Was on the toilet last weekend, for some reason my thoughts started to wander as soon as I sat down. I thought about my wife (who I had seen roughly 30 seconds before I went to the bathroom) and thought back to when we first started dating 7 years ago.
She lived in a city that was about 1.5 hours from me, we started talking in a dating app. Our first date went well, and we started seeing each other more regularly. At the time, my car was barely getting me around town and I didn’t want to risk something happening taking it out of town, so she made frequent drives down to see me.
I never asked her to, since it was such a long drive and I felt guilty she drove so much. And she would come down a lot, usually 2-3 times a week, sometimes as a surprise. On nights she stayed over, she would wake up very early to drive to work, and sometimes drive back the same night because she wanted to see me again.
Eventually I asked her to move in with me and the rest is history. She never guilt tripped me over this, she said she was happy to do it and in the end, it worked out for us.
Not sure what caused me to think about all of this, but I felt an overwhelming desire to do something for her, so I ordered her a big box of her favorite chocolates (ferrero rocher) as a thank you.
When they came a few days later and I gave it to her, she asked what the occasion was, and I told her about my toilet epiphany. She laughed and said I was silly, and then told me to eat the coconut chocolates that she didn’t like.
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This is so cute. I wonder how greater relationships would be if people could continuously remember the good moments. I wish you both a very happy life
Damn, this is adorable. You two sound awesome.
This is very sweet. I should do something like that for my boyfriend. He used to drive down to see me a ton, including sometimes driving to my town so he could take me to college (which was in his town).
Love this story.
Only problem I have is your wife saying the raffaello ones are not nice, they are yummy.
Seriously, go you. It’s lovely to feel appreciated.
This is so sweet and adorable! I remember when I was in my 20s, I would drive across the city (a big one) to spend the night with my boyfriend after working a double shift, sleep 4-5 hours, then head back out. No way I could do that at my age now, but those are some of my favorite memories of being with him. I even had to sneak in with a special knock on his window so as to not wake the rest of his family up. Even though it would have looked like a “burden” on paper, I never thought of it that way — it felt like living in a fairy tale
I love this! Random showing of appreciation is so important. It sounds like you guys have an incredible relationship – wishing you many more years of happiness!
This made me smile. Rocher is the ultimate show of love in our household!
If she shares the chocolate, it’s true love.
Sweet and stinky story. I find it weird that you were inspired to order chocolates while pooping.
Chocolate and toilet had my mind wander off somewhere sick
That’s so wholesome and cute :’) I wish you guys the best on your relationship.
Be good to her. Presents are only the beginning.
(:
Pre shit clarity.
Awwwww. My oldest son is doing the same thing. But much further! He Goes to UF in Gainesville Florida and she is a up and coming journalist based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The drive is about 9 hours-the way he drives. Fast but careful. He did apply to transfer to UT in Knoxville. But won’t tell her unless he gets accepted. That way he would be 2/3 hours away instead of +9.
So sweet.
This is me with my partner!! We’ve been long distance 5 years and I never have had reliable transportation but he always has. We’ve been as close as 90 minutes and as far and 4.5 hours. I’ve taken a lot of buses and trains, but he does so much of the driving.
I just bought a car this weekend and hopefully that helps balance the scales a bit 🙂 I’m still looking for ways to show him I love him for everything he’s done. I just got him a little jar of trailmix to hopefully brighten his day when I see him next:)
She’s wrong about the coconut chocolate, but she’s right about you.
Sounds like a keeper. AND as an added bonus, you get to eat her Raffaelos without guilt or drama
You sound like a sweet and thoughtful partner.
All the best to you both
Relationship goals.
Truly the best relationships are just an endless cycle of love, generosity, gratitude, and reciprocation.
Love it
That’s awesome. My dude got that A1 vitamin D
You’re a rich man
“I was shitting and it made me think of you” 😂
Very sweet of you actually.
So this is what happens when you forget to bring your phone to the bathroom…
This is just so so so lovely, poop and all.
I asked my husband of 20 years if he ever thought of doing nice things for me. He said no.
He definitely shows his love for me in other ways, and i know he loves me.
But I’ll never see a toilet epiphany 😁