17.
I was deathly sick, it was 2am, and being the whiny baby I am I was about to call my grandpa to come make sure that between the respiratory infection and kidney infection I didn’t die (he’s a doctor and lived a mile from my apartment at the time). I was sweaty, had puked a few times, very much in that ‘sickly vulnerable’ place, and yet for some reason I ended up calling this nice boy I’d been seeing for a month instead. And he showed up within ten minutes and didn’t mind that I smelled like death or basically cried in the fetal position for a while and then took a shot of NyQuil and passed out, he just pet my back and made me feel comfortable. It was a nice moment of realizing I could rely on this other person and wanted them around when I didn’t want anyone else around, and that was the beginning of realizing I was falling real hard for him.
Next morning I’m still high off my ass on NyQuil and he has to leave but he lifted the pillow off my head and told me he loved me. Of the entire fever dream of those few days, that’s the one part I remember super, SUPER clearly.
We’re having a baby in October.
16.
When I befouled the bed while in the throes of an explosive stomach virus, and she just laughed at me and cleaned the sheets as I ran to the bathroom and proceeded to violently blast the commode off its plumbing.
15.
Stationed overseas for a year and the relationship stayed smooth.
Love isn’t necassarily some burning hot passion. For me its more the commitment to eachother+ a strong bond
14.
She did cartwheels in the parking lot at the bar. Realized she didn’t give a damn what anyone thought and I haven’t looked back since.
13.
We met online playing World of Warcraft, and would frequently stay up really late talking. At the time, we were living in different countries with a 3 hour time difference.
One particular night we stayed up talking so late that it went well on into the next day. I remember taking a break around 7 or 8 am to make some coffee and watched the morning sky for a bit.
The sleep deprivation and the fact that I thought that was the most beautiful morning I had ever seen made me realize I fell a little harder than I thought. Hooray for weird college kid hours with no daily plans!
12.
Up until this point of us dating, neither of us had said “i love you” to each other.
We were at a concert, I was in the front-middle area of the stage dancing and he was off to the side drinking with mates. A random girl comes up to me and starts apologising about trying to hit on my boyfriend. She said he wouldn’t have any of it and that he pointed to me in the crowd and said “see that beautiful girl over there, that’s my gf and I love her”
I went up to him and asked him if it was true what he said, he said, “yes cause you are beautiful and I love you so much” for some reason in that moment I just fell deeply in love with him when I heard him say those words.
11.
When I was having an emotional outburst…about my pants not fitting or something, and instead of getting all stressed, taking it personally or trying to fix me, he casually said, “I don’t need TV anymore, you’re much more entertaining.” 23 years and counting.
10.
I ended up in hospital for a surgery without much warning – not an emergency, just “come in right now, we have time immediately”. He left work so I wouldn’t be alone in the hospital. When my parents arrived he went to my apartment and tidied it up for their sake.
When I was recovering, he slept with his phone next to his face so I could text him from the living room if I needed him to help me up. He helped me up off the toilet and pulled up my pants because I couldn’t bend/use my abs at all. That was it.
He stepped up when I needed him and never made me feel guilty or weird. Just pure care and support. We’ve been married 5 years, together for 9.
9.
I was shitty drunk on our first date. We went back to his place and were talking and talking, but somehow things took an emotional turn.
Then, I started crying about how the sun would use up all its fuel and consume the earth, and that no one would ever know we were even here unless we get off this pale blue dot.
He held me through my drunken stupidity and let me cry it out.
8.
She and I just clicked. Talking to her was so easy, I never wanted to stop. I couldn’t stop looking at her and wanted to be near her constantly and it got to the point that I only felt at peace when I was with her. 8 years later, I still get nervous or stressed when she’s away