Brook Fisk

We really developed kind of a friendship first kind of relationship.

So we would spend a lot of time watching movies, going to movies.

I taught him how to cook rice American style.

I don't think either of us realized at the time how much closer we were getting while we were doing those casual things.

So that fall, we went out a couple of times and we started talking about, you know, where he came from, what my background was.

And I knew that he had come for residency from Pakistan.

Where he grew up, men and women didn't do public displays of affection.

And I remember the first time that he held my hand in public, he was so awkward about it.

And I was like, what are you doing?

Are you holding my hand in public?

You know, kind of joking with him.

And he was like, yeah, I am.

But he was so nervous about it.

I was honest with him that I really wasn't looking for any kind of a relationship.

That, you know, I have kids at home and they're my first priority.

He knew that I would only go out with him when my kids were with their dad.

And he was accepting of that.

He also said that he wasn't looking to get into a relationship or get married either.

He would always pay attention and notice details.

He would notice how I took my coffee and make an effort to prepare it for me that way.