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
Sick Season 4 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyLike 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.
sad bart simpson GIFGiphyOne 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
homer simpson episode 25 GIFGiphyAdmitting 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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“'Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience'.” What's your best real life example of this?"
They Literally Won't be "Shut Down"
"When I tell people to just reboot your computer and it will fix all their problems and yet they won't because they said if you wait long enough it will shut down, when in reality it only goes to sleep."
"Then when I tell them they have to completely shut it down they look at me like I'm an idiot and say they did."
"I tell them it seems like it but it only went to sleep."
"They argue back."- niallaa
Some People Just Don't Get It...
"I used to argue a lot with my sister when we were kids."
"She would do this thing where she would say something, and then I would reference back to it literally a minute or two later to prove a point and she would say 'I never said that' or 'that’s not what I said'."
"Absolutely impossible to argue with someone who will just deny having said things that could hurt their argument."
"Also, trying to change the course of an argument if they feel like they are 'losing'."
"A coworker once called me an idiot for doing something 'incorrectly' when I was actually doing it the right way."
"When I politely explained to them that the way they suggested doing the task didn’t actually work, they started asking 'why are you getting so angry?? I was just trying to help' etc."
"So now we’re arguing about whether I’m angry or not instead of the right way to complete the task."- themightypianocat
Facts Are Facts...
"Arguing is pointless if you do not agree on a set of facts."- niallaa
Facts GIF by Judge JerryGiphyYou Can't Have It Both Ways...
"For a short while, I worked as a line cook at a Cracker Barrel, and there was a little saloon style door that led to the staff section (kitchen, bathroom, etc)."
"There was a staff only sign on the door, above the doors, and on the wall behind the doors at eye level."
"Usually if someone from the customer side comes in, they said, 'Coming in' before opening the door, so they didn't hit anyone, but of course customers didn't know that."
"So when this dude opened the door and hit a waitress carrying a ton of drinks, we were reasonably upset with him."
"He said, ;You should really put a sign up'."
"We showed him all the signs, and he goes, 'That seems a bit excessive'."- GreyFoxHound1
So Wrong.
"Had an employee sign an NDA about an upcoming art installation that had investors."
"He told everyone."
"He argued with me the NDA only meant he couldn’t disclose anything with the people in the company."- BosskHogg
He Knew What He Was Talking About
This was best said:
“'Never wrestle with pigs'."
"'You both get dirty and the pig likes it'.― George Bernard Shaw"- Zerowantuthri·
pigs GIFGiphySome Outdated Inventions Are Definitely Not Missed...
"I’m showing my age here but I used to work for an estate agency, and we had sales offices set up at the site of large new housing developments."
"Our primary method of communication was fax."
"One of the sales associates telephoned our office to say that the fax machine had run out of paper."
"No problem, I said, one of the guys is coming your way later for a house tour, I’ll give him a box of paper to give to you."
"We then had an almost 20 minute long argument when they kept insisting 'NO, YOU JUST SEND ME A BLANK FAX BECAUSE I NEED THE PAPER, IT WILL JUST COME OUT OF MY FAX MACHINE'.”
"It was like trying to nail jelly to a tree."
"Difficult, irritating, and it achieved nothing."- BettieKat
Very Few Hills Are Worth Dying On...
"I had a friend in university who was a world-class high school debater."
"Over meals, she liked to pick a ridiculous proposition and then talk circles around people until they had to concede to her point, no matter how absurd."
"When she tried it with me, I just stonewalled her."
"Met every point with a solid 'I don't think that's true'." or 'That doesn't make sense'."
"Eventually she gave up and never tried it with me again."
"It was the only time I've ever used the tactics of the stupid to win an argument."
"But, to be fair, if you're not arguing with me in good faith, I feel no obligation to respond in good faith."- kitskill
IS The Customer Always Right?...
"Working retail."
"Especially when I worked in the tech shop or a computer store."
" Trying to convince someone their $500 laptop is never going to be a gaming system no matter how many of the very few replaceable parts we throw at it can be exhausting."- MOS95B
happy episode 7 GIFGiphyEducation Only Matters If You Learned Something....
"Was arguing with this dude about something math-related."
"He didn’t know how to read a study that involved statistics. claimed he was in multiple AP math classes."
"Tried saying that I 'probably don’t even know basic integration'."
"Gave me a common integration problem."
"He wrote it but forgot the minus sign, making it unsolvable."
"I pointed it out and he edited the comment to make it correct."
"Told him that some people can see when you edit comments."
"He claimed that he just capitalized a letter. on and on and on."- SaturdayNightCity
Good Legal Counsel Might Be Worth The Splurge...
"I asked a representative from the Friend of the Court to explain something she said and she told me that I understood what she was saying."
"I replied that I wouldn't have asked her to explain if I had understood."
"She said if I was going to be difficult, she would hold me in contempt."
"My X chimed in that she didn't quite understand what she had said and was greeted with a smile and an explanation."
"From that point on I always disagreed with the Friend of the Court on EVERYTHING, so that I could be seen by the 'Actual Court' and a Judge."- PURPLEPEE
Season 4 Episode 21 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphySore Winners Are No More Attractive Than Sore Losers...
"Once worked with a guy who, by his own admission, got his rocks off by picking fights."
"He'd start an argument over the smallest thing."
"If you said it was white, he'd say it was black, just to try to start something."
"The one that always stood out for me was the weather app competition."
"One day he asked me what temperature it was, so I read it off my weather app."
"He got all offended, because his weather app said it was a couple degrees warmer."
"So he decides we're going to have a weather app competition."
"He was going to chart what our apps said the temperature was, and at the end of the week, whichever one was closest to that day's high would be the winner."
"And the loser would have to start using the winner's app."
"To which I said, "What is your f*cking problem?'"
"So, yeah."
"For the first few days, he'd make a big performance about marching into my office, recording the temperature off my app, jotting down some notes, and walking off."
"This started on a Monday."
"He gave up after Wednesday."
"Either because I was winning, or he was disappointed because, despite his best efforts, I just did not give a f*ck about weather apps."
"Or maybe the boss told him to stop because I filed a complaint that this was bordering on harassment."- originalchaosinabox
Im Always Right GIF by ZionGiphyIt should perhaps be said calling someone an idiot, or even thinking it, is not a particularly nice thing to do.
Even so, if you're tempted to do so when you're in the presence of a particular individual, probably best not to provoke them.
After all, if you're so determined to "win," does it really make you any better than them?