analyze this story : 
I am a Taurus woman and have been with a NAME_1 man for nearly three years. he is the best person (for me) I have ever been with, but it took a little while for us to both feel comfortable totally being ourselves with each other. I absolutely had to learn to be more outgoing in my praise and affection than I normally am. he, in turn, had to learn to give a little of the spotlight to me every once in awhile ;). but the great thing is that we had so much fun most of the time, and so much in common intellectually and socially that I think it made us want to try and see what would happen if we kept at it for awhile. we both had to stop being a bit stubborn and not have to be "right" all the time. the moral of the story is I know I have grown a lot as a person by being with my NAME_1 guy and because he was willing to grow and mature too we have become super close and committed. my NAME_2 is in NAME_1 so that may have helped me understand him a little more than I might have otherwise ;).