Is this ok? Can I say this? Can you move your arm? Your elbow is in my eye

New relationships involve a lot of trying to walk on eggshells and then accidentally slam-dancing on top of those eggshells.

It's been a month with Jewish Karl Rove and he's a special dude: thinks all my jokes are funny, makes an awesome jumbalaya and knows the alphabet. We find ourselves constantly checking the temperature of things and confirming what's ok and what's not. That might not be the best quality to share: we're both slightly paranoid that we're upsetting others. I'm pretty much always pissing people off, so I tend to expend a lot of energy on this and am always convinced people are having more fun when I'm not around. Balloons come out, toilets flush magically on their own like happiness fountains and cotton candy salesmen roam the streets when I'm out of town.

JKR used the "L" word. He started off slow and told me the other day that he was falling "in" love with me. Here was my reaction:
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It took me about 2 minutes to respond. I wasn't ready for that talk. Maybe I'm too focused on the timeframe and I want milestones to be quantified with the appropriate number of weeks or months? I asked him if we could take that phraseology off the table and he seems ok with it. Want to know how I made up for this negative display? I was the first one to fart. This is typically not my style in a relationship, but JKR makes me very comfortable. I made a little joke about it being the cat - even though it clearly made a noise and she wasn't even in the room, but it was me. I farted and I think that's my version of the "L" word. Which one of those involves more anxiety in a relationship? I think we all know the answer to that question. Can I get away with this as a romantic gesture?

"See baby? Of course I care about you! Now pass the chili"

Happy Valentine's Day!