Love can sometimes be inexplicable. It's that feeling, that hard tug in your chest, pulling you towards someone. While a relationship can be solidified over shared interests and common goals, that spark becomes a flame because of the incomputable actions they make. Your heart cries out to you when they do it, so pay attention. You might find the love of your life.
Reddit user, u/nisoli, wanted to hear about the beauty of love when they asked:
As Long As You're There
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Like two weeks ago my husband had surgery. When he woke up, he smiled at me and said, "I love you. Im glad you're here." It was just so unexpected and adorable. The man was loopy as hell and doesn't remember saying it now, but the first thing out of his mouth was appreciation. There's truth in Valium and I'm never going to not smile thinking about him saying that.
It's Pet Destiny
When we went to the animal shelter to adopt a cat:
Of the numerous possibilities available, we instantly chose the same one - and Mr. Kitty adopted us, too!
Passing Time Together
Last year, actually to the day, my boyfriend and I went to my best friends wedding in Kentucky. It was the first wedding I'd ever been to and I was so happy to see her find love, and now she has a baby girl! At the wedding, we didn't know anyone but the Bride, so we kind of just sat awkwardly to the side and talked. We are both kind of socially anxious and self conscious, so we didn't dance or anything.
We stayed for a few hours and went back to our hotel room. I asked him if he would slow dance with me, so I turned on some slow music on my phone, but on a low-light, and we slow danced for an hour. It was lovely.
Never Leaving Your Side
I had a seizure and she was by my side, I remember coming to in the hospital and she was still by my side, she looked more afraid than me. Which scared me even more, but she never left me.
Whoever Dealt It, Is It
She farted really loud at a wedding once just as the priest started talking. She calmly turned to the 7/8 yo next to her and whispered loudly "what did you have for breakfast?" Knew I had a keeper then :)
He Came To Meet You? Nice.
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One day after work it was the worst weather we had had in ages. I had to walk home (didn't have a car then) and as I was walking home absolutely soaked to the bone I saw my SO with an umbrella walking to meet with me. He knew I was in a bad mood and being in the cold wet rain did not help so I am very thankful for that memory.
Sometimes All It Takes Is A Helping Hand
Last year, I moved into an apartment for a new job in a new city and was mega stressed about money. About two weeks in, I broke down in front of one of my roommates about how scared I was about not being able to pay rent and how I didn't have anywhere else to go.
The next day, the roommate found me and said that if I ended up really needing it, he would pay my rent until I could afford it and I could just pay him back later.
I told him it was very kind of him to offer, and I'd think about it. Then I went back to my room and SOBBED.
It was the first time in a year that anyone had offered to help me out of the bad situation I was in. I barely knew this guy and I knew he wasn't trying to get anything out of me (we were both dating other people at the time and were barely acquaintances). He was just offering because he was a kind dude.
Months later, to the surprise of both of us, we ended up dating. He's my boyfriend now. I see him make similar offers to friends all the time, and is just genuinely a kind person who likes helping people. He asks that I not mention his offers to anyone, because he doesn't want to embarrass anyone for needing to borrow money. He's not rich - just a regular guy with a regular job and a kind heart.
I don't know if he even remembers that offer he made to me (never took him up on it), but I think about it every day. I'm so proud to have a partner who is kind to people without expecting anything in return.
If They Let You Win, Then They're A Keeper
So I spent 2 weeks with my SO and I made him play monopoly. He doesn't like board games but I'm a big fan. I was talking about how they changed one of the pieces which used to be my go to. Honestly I didn't think he was paying attention because it was the stupidest thing. I go home and a few days later I get a package in the mail. He had bought me the little piece 🥺
Fields Forever In Your Home
I was driving her through Northern California where I grew up. It was her first time there. We passed strawberry stands along the highway and I didn't think anything of it. Once, she put her hand up to the window as we passed one. I guess she didn't want to ask me to stop. I stopped. The rest of the ride she munched strawberries. One after another. When she would look at me and smile I swear I knew I would keep this woman in strawberries forever.
Sometimes It's Not Just One Moment, It's All The Moments
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Admitting you are wrong and striving - and really working - to do better is an unfortunately rare thing. My SO does this. He's not perfect at it, but it's unrealistic to expect him to be. The important thing is that he's self-aware and genuinely, authentically works to better himself. So many guys think they're above feedback or self-betterment.
