i wasn't really expecting anyone to answer immediately (am quite new at this), but it makes me glad to hear about people's breathtaking moments, isabel and hypothesis. i think we could do with more of them during these times. maybe at any time.

p.s. thanks for the info, hypothesis. i may have to see if my stories don't make my prof blush too much. :)

The very first time I saw her I knew something happened to me.

I remember her big bright eyes and sandy blonde curls, cut short. The way she held herself, confident and very feminine. When I walked by her the first time I felt a wave of energy, that was pulling me back to her. Later, when we were being introduced, she extended her hand and I knew I was a goner. As my friend had put it 'She is stunning'.

One morning I woke up next to my current girlfriend and she was kinda sitting up in bed looking down at me, and I could tell how much she loved me because it was written all over her face but that wasn't the breathtaking part (though admittedly it was pretty damn fine all by itself) as I was looking up at her the curtain must've moved a little so that more sun got into the room and lit up her brown eyes so that they appeared almost golden - it's a little thing I guess but the way her eyes looked in that light rocked me to the core.         

~ My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular ~

Just wanted to say that this is a lovely thread even if I have nothing further to contribute. :) 

You are my center when I spin away.

I was sitting outside her office in tears and she came out and put her arm around me and said "I won't let anything happen to you, Everything will be ok"

She is my hero, although we will never have a romantic relationship. She is my number one woman

"Matriarch Of The Gay Mafia!"

no, the thread isn't meant only for past relationships- in fact, my english professor is sitting across me. :) i just call (and tease) her that because that's how we first knew each other.

i don't really know if there's any rule re double/multiple posts, but here's another about the english professor who has given me my present:

one late afternoon in december- a year after the first night we spent together, only to part ways the following morning. driving around the university with her, cool wind and warm scents of rum cake and colorful lanterns that make her laugh out loud with pleasure. the simple, utter happiness of that moment. a sudden awareness of silence. a glance sideways, only to find her looking at me. and i remember the first time she told me- "i love you."

for me, breathtaking moments are many times the little things... the first time I was watching J cook cook dinner.... We were only friends then.. she was standing in the kitchen with her back to me... at that time she had very short hair and had on a very loose sweater, which showed her neckline and part of her shoulder.. and I remember a shiver running down my spine, and I craved her soooooo much at that exact moment, it felt like my heart skipped a beat and I momentarily forgot how to breath, lol...My knees were weak and I remember thinking how unfair life is that I am exposed to such sublime beauty never to have it..... (well after two long years we finally managed to tell each other what we felt and are now married :-)).

I'll probably be posting allot in this thread, lol!

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman" - Virginia Woolf

...damned, dirty, double post...

occured on a beach, surrounded by our friends they had no idea about us, they didn't even notice when we slipped away together for our first kiss - our lips met, our bodies entwined and our souls followed shortly after. 

i agree- reading these stories, written with so much feeling, makes me feel a kind of wonder, hope, appreciation, and warmth all at the same time. these are stories i can easily share with a good friend. and i have.

thanks for sharing your stories. and sure- multiple posts, like certain other things in multiples, are more than welcome. ;) 

when my sister told me a couple of nights ago, while we were driving home, that, if she was to take just one person to an uninhabited island, it would be me.

it meant more to me than anything. it's great to know that you're loved.

it was a week after our first huge fight and she announced we were over,she wanted out.we were never official, but that hurts more i guess cause how do you end something you hardly begun? i learnt about a close friend's death (OD) and immediately had an urge to text her to tell her wherever she is, i hope she is safe. she texted back,and had gotten sick so that night after my theatre performance, i bought her some food and went over to her place.later that night in bed, she was behind me, and i couldnt resist it anymore so i turned and kissed her. she asked softly "what was that for?" and i said  "i missed you". she looked at me, and then she said "i've missed you too" and kissed me .

 that look and those 3 words , etched in my head , probably for a very long time.

I was totally crushing on my English teacher in high school. I developed an interest in writing so that I could spend time with her...sneaky he? I always walked home from school and she must've felt sorry for me and offered me a lift home. This became a regular thing, and even if she made me wait, I'd wait patiently. I remember this very vividly, 6 or 7 years later, like it was yesterday. She came out of the building, and I was sitting on the steps. She looked up at me and smiled and I nearly lost my mind, immediately realising that in that moment, I fell so hard for this woman. That was the first time I ever fell for a woman, a real woman of flesh and blood.

well mine would have to be the time my girlfriend and i had an argument and she hung up on me so for the whole day she never talked to me and told me the day before that she wasnt going to school the next day.so i tried to go to sleep that night but really couldnt cause i just wanted to know if she was safe and fine.

i eventually cried myself to sleep.

in the morning i was still feeling sad and went to school wishing that she would be there.i knew that she wasnt coming so i sat on my own.then it was admin and i was walking up the stairs humming a line from a song ("and i will wait for you,like a flower waits for water") and i look up and there she was standing there waiting for me and the sun was shining behind her, her eyes were so bright and she looked beautiful and this moment took my breath away i just fell in her arms and we just stood there crying.

we then promised each other we would never fight like that agian.and we havnt.

There are 2 moments I'll always remember:

first one was 4 years ago, December evening,the city was pretty deserted since it was quite late. me and my best friend at the time (and girl I was in love with then) were walking home and it started snowing; she turned to face me, said "I have to do this" and then she kissed me. it was perfect and I was so happy, thinking that finally my wish came true and we will be together... of course, tomorrow she went out with some guy she was drooling over for some time and I had to listen about their sexual life for the next freaking month (what a b***h!).

the second one was maybe 2 years after that. Again, evening, walking home with friend (the other friend though, we were not that close back then).  We had sex few nights before and things kinda got weird (though we did flirt shamelessly all the time). Anyway, she was (and still is) married but i was falling hard for her. She noticed that, so when she walked me home that night she took my hand, hugged me tightly and told me that she couldn't give me what I needed and to find someone who deserved to be loved by me. It broke my heart at that time but now I'm glad it turned out that way because I soon got over her and today, she is one of my closest friends.