It sounds so dumb, but my husband – who gets up earlier than me for work – checks my electric toothbrush’s battery every morning and puts it on its charger if needed. Then he puts the tube of toothpaste on my side of the sink just so I don’t have to reach over to his side.
It’s such a small thing, but it genuinely makes me smile and give me the warm fuzzies whenever I go to brush my teeth and see my toothbrush on its charger.
Knowing your significant other and doing things tailored to them. It sounds a little ridiculous but my husband and I have been together for 17 years and he just randomly hates unlocking doors. Of course he’ll do it but for some reason it really brings down his day. So I go out of my way to make sure that door is unlocked when he’s on his way home. He would never get upset at me if I forgot but he LOVES and praises the crud out of me for thinking of a small thing like that.
I’m pretty specific about the way I make a cup of tea. It involves using a timer. I visited my partner a week or two ago and they were making a cup of tea and set a timer. I was surprised and they told me that they wanted to make me tea the way they know I like it. That was such a small gesture in the grand scheme of things, but boy did it make me feel loved. 🥰
Whenever the car stopped suddenly or there was some kind of vehicular craziness on the road, my mom would reflexively throw her arm out in front of me to keep me in place. She apparently didn’t even realize she was doing it until I pointed it out sometime in my twenties, when I remarked it was adorable she still did it even though I was a full grown adult.
…and then a few years later, my GF and I almost got into a collision while I was driving, and she pointed out to me that I had apparently inherited the same reflex.
We have a garage fridge where we keep soda. I drink coke not coffee in the mornings. He always brings one coke into the kitchen fridge each night so I won’t have to go out into the garage where there is no heat or AC. He wants me comfortable.
Affirmations…. And knowing when you need to share them are so very important…. Knowing your person appreciates you and sees you is the biggest gesture of all….
In JROTC in high school, I was leaving on a trip with my team to go to a drill meet a few hours away. My mom stopped me off at the school and had baked ten dozen cookies for all of us to enjoy on our trip. When she left, she said, “alrighty, just don’t hit yourself in the head with the rifle!” When she got in her car, I turned to my friend Guzman and said, “all the other mothers say ‘I love you,’ but mine tells me not to hit myself…” He said, “that’s her way of telling you ‘I love you.’”
Notes! One time my wife new I was bumming she gave me a gift box,With hand drawn nudy pictures. She’s the best! I also love the fact she keeps all of the notes even the mundane ones. Consideration , and random acts of butt touches for the win!
Making me coffee if he gets up first.
I was whinging about being a bit fat a few days ago and he said “you’re fat in all the right places. I love all the bits I can hold”
He packs me lunch, gives me forehead kisses, opens my car door, cleans my car, plays with my hair/scratches my head when we cuddle, massages my feet/legs when I kick them up to rest them on his, makes time for me even when he’s swamped with work, carries my things, etc.. honestly too many little things he does that screams he loves me.
Getting someone something because u thought about them. I will see pants with a hello kitty head and get it for my sister. Or something with a frog and send a pictures to my aunt because she loves frogs.
My husband texts “Drive Safe” every time I tell him I’m leaving our house.
I have very long hair so whenever my husband and I go shopping, anytime we stop to look at things on the shelf, he repeatedly runs his fingers through my hair – it gives me goosebumps! I love it!
I can always count on my husband to answer the phone. He has rarely ever missed a call from me in all the years we have been together but the few times he has, he always called me back immediately.
Lots of stuff for me was with my car. Filling up an air bubble to fill my tire when I got home so I didn’t have to, cleaning snow off the night before bc he knew I worked early. Or cleaning mine off on the morning while cleaning his.
Anything that they know you don’t like to do, so they do it. Something as simple as changing the toilet role and setting the old one on the counter either a few pieces left on the role so I don’t have to bend my body in a weird way when I hurt my arm.
For me I find it as thinking ahead for him, too. Do some of his laundry for him. Buy him toiletries he’s almost out of. Pick him up something ik he likes at the store. Charge his watch when he forgets to.
