Head Over Feet

Yesterday I had coffee with a lovely woman I've only recently started to get to know. We were talking, as women are wont to do, about the people we love, and I was really struck by the story of how she met and married her husband. She said that she never really thought she'd get married because she never had a relationship that made her understand why people would want to promise to spend the rest of their lives with someone. Then she met her now husband, and proposed to him six weeks into knowing him because she finally had that feeling, and they've now been married for 16 years!

I too missed out on having that feeling until I met my New Englander, whom I proposed to when we were a good two years into our relationship. There's no fairy tale ending to our story just yet, but it did give me cause to reflect on what that kind of love is about -- what it's made of -- and what it makes one capable of doing and being.

And in response, the inner ipod shuffled onto this number. Not one of my favorite songs, but I must say Alanis is super cute in the video, and the lyrics pretty spot on:

I had no choice but to hear you
You stated your case time and again
I thought about it

You treat me like I'm a princess
I'm not used to liking that
You ask how my day was

You've already won me over in spite of me
And don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn't help it
It's all your fault

Your love is thick and it swallowed me whole
You're so much braver than I gave you credit for
That's not lip service

You've already won me over in spite of me
And don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn't help it
It's all your fault

You are the bearer of unconditional things
You held your breath and the door for me
Thanks for your patience

You're the best listener that I've ever met
You're my best friend
Best friend with benefits
What took me so long

I've never felt this healthy before
I've never wanted something rational
I am aware now
I am aware now

Me too, Alanis. And with this awareness, there's no going back. Thank goodness -- I would never want to...