The New Girlfriend Gets Upgraded

The weekend before last, The New Girlfriend and I celebrated our first anniversary together by heading over to Berlin for their annual (Pride) Lesbian and Gay Street Festival. It was a perfect way to celebrate our relationship and mark the last 12 months together. We bought each other gifts too whilst there - The New Girlfriend bought me a pretty necklace of blue beads (blue is my favourite colour) and I bought her a large mug (hand-made!) for her morning coffee - which I insist on pointing out she was equally delighted with!

Even with my 'committed' relationship status though I still don't seem to experience the usual traits of 'lesbian coupledom'. When asking The New Girlfriend what should I do if The Flatmate moves out at the end of the tenancy, The New Girlfriend stated simply "You'll just have to get a new flatmate". So there won't be any removal vans turning up anytime soon!

The New Girlfriend also likes her own space to chill out alone or catch up with friends but then I also like a lot of time to myself to do my own projects such as blogging here on IOASN. Many of the lesbian relationships I see taking place with friends would be far too claustrophobic and intense for me to be comfortable in. I guess me and the The New Girlfriend have that in common with each other, even if not with other lesbian couples.

Since we celebrated our first anniversary a number of friends have commented that The New Girlfriend is, well, not so new anymore and she needs an upgrade on IOASN.  So I've been pondering and The New Girlfriend said she 'hopes it's nice' (?????). So after some thought and based on The New Girlfriend being German and therefore known to most already as 'German ........' which she doesn't seem to take offence at, I've decided to update The New Girlfriend to  *drumroll please* .......

..........the 'German Girlfriend' or 'GGF' for short.

I know not very exciting, but now that's not a usual anniversary gift for most girls!