't even understand, and he's so excited about it. And even though I don't really know what's going on, it's so totally amazing that he's working so hard to fulfill his dreams and I totally hope I can help.

Before we parted, I told him I loved him. And he's like, how do you know? And I'm all, crap, how do I answer that question? I mean, I've been in love before. I totally know what it feels like, and it's not like it's easy to explain or anything. I spouted off a couple random things that I could think of, but I need to think of something meaningful that he'll actually understand. And something that doesn't involve "I'd have your babies and marry you and change your catheter when you're 350 and incontinent" because I'm thinking we're not really prepared to talk about that yet.