Thanks, CD. I think if anything he's taught me how sensitive and compassionate men can be while maintaining a very strong (if not overpowering) masculinity. I liked him immediately because he was very open, and we weren't even entertaining, the idea of dating at the time. He laid his feelings about everything, and every degree of pain and happiness he was walking through, out for me to see. There were no surprises.*
*ETA: There were surprises in the sense that he's a very spontaneous and fun person, but emotionally I never had to worry about some dark aspect of him popping up, because he didn't offer illusions about any part of himself.
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