I’m both disabled and currently 36 and a half weeks pregnant, so I’m asking my husband for help with a lot of things.
It doesn’t matter to him if he wants to, if I interrupted him without realizing it, if it means he has to get up and put on pants and walk up a flight of stairs. He’ll absolutely be irritated sometimes. But he still gets up and helps me and waves off my apologies and thank-yous with kisses and a reminder to rest. He helps me every single time.
I have OCD. The first weekend my boyfriend stayed at my house, he watched me do all of my little rituals before we left the first afternoon – unplugging outlets, checking the stove, ECT. Come Sunday, we’re about to leave again and I said I just needed to put my shoes on – he immediately starts doing the rituals for me and it blew my mind. This man memorized my weird lil OCD habits and figured out how to help me with them like a month into dating without ever being asked to. Still not over that one.
You know when you’re sitting in the passenger seat and there is a sudden pause/stop wherein you’re pushed forward and the one in the driver seat immediately puts their arm out in front of you.
When my husband pays attention to something I’m into but he has no interest in. I’ve been recovering from surgery and I’ve felt bad about asking him to water the plants because I know they’re not his thing at all and he’s expressed his preference I don’t get more. But he’s still diligently watered things when I’ve asked, because he knows it matters to me and I matter to him.
My car is always full of gas. He always brings me coffee when we’re on vacation, cuz I sleep in later than he does. He always makes me dinner. But he never says I love you first. But he shows me in so many ways…
My boyfriend will randomly pull me in and pepper me with a bunch of kisses on the forehead or in my hair sometimes. Random hugs. He takes care of me when I’m not feeling well. I don’t pick up of cues super well so he’s often just very verbally blunt with how much he loves me and I appreciate him so much for that. He does a lot more but I can’t list it all. But the little things really make me feel so loved and happy.
When the snow is heavy and it’s minus 20 degrees outside, my husband always walks ahead of me to make tracks so it’s easier for me to walk. It’s such a small, quiet gesture, but every time he does it, my heart skips a beat.
Remembering the little things, their favorite snack, how they take their coffee, or a story they told weeks ago. The loudest I love you isn’t always said, it’s felt.
My buddies and I were drunk at a bar an hour away. My wife LOVES TouchTunes so my buddies and I called her and asked her to change up the heavy rock vibe.
She played all requested songs, but also snuck in my favorite song without us asking. As a grown ass man, I legit started crying and called her to tell her how much I loved her.
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Shoulder kisses
Getting up earlier than your partner so you can help them
Any “this reminded me about you” messages
Text me when you get there safe
“Drive safe”
“Have you eaten enough today?”
Truly listening to someone when they talk.
Learning to make their favorite meal.
“can you tell me more about your day?”
Touching your back or kissing your head when they pass by. Showing up with a treat you like just because they saw it somewhere.
Pizza rolls. I could make them myself, but they are so much better when he makes them for me!
When they make themselves food or coffee or something, and make you something too.
Consideration and acts of service hands down
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When they make u tea without asking and make sure it’s the exact way u like it, that’s love, fam.
I always say “be safe” any time my boyfriend leaves anywhere.
Opening the car door for her.
“I love you” scribbled on a tiny random paper left beside the bed, under chocolate bar or on plate of snacks
They show you their butthole.
Surprising you with your favorite snack/drink when they’ve been to the store 😌
“I had a dream about you”
It sounds so dumb, but my husband – who gets up earlier than me for work – checks my electric toothbrush’s battery every morning and puts it on its charger if needed. Then he puts the tube of toothpaste on my side of the sink just so I don’t have to reach over to his side.
It’s such a small thing, but it genuinely makes me smile and give me the warm fuzzies whenever I go to brush my teeth and see my toothbrush on its charger.
Remembering to put away the dishes.
Anything dealing with food…food is love
Random hugs for no reason.
Smiling at the fact that you’re smiling.
Unsolicited help when it’s actually needed.
