Nate and I have been friends for a little over 8 years. He was the last person I dated before getting together with the man I would eventually marry and am currently in the process of divorcing. We only went out for 3 weeks, and there were no hard feelings about the break up. As time has gone on I’ve come to value his friendship even more than our romantic history. So when he asked if I wanted to come over and watch a movie the answer was “of course!”.
Nate was never unattractive, but in the last year he’s become downright sexy. We dated while I had a pixie cut, and he had hair down to his shoulders. Now, he enjoys playfully tugging my long curly hair when my back is turned and i enjoy looking at his chiseled jaw beneath his short messy hair. He went from chunky to buff. And when a girlfriend asked why I “let him go” I laughed and said “he sure as hell didn’t look like that when I had him.” He’s also grown up as a person. The angry teenager I briefly dated became a wise well rounded man who I deeply respect.