Away In Love

An inclusive community for le***an couples

08/24/2020

I could lay here all day with you.💛

08/20/2020

You have to start romanticizing your life 😍‼️ @ Alexandria, Virginia

08/16/2020

“Loving someone else should never require abandoning ourselves in the process. Love is where we go to become more of who we are, not less.”

It's a beautiful thing when you evolve in your relationship personally and especially alongside the person you love. It's also pretty easy to lose sight of small bits of yourself, or even huge chunks of yourself in a relationship, and in some cases, you just find yourself complacent in an unhealthy situation. Losing sight of who you are in a relationship shouldn’t ever happen. Yes, you bend and stretch yourself to meet your partner in new spaces, spaces that help you grow in your relationship. You should invest in the growth of your relationship with your partner. Just don't lose sight of who you are in the process.

Maintaining a strong sense of self is so important. Making sure you are creating space to love yourself too, not only your partner matters. Prioritizing relationships with friends and family outside of your relationship is a great way to keep a healthy balance also. 🔐

This is for sure something we are trying to be more conscious of.

Share how you maintain a healthy balance! 👀

08/14/2020

Having a sense of community is so important. It's so easy to get lost in spending tons of time with your person–– we know as we are definitely guilty of this. A few weeks ago at dinner, a friend told us that we barricade ourselves in our little bubble far too often. Tbh that was a bit hard to hear, but in so many ways it's true. We really love to be with one another. Sometimes we won't even go to the grocery store alone, but we will save that chat for another post on another day. 🥴
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As a couple, having people you both feel comfortable with, people you can grow with, people you can be your complete authentic selves with is not only healthy ––but it helps you become the best version of yourself.
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These days we have so many new friends virtually and it's great! It's amazing when you can cultivate relationships and organic friendships with people who you share the community with. It is so important to us that we can all see ourselves represented in our community & we wanted more of that! ✨
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Sam and I are so excited to share that we recently created a space for women who love women to engage and connect. We created a space you will definitely see yourself in. as an inclusive space for women to share their love stories, travel adventures, their sweet moments, and the challenging ones too. 🤗
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We hope you will join us at 🌈🤞🏽

08/13/2020

Forget the butterflies, I feel the whole zoo when I'm with you.⚡️
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Doing life with someone who gives you the "feels" is a whole vibe, whether it's a secret crush, or your long time partner. Am I right–– or am I right?
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Tag someone who gives you the feels!✨ 🥰

08/08/2020

Truth is — we can’t wait to travel again. Thinking about the possibilities for travel when things are safe again is our new full time job. 😅
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Which country is at the top of your bucket list?

07/29/2020

We want to know👀
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What was the most overhyped place you’ve traveled to? You know, a place everyone recommends, or maybe a place you see non-stop on Instagram. But once you got there, it didn’t live up to your expectations at all.
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For us, it was Costa Rica. It’s safe to say we definitely need a re-do. Costa Rica we’re coming back for you! 🌴✨

07/21/2020

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves — as we have some new friends here we wanted to say hello and welcome! 👋🏽💕
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We are Sam and Sadé, two women taking on life together, IN LOVE–– so in love. We are a Black q***r couple who have a passion for all things travel-related — exploring, learning, eating, getting lost, and finding ourselves over and over again. While travel may look a *little* different these days, our dedication to navigating through life mindfully and consciously together is as important as ever.
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We initially connected on the ideas of living life in unconventional ways, rejecting the standards of society. We wanted to go against the grain in so many ways. It was refreshing to find a partner who didn't think your ideas of what a fulfilling life looked like were outlandish or irresponsible, but inspiring and completely in alignment with theirs. We try to stay grounded in our beliefs and values keeping "us" at the center of all the decisions we make. We are so happy that you decided to join us on our journey to creating a beautiful life together.
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Now that you’ve gotten our introduction we’d love to learn about you! Do you have any unconventional life plans/goals? What is your dream travel destination? What show are you currently binge-watching? How do you find peace amongst the chaos? What’s your favorite kind of cookie? Anything — let’s chat!

06/20/2020

Sam had to leave town for a few days and of course I miss her so much. I MISS HOLDING HER HAND!
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Holding hands is a love language. We hold hands SO much–– walking down the street, standing in line at the grocery store, in the car, on the couch binge watching our favorite shows, standing in the kitchen right before a long embrace, & even occasionally in our sleep. It feels like a magnetic pull, an effortless force.
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Thinking about how often this occurs for us, and how good it feels to connect this way really puts into perspective how it might feel if this simple sweet gesture wasn’t an option. The sad truth is that for some people in the LGBTQ community, it isn’t. In some countries same s*x relationships are illegal and can lead to some pretty terrible consequences including capital punishment. People in my community are still fighting for the right to love freely and openly. The basic human right to openly love whoever you want isn’t so basic in some parts of the world.
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We are so grateful to have the privileged to openly express our love and pride! We get to express our pride any way we want to — by publicly holding hands, walking around like a whole vibe in our PRIDE sandals, and being hella affectionate in public whenever we feel like it. We have come so far but the work is not done until everyone on planet earth gets to love freely, openly and unapologetically.
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I can’t wait until I get to pick Sam up from the airport and hold her hand again IMMEDIATELY!

06/08/2020

We’ve been busy.
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Busy protesting. Busy mourning. Busy challenging our local officials. Busy educating ourselves and our loved ones of the importance of racial equality and equity. Busy keeping our mental health intact. Busy DEMANDING change!
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We have been emotionally exhausted over the last few weeks as black men and women continue to die at the hands of the police. This has been happening in our community for far too long and now the entire world is tuned in. It’s a revolutionary time!
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To everyone invested in learning more about the experiences of black ppl in this country— thank you.
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Here’s a photo of some real life black joy, because that exists too. BLACK LIVES MATTER ✊🏽✊🏽

05/18/2020

Queerly, we are both “the girl” in the relationship. That’s kind of the point.🌈

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