Who Likes School

My boyfriend and I spent the night inside the other night. We kept the TV off. We didn't bother watching YouTube videos together like we usually do. Instead, we spent many hours sharing our old school memories with one another.

Of course, each of us knew a little bit about each other's school lives. He has his degree in a beautiful college diploma frame in his living room so I've known what he studied ever since the first time that I went to his apartment. However, school memories go way further back than the days of our diploma frames.

We each took out our old yearbooks starting with the very earliest ones from elementary school. We showed each other what we looked like back then. We showed each other who we were friends with and who we didn't like. We shared what it felt like to be that age and what types of weird events were important at our respective schools.

Learning about each other's pasts is good for us in the present. It gives us a better sense of where each of us came from. Our old school days helped to shape us. Sharing those memories helped to bring us closer together. It's an experience that I'd definitely recommend to other couples.