"Strangely Odd Friends"

I have this gentleman friend, obviously the second half of this "strangely odd friendship". We decribe it as being more than friends and less than dating. Yes, he is absolutely incredible in bed on the few rare occassions we have shared one. Our physical attraction has always been a mystery to me. He is older than I am and a bachelor by habit now, though he claims to be on a journey seeking "the relationship" that will have him settled down, married and even children. I do not fit his mold in even the smallest way. The women he dates are drama queens or princesses. Trophies for the white collard professionals. I'm not. I'm decent looking and enjoy my own array of attention, but I'm not his "type". He is very much my type physically, but socially incompatible. He lives in a condo in the city, and it takes me 2 hours to drive home from the city I work in every day to the dirt road leading to my home surrounded entirely by the thickness of nature. I'm bouncing off the walls and suffer from chronic insomnia, while you have to light a fire under him, once you get him out of bed. He has a calming effect on me. I have a motivating effect on him. We've never dated and we don't even run in the same circle of friends. While we know one or two of each others closest people, it's just he and I that connect us and continues to keep us where we are.

Yet somehow, for all of our differences, we share very important parts of our lives with each other and we work. It's what I think I would imagine an open marriage to be like. We share a seat on the emotional rollercoaster of the day, leaning on each other, finding strength from each other, and using one another to vent our frustrations and excitements alike onto. And no matter how many other rides we go on, together or not, we always find our way back. He is my forever, one and only, "Strangely odd friend". I'm not sure what I would do without him. I have come to need him in my life as I'm on the search for "the relationship" as well. I'm so greatful to have him in my life even if we are not quite sure what we are to each other. Strangely odd friends is as good a description as it gets, and works for me.