I think the trickiest part of being in a long-term relationship is remembering why you love your partner. When you see him every day and sleep beside him every night and share a bathroom with him every morning, you naturally start taking him for granted. That means comfort, sure, but it also means complacency, and more importantly, forgetfulness. You forget how much you love him–his laugh, the way he arches his eyebrow when he’s joking around, what your is life with him.
Just a moment ago as I lay in bed with Jonno–him asleep, me watching Liv Tyler pout her way through a muted Armageddon, Gaston lying quietly on the pillow beside me–I stopped rushing, stopped obsessing, stopped making to-do lists in my head, and remembered.
Sappy? Maybe. Saccharine? Signs point to yes.
Sincere? You betcha.
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