My single fondest moment, though, is one that is just an ordinary day considering where we live. We went to just park and sit on Sugar Beach (we live in south Maui.) An ordinary day, an ordinary sunset, but just being there with him was extraordinary. We know how amazingly lucky we are to live where we do, and we are grateful for it every day of our lives. A beautiful sunset, great music on the radio, good company. What more could anyone want?
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U/lit3rallyuseless asked: What doesn't deserve the hate it gets?
​Film and media are probably the biggest contender for being hated on randomly. It may seem harmless, but not always deserved.
Actors are people too!
Actors who played characters that people didn't like.
Really if you hated the character then the actor did a good job (assuming that was the role).
The best cartoons.
nice day summer GIF by PBS KIDSGiphyChild cartoons. Some are actually really good, even as an adult.
I feel like watching cartoons aimed at generally a younger audience allows for you to be reminded of some life lessons, I know I forget some things, or didn't realise others, or it at least partially renews my awareness of something I should still like or appreciate
This doesn't deserve awards, it's just my opinion that is apparently shared by many.
This man did nothing wrong.
Guy Fieri, he literally is the nicest person in the world but since he looks like he was electrocuted by mountain dew people want to saw his head off.
Even before that, I was witness to his other charitable work. A few years back, Santa Rosa was hit by some terrible fires and he showed up at a few shelters and personally cooked up and served some killer buffet food. No cameras, no massive team of PR, just a dude with an assistant to keep him on schedule to hit up other shelters in the area. Guy Fieri legit earned a lot of respect in my book for that.
You know who DEFINITELY doesn’t deserve hate? Animals. They’re just living their best lives, and need to be left alone.​
The best cats.
Black cats.
We got a black cat for the first time last year. I've since formulated the theory that black cats might get some of their reputation from the fact that people can't see them well in the dark and so they seemingly appear out of nowhere and they might be instinctually cautious because they know people have a tendency to kick them while walking in the dark. Our black cat is the sweetest cat I've ever known.
They get a bad rep.
Discovery Sharks GIF by Shark WeekGiphySharks. They are beautiful, complex creatures, deserving of respect and, like any wild animal should be left alone in their natural habitat, but they get this reputation as vicious bloodthirsty monsters. This is only because every shark attack is news, and only then because they are so rare. More people are killed EVERY DAY by mosquitoes than sharks kill in a year.
Any apex predator that has remained evolutionarily unchanged for hundreds of millions of years, whose existance predates TREES, is deserving or our respect and admiration. Shine on, you crazy cartlaginous fish, shine on.
So cute too!
Opossums. They're neat little critters. They eat tons of ticks that carry Lyme disease, (mostly) don't carry rabies because their body temp is too low, and they're the only marsupial native to North America! They get a bad rap because their first defense is to hiss and bare teeth, but failing that, they just play dead.
If you don't have the predisposition to hate them, you'll find they're pretty cute too.
E: this is about /opossums/, the north American species.
Kiwis, I feel for you, but this comment isn't about your possums.
​Hating on other people for just living their lives also seems to be a big contender for things that don’t deserve to be hated on.
This is so true.
Unemployed people. A lot of people genuinely are looking for work and did not want to lose their last job/it was beyond their control (like a layoff) but they get so much hate and called lazy by most people. I know too many unemployed people that are actually really trying hard. They definitely aren't lazy. (Not saying lazy unemployed people don't exist, but to be fair, so do lazy employed people too lol)
Leave the weather man alone!
Fox Raining GIF by Family GuyGiphyMeteorologists. They try their best to predict the weather based on patterns, models, and data. They're not perfect because predicting the weather is insanely difficult. When they get it wrong, I think we should go easy on them. It was probably an outlier result almost no one could have foreseen.
I've seen people get angry over the meteorologists for getting it right. Like they control the weather - it is their fault we are having rain, that kind of BS. Never made sense to me, but hey, I have plenty of relatives I clashed with growing up.
Please stop being d*cks to these people.
Customer service associates.
I hate when customers think that I, the minimum wage person forced to sit there and listen to them yell, am personally responsible for every policy they disagree with. Like, ma'am, if I had that much power and influence, I wouldn't be sitting here on a Saturday evening serving you.
Wholesome and necessary.
People don't deserve hate they give themselves when they are not doing too good at the moment.
I'm in a weird place and I didn't know I needed to read this. Thanks buddy.
If you haven't heard it from anyone else today, I'm proud of you.
It seems like people hate on things simply because they think they're meant to hate them. But you can always be the change and make an effort to stop being an a**hole about certain things.
No matter what though, sometimes haters gonna hate