The arm wrap around the waist, even in public
Knowing your significant other and doing things tailored to them. It sounds a little ridiculous but my husband and I have been together for 17 years and he just randomly hates unlocking doors. Of course he’ll do it but for some reason it really brings down his day. So I go out of my way to make sure that door is unlocked when he’s on his way home. He would never get upset at me if I forgot but he LOVES and praises the crud out of me for thinking of a small thing like that.
The forehead kiss.
Cooking for them
When me and my bf go to the cinema and share the popcorn, he’d hold it so that it’s angled towards me. I’ve always thought that was so sweet
I’m pretty specific about the way I make a cup of tea. It involves using a timer. I visited my partner a week or two ago and they were making a cup of tea and set a timer. I was surprised and they told me that they wanted to make me tea the way they know I like it. That was such a small gesture in the grand scheme of things, but boy did it make me feel loved. 🥰
Whenever the car stopped suddenly or there was some kind of vehicular craziness on the road, my mom would reflexively throw her arm out in front of me to keep me in place. She apparently didn’t even realize she was doing it until I pointed it out sometime in my twenties, when I remarked it was adorable she still did it even though I was a full grown adult.
…and then a few years later, my GF and I almost got into a collision while I was driving, and she pointed out to me that I had apparently inherited the same reflex.
getting them a gift based on a specific interest of theirs.
Random, not always sexual touching. Sitting in a restaurant and touching someones leg or side for example. Also eyecontact
My husband puts my soda/monster energy in the fridge the night before I need it
We have a garage fridge where we keep soda. I drink coke not coffee in the mornings. He always brings one coke into the kitchen fridge each night so I won’t have to go out into the garage where there is no heat or AC. He wants me comfortable.
Covering you with a blanket when you fall asleep on the couch.
Listening. Asking follow up questions. Not trying to solve things but being an empathetic ear. Sounds smart right? I suck at all these things.
“There’s a step”
Before you get close to it so you’re aware it’s there and don’t get hurt.
Putting your phone or watch on the charger when it’s low.
Affirmations…. And knowing when you need to share them are so very important…. Knowing your person appreciates you and sees you is the biggest gesture of all….
Sharing food
Flowers, driving me to work when I don’t feel like it, buying me things even though I feel guilty, letting me lay on him and cry it out if needed.
Ugh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen one that I can’t say…
My husband feeds me every day. He decides what we’ll eat and gets it/makes it for me. Every day.
I’m a good cook. But I never have to do it unless I just want to.
In JROTC in high school, I was leaving on a trip with my team to go to a drill meet a few hours away. My mom stopped me off at the school and had baked ten dozen cookies for all of us to enjoy on our trip. When she left, she said, “alrighty, just don’t hit yourself in the head with the rifle!” When she got in her car, I turned to my friend Guzman and said, “all the other mothers say ‘I love you,’ but mine tells me not to hit myself…” He said, “that’s her way of telling you ‘I love you.’”
Notes! One time my wife new I was bumming she gave me a gift box,With hand drawn nudy pictures. She’s the best! I also love the fact she keeps all of the notes even the mundane ones. Consideration , and random acts of butt touches for the win!
Making me coffee if he gets up first.
I was whinging about being a bit fat a few days ago and he said “you’re fat in all the right places. I love all the bits I can hold”
An empty dishwasher.
“Text me when you’re home safe”
“I made your favourite treat”
“I’m sorry you’re having a hard time, want to vent?”
“This made me think of you”
Asking what you want to do for either of your birthdays, because it means they want to spend the day with you
Coming over and washing dishes/taking out garbage/general cleaning because you’re floundering and need help
They tell hard truths in the gentlest of manners
If my partner wakes before me, he brews coffee and brings me a cup in bed. True bliss.
When they walk you to your car and wave goodbye.
Kiss on the cheek
I send my husband pictures of birds I see on the street because I know he loves birds and I know it sends him screaming “I love you” energy
Gift giving out of nowhere.
“Did you drink water today?”
“Did you eat something today?”
little random touches:))
My partner always pats my head gently when I shift even a little bit in my sleep.
He packs me lunch, gives me forehead kisses, opens my car door, cleans my car, plays with my hair/scratches my head when we cuddle, massages