So i have a 3 and a half year old niece and a 1 and a half year old Nephew i baby sit every weekend but today my sister in law woke up sick and my brother who works at a hospital had to go in for work so they called up to baby sit. I was over my gf's place as i had spent the night when i got the call and told her i had to go, she shocked me though when she offered to come with my and help out, See me and my gf had be been besties since 8th grade but only recently started dating and she has only meant my niece when she was really little briefly

So i went over and picked up the kids with my gf ( who my sister in law thought was just my friend ) and we took the kids home to my place. I was so happy when my gf was getting along with my Nephew and sorta my Niece ( my niece is clingy to me so she spent more time with me then my gf but they still got along ) but my gf spent a lot of time placing with my nephew by doing stuff like throwing balls with him, rolling cars on ground for him, and trying to teach him to use chalk. It was just so nice seeing them play together and warmed my heart in a way in never accepted

I just wanted to share that so thanks for listening to this girl ramble :)

I've never made a reddit post before, but I'm sitting in my room thinking about him and I want to shout to the world how much I love my boyfriend. Even if nobody ends up reading this.

He and I met through a mutual friend and began talking after we encountered eachother at a few punk/metal shows and drinking nights with said mutual friend. Before him, I was extremely adverse to relationships, and all romantic or sexual intimacy with another person made me want to throw up. But for some reason, he was different. Maybe it's because he was never pushy, incredibly polite, and the flirting was subtle and playful. Either way, the desire to get to know him overrode my usually crippling fear of dating.

We got to know eachother over text for a few weeks before our first date. We made playlists for eachother to show off the music we liked. We shared art, poetry, movies, and stories and insecurities that seemed to just spill out.

Since then, we have been dating for a year and a half, and my love for him continues to grow! He is incredibly intelligent, and can remember crazy details from history, books, and movies. He's musically talented and writes beautiful lyrics and poetry. He's incredibly beautiful, funny, and goofy.

I tell him all of these things, but he struggles heavily with mental health issues and believes that he's a horrible boyfriend and that he does nothing but drag me down. He feels like he's difficult to love. Too high maintenence. And I wish I could show him how I see him, and that I would go through lifetimes of struggles with him. I don't love him because he's convenient, I love him because he's him.

they normally sleep with us on their own, but he asked about shutting them in with us tonight in case the storm somehow manages to break a window overnight 🥺 he moved a litter box to our attached bathroom and i brought in their food and water.

he's sleeping now and they're curled up next to him. i love how much he loves my babies (i got them before he and i met) and how much they adore him. we have this little family with so much love, it just makes my heart burst every day. he wasn't much of a pet person before me, but now his camera roll is just cat pictures. he's always worried about them getting out, and cried once when he accidentally let one of them follow him onto the porch because the idea that the kitty could've run off upset him. he started giving them treats every morning because he wants them to have the best life possible.

i just feel so lucky. he is so good to us.

I've been reflecting on how the little things sustain love over time. After a few years with my partner and now getting married, I've realized how easy it is to let those small romantic gestures fade away as routines settle in.

Last week, I spontaneously brought home her favorite flowers. Seeing her genuine surprise and joy made me wonder why I don't do these little things more often. It's not that I love her any less—if anything, my love has deepened—but somewhere along the way, those spontaneous expressions became less frequent.

I'm curious about what small gestures have meant the most to you in your relationships:

What's the most meaningful small gesture someone has done for you? What simple romantic gestures do you try to maintain in your relationship? How do you remember to keep romance alive when life gets busy?

I've actually started developing an app that sends random reminders (every 18-24 days) with personalized romantic gesture suggestions. The randomness is designed to preserve the feeling of spontaneity while helping people maintain the habit of doing thoughtful things.

If you're interested in sharing thoughts on this concept, I'd appreciate your feedback on my quick research page. I believe love deserves to be nurtured intentionally, and I'm hoping this might help others who, like me, sometimes need a gentle nudge.

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

I love my boyfriend so much, he’s the most amazing and perfect guy i’ve ever met, his heart is so pure and full of love, he makes me blush every minute and my heart is like crazy when i’m calling with him.. he has birthday next week and i would like to make him a birthday present and surprise him, we are long distance but the love is so strong between us! :D I have thought about making him a song or poem, but i feel like that’s not good enough can I get any ideas what I should make him??

