Me Then You

The things you are supposed to know about your partner and never quite do. Their sizes when you are stood in a shop. Their mum's birthday, before it has gone. What they cannot eat, before you book. You each fill in a page about yourself. They fill in theirs. Then you swap, and you both stop guessing. Every line is in their own words, so nothing is invented and nothing is assumed. WHAT YOU END UP HOLDING Sizes, from shoes to rings, so nothing has to go back. The dates that matter, with enough warning to do something about them. What they cannot eat, and where they would actually like to go. What they have been hinting at since March. Who wears them out, and what is best not brought up. PICK TOGETHER Swipe on your own phone, keep or pass, then swap and see what you both kept. Takeaway tonight, dog names, date nights, holidays, and baby names. Baby names stays off until you switch it on,…