Regular, prolonged exposure to endorphins through snuggling and dates with the same, committed person.
I don’t know—we could go to an arcade, that seems fun. Or a museum, depending on the current exhibitions. Probably not an axe-throwing bar, though. That sounds dangerous. Maybe that’s something we build to after cementing a foundation of trust.
Getting to the point where I can sleep soundly next to you.
Falling passionately in love and recklessly combining our finances to buy property, so that we can both stop paying rent, and embarking on many D.I.Y. home and garden projects in order to improve our quality of life as well as property value.
Netflix and chill, but, like, because we are in a relationship and I love you, now we get mad when the other person skips ahead an episode.
Accepting that there is no such thing as having one perfect soul mate, and that love is about forming and nurturing a bond with your chosen partner over time in addition to compromising on thermostat temperature.
Throwing caution to the wind and adopting a dog together. Specifically, one of those dogs that’s statistically less likely to be adopted. A pit bull or a senior who just needs a caring home to live out its sunset days or something.
Open and honest discussions about what we can do as a couple to make more ethical purchases and decrease our carbon footprint.
Staying in and trying out different risotto recipes.
Co-parenting a fuck ton of plants and a far smaller number of eventual children whom we can raise with fiscal stability and a solid home life that consciously improves on that of our respective childhoods.
Someone who likes hiking and will make me go on more hikes, because I do like communing with nature, but I will never personally build up the momentum to make such excursions happen unless someone else plans the logistics and maybe has a car.
Accepting one another’s strengths and flaws—for example, one person’s inability to plan hikes.
Making mood boards of refurbished vintage furniture and décor and then buying refurbished vintage furniture and décor from independent sellers.
General antiquing.
A loyal and sustaining partnership that lasts a lifetime.
Basically, the exact opposite of being objectified while my boundaries are ignored and I am treated as disposable by a fuckboy.