I (f16) and my man (m17) have been together for almost two years now. We're in a place where it's not normal to be in a relationship at such young ages, so we can't go out with eachother or anything lol. Anyways we were just talking and I started thinking to myself how I wished I had something physical that could remind me of how much my bf is a sweetheart, so I sheepishly asked him for a gift (literally it took me like 2 minutes just to say it), we both are still in highschool and don't have jobs cause it isn't the norm to have one at our age where we live. He IMMEDIATELY started expressing how guilty he feels that he got me to the point where I had to ask him to give me something, it was adorable I felt like I just wanted to hug him and show how grateful I am for him :3 He then instantly ordered me something from a gift delivering app thats really overpriced lol. I'm so lucky to have him, he really is my best friend ever.

I(F25) was having a really crappy day and it turns out that my flatmate ate some of my snacks and did not close the lid, hence it got soggy. Everything got me very irritated. My boyfriend (M25) put on my favourite show (that he isn't fond of) and ordered my favourite food. He snuggled up with me till I ranted out all of my frustration and slept in his arms.its just the small things like these he does everyday for me without even asking. I couldn't have asked for anyone better in my life. He is the one for me <3

Me and my fiancé have not been together for a long time, only 8 months but we have been close friends for 2 years prior.

Two months ago, I got pregnant after our contraceptive method failed. I was freaking out at first. Both of us are in our late 20’s and fairly financially stable but I was not expecting to get pregnant before marriage. It’s a big taboo in my culture.

When I told my fiancé I was in tears. He reassured me over and over and told me he is 100% ready to have a baby with me. Something he told me that I will never forget… “I wanted so badly to have a family with you, and now my dream has come true. Our blessing has just come a bit earlier than we expected..”

He went to my family and told them that he will marry me and our wedding is at the end of next month. I was scared he would get overwhelmed and leave me, but he’s been such an amazing supportive partner. He has been with me every step of the way and tells me often that he’s so excited to meet our baby and be a father.

What did I do to deserve this man 🥺 I love him more every day. I am so happy to be having a family with him and to spend the rest of my life with him ❤️

Not an English speaker.

So i moved to my new country almost a month ago due to a job promotion with my daughter. And honestly i'm not good in socializing with neighboors or this stuff since i have issues with socializing, physical touch, eye contact and all this "social stuff".(i'm getting better but it's still very difficult for me to act "normal")

This said yesterday morning i saw that my neighbor put some blue stands on their gate and i thought that maybe a good start to know them was to make fresh cookies.( the blue stands is to indicate that they are having a boy)

So i did it, after i drove my daughter(Sofi) to school i came home and made some cookies. She was happy to see i brought food and divoured 30 cookies in 20 minutes like a shark ahahah. We knew each other a bit more and she told me that since 3 months i'm the first person that talked to her face to face since her friends ditched her.

So this morning i thought "why not invite her and her husband too" so i did. I made cookies again, but this time more seeing how hungry she was ahahah, and went to invite her. When she saw me again with more cookies she started to cry like an "over flowing river" and hugged me. Before even speaking she told me "now you're making addicted to your cookies. If you're trying any move on me with your delicious cookies i have to remind you i have a husband ahahah". (I already have a gf so i wasn't trying anything) After i gave her the cookies i reassured her that i wasn't trying anything and i was just there to invite her and her husband to Sofi's 8th birthday tomorrow.

I was expecting her only thanking me and maybe hugging me but for sure wasn't expecting her crying again like before and thanking me like i just saved her life ahahah. I honestly told her that i was simply inviting her to a birthday party and nothing else so for me wasn't something special but she cut me off saying "this isn't a simple invite, you thought of me and showed me that in this fucking rich snob and arrogant neighboorhood someone is still kind so thank you very much and tell me what gift your daughter want". I told her that she didn't wanted any gift but just her and her husband coming was a big gesture so i didn't wanted anything from her if not her presence. She again started crying (i think hormones) and thanked me again.

I mean it's the truth. I never expected in my life nothing from anyone and i just feel like she was alone for months so coming to see other people, smiling, and mostly of all eating ahahah, was something nice for her.

And the reason why i'm posting this is because her husband texted me a few minutes ago( i have no idea how he found my number) saying he appreciated my invite and that it was more than just a simple invite because they're alone since months and going to a party was a great idea.

