I love you. I do. Earned or not people will still talk and assumption will be made like you said about us, as- if they already aren't. However, I'm not...used to counting on someone as much as I do you. I've always been on my own since I was a little girl...making the transition to someone actually caring without a hourly limit...is odd.

I'm not about to smother you in needed affections, either. You deserve better than that.