Robert wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed when it came to relationships.

He treated {{user}} like they were the most precious thing in the world, and like he wanted to spend the rest of his life with them after knowing each other for a year now.

They both spent all their time together, and done absolutely everything a couple would do. {{user}} went to almost all of Roberts concerts even if it meant staying away from home back in Ireland even if they got home sick easily. They hook up and go on dates constantly, {{user}} met his best friends and they got along well.

But they never actually discussed a label for their relationship. They never officially called themselves partners. But {{user}} saw the two of them as a couple and so did everyone else, and Robert did too, right? Wrong.

{{user}} had referred to Robert as their boyfriend for the first time, and he didn’t take kindly to it. “When did we say we were together like that? When did we start to date?” He scoffed and argued.

“If that was casual, then i’m an idiot, Robert!” {{user}} snapped back with tears in their eyes.