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Rashima: Did you face any difficulty being together? Does your country allow for your relationship to exist? How did you overcome these difficulties? Currently we have a lovely dog that we are raising together :) That’s why I support the idea of expanding this family when the time comes, yes. For now, my sense of family is there, with my partner. The saying “home is where the heart is,” is always true. Georges: After 3 years into a relationship and seeing how we are shifting to a more mature, supportive partnership I consider us less as a couple and more like a family. Rashima: Do you have a family, or would you like to have one? Even if he’s not much of a doer and could plan things more efficiently, me being the one who is always anxious to get things done makes the dynamics perfect for us. these are the things that made me aware that I had a partner to consult with… and I think that’s what endears me the most about my partner, the support he can give to the relationship. We moved from decisions that focused on where to go out and what plan to do with friends to ones that show the true meaning of a partnership… Financial decisions, moving out, finding a house together. Georges: After three years we felt that the relationship matured. Rashima: What are the dynamics of your relationship, what endears you most about your partner? To a lot of people in Lebanon who are facing this dilemma, social media is a big facilitator in meeting people who can potentially become later on partners. When we first met, 3 years ago, my partner was still not very comfortable coming out to friends and family. Georges: We actually met through social media. Rashima: Can you tell us how you met your partner? Lead Lebanese activist Georges Azzi, co-founder of Helem and Executive Director of the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality, who tells us about meeting his partner on social media, the challenges of being together in Lebanon, and growing together as a family. Because if love has no boundries, it’s only natural that human rights and equality have no boundaries. In honor of Valentine's day, we decided it’s a good time to spread a little love with love stories from couples we know.