I mean maybe my issues can't make me see clearly that what i do have a complete different meaning from what i think but i'm just glad that they can come and have a different day with actual people and hopefully a bit of fun.

We have been together for almost 8 months on his birthday next week. I have never had a partner before where I feel 100% secure being my weirdest self with as he is just as odd as I am. The second image is a cacomixtle, one of our favorite animals.

Since being with him, I have been inspired to be creative like I haven’t felt in over ten years. I am always finding new ways to create silly things for him and he is running out of space on his walls.

And in addition to feeling creative, I feel like sharing with the world :)

About to be dating my boyfriend for 2 years and we are still not out of the honeymoon phase. He’s so perfect he’s my dream man: he’s so smart, extremely handsome, family-man, absolutely hilarious, open-minded, and amazing in bed. I felt like a teenager again yesterday as we were just driving around town singing to Queen while searching for an empty parking lot to make-out and the butterflies in my stomach were as strong as the day I fell in love with him. His family is so sweet and I cannot wait to legally be part of it one day. There isn’t a single day where we don’t talk about marriage, how we will decorate our house, the little adventures we will go in with our kids. I fucking love him. Whenever he goes “Holy you are so beautiful”, I feel like a supermodel. I have a little area where I have collected every single love letter he surprises me with till this day. He constantly travels across the country just to be with me whenever we are physically apart. Whenever we are together, we watch shows and make fun of goofy things we see, play games together, chase each together to tickle one another, or just sit together watching YouTube and we talk about random topics we saw. I love him so much and I hope I can one day officially call him my husband.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82w1shJ/

You have been gone 8 months now and that is an especially hard passage of time, because you had 8 months and one week with our son. It’s really hard to believe that the same amount of time has passed since you left us. It has been really hard lately. Especially with your birthday coming up on the 8th. I miss you so much and I love you more than you will ever know.

Im in the mood to read adorable stories today. Please if you may and want to share, tell me the cutest affection-filled things your lovely wives or husbands have done for you when you were maybe sad or upset or just out of no where just because! Id love to read these cute stories if you'd love to share. It can be any stage of the relationship but if it was when you guys have been married for longer, even better. Im in the mood for wholesome adorable stories. Tell me how lovey-dovey you guys can be!

Thank you in advanced <3. Would be very happy. Just want to read cuteness, thats all.

You know how in relationships, people speak about the first time they met their partner ,how they looked wind blowing in their hair slow motion and they had a beautiful smile, or they said something funny etc.

For me it was her step, the way she walked.She doesn't take full strides so they are like mini steps with a bounce and they create this bobbing motion with her head, great posture so she always upright ,the combination makes for this cute funny walk cycle, which is added on by her pushing up her glasses and how she has this resting mean face making her seem hyper focused on walking like a doll lol.

I’ve been thinking about this short story lately and I wanted to share it with someone :)

My boyfriend (19) Jake and me (F19) met while living in the same dorm building during college over a year ago. We’d both recently gotten out of long term relationships and grew towards each other because we related on many things. A month into college, I decided I wanted to sneak my pet rat named Blue from home into my dorm room, my dad helped me sneak him in. Blue was my best buddy and I missed him so much. I told Jake that I was sneaking him in and I wanted him to meet him soon; mind you he’s never touched a rat and absolutely viewed them as dirty varmints. A day after moving Blue in, I couldn’t find him ANYWHERE. I spent the entire day looking and even skipped class. After a day of looking with my roommate, I felt hopeless, and asked Jake to help me look for him. 15 mins later, he’s frantically knocking at my door calling for me, I open it and he says “I have him. I have him. I have him.” He’s holding Blue in his hands, reminder this is his first time meeting him. He found Blue in the shared kitchen on my floor, hiding behind a trashcan. He hadn’t even been looking for him outside my room for him, he just saw a rat poking out and grabbed it, getting his hands scratched in the process. That could’ve been a wild rat, but he picked him up and pounded on my door instantly. Jake and Blue ended up loving each other, and I ended up loving Jake. I’ll never forget this. ❤️

I'm feeling a bit hopeless today. I am generally a hopeful romantic. So I would love to hear your lovely moments which regain faith in love.

I'm a huge hopeless romantic and an emotional fool. Did you found your hopeless romantic partner? And how lovely it is?

I'm very filmsy, emotional and love, love. So would love to know.

I could gush about my partner for hours. I’m so deeply in love. And it’s so different than anything I’ve ever experienced. I feel genuinely happy when I see them happy or excited. I feel myself light up inside whenever they text me. I asked them today if they could send me some selfies because I just think they are so beautiful and I love looking at them. When they said yes, my heart started racing just thinking about seeing them.

They make me feel beautiful and valued in a way I never have before. I feel totally safe and even protected by them, which is not something I’ve ever felt before. I’ve never felt completely safe with anyone. They are always supportive of me and patient with me considering my mental health issues, willing to reassure me when I need it. I want to be the same for them. I love, respect, value, cherish and care for them so much. My heart feels like it will burst.

And the crazy thing is, I still have sooo much to learn about them. So much more to discover and come to love. My love can only continue to grow and flourish as we are together. I’m so excited for every moment we will experience together.

I just wanna brag about some cute moments between us. The day I fell in love with them, I was (mostly) asleep in their arms, as they stroked my hair and whispered sweet things to me. The last time I saw them, I had written them a little love letter. We laid together as they read it, and I could feel their heartbeat pick up as they read. It was so sweet. When I was having a bad night, they were in the area so we met up and laid on a blanks in the grass, cuddling under the stars. They let me borrow one of their beloved plushies to cuddle with to bring me comfort while we are apart. It’s been helping me sleep.

I’ve been in love before but not like this. If my partner decided to leave me tomorrow, I’d be devastated, but I respect them so much and want them to be happy. I care about their feelings more than mine. They don’t just bring me comfort, they genuinely make me feel joy. I never have felt that before except maybe when I was a child. They make me feel good about myself. I’ve never felt that even as a child. It’s crazy.

Anyways. I hope you all have a beautiful night/morning. :)

I'm feeling so blessed and loved. Yesterday was the 2 year anniversary of the day that my boyfriend and I met and my boyfriend once again sent me a beautiful gift. Last year he gave me a purse to celebrate this joyous occasion. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would meet a man that would love me so unconditionally, deeply, and would want to celebrate these milestones. To anyone reading this feeling like they'll never meet their special someone, please don't lose hope. The person you're meant to be with will come to you

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey, You'll never know dear, how much I love you, Please don't take my sunshine away...

This is the song I'm remembering, both my mom and my dad would sing it to me when I was still in a crib. For a while I used it sing it to soothe myself when I was hurting but I couldn't remember the middle part. When my mom took me to the mental hospital I was thinking about it and she reminded me its "you'll never know dear how much I love you" and I just felt such a wave of love wash over me. She told me about how when I was young we also would play a game where one of us would say I love you, and the other would say no I love you more, no I love you more and so on. Then my mom said Babe, you will never love me more than I love you and we just started cry laughing.

I was really hurting then, like actually my brain wasn't working right and I felt real pain in my head and I was so afraid of going to the mental hospital... but for a moment, I felt like it was really going to be okay

I'm hurting a bit right now too, not pain in my head, just some deep sadness but also love. ♥ ♥ ♥

Thinking of another song, I think it's by Stevie Wonder, it's called Love's in need of Love today. It's a beautiful song and just encapsulates how I'm feeling right now after a big cry.

Hope you lovebirds all have a wonderful day.

I love him. I posted here when our relationship first started, only 3 weeks in.

Its been nearly 5 months now. And I love him. When I think of him, my heart gets fuzzy and my eyes tear up. I've never been loved the way he loves me. He's so patient with me, and has helped me grow and feel secure in the relationship. Apparently ive done the same for him, we both didn't have great past experiences but I think that's why we work so well together.

I've never been able to have that. My previous relationships were just...not great. Balls of anxiety with no communication but this? This is so different.

I mean shit, yeah the bare minimum to some degree. Healthy communication, appreciation, 50/50 most days unless one of us needs it to be 80/20 and that's okay :,) He does so much for me, he supports me, he's building me a PC so we can play minecraft together!!! All while I'm telling him "you really don't have to do this". I got him a replica of the car he loves so much, his BMW that got in a wreck. He's fixing the car up but was devestated when the crash happened. I got a pretty high end small model of it. I thought it was cool. We also built terrariums together. He put rocks from our first date in it:)

I want to take care of him for as long as he'll let me. I love him. And I'm just so happy right now. I hope everyone can find love like this. He is so precious to me. I needed to express this out into the world again. I'll probably be back in a few months😅