"God, will you listen to me? I can't believe what i sould like, so slushy, so soppy, so unlike me. What is going on? Yes, sure, i was like this with Simon, but i never believed Adam could make me feel like this.

I mean, he was always the one telling me he loved me. I never said anything back, other than the occasional 'I know.' And i thrived on being adored, I never felt I needed to give anything back.

I've always believed that in relaitonships one is always the lover and one is always the loved. It can shift all the time, but there will never be two lovers at one time, or two loved. In the past I have always been the lover. Always and without exception. Until Adam, when I was the loved. Always and without exception."

(An excerpt from Straight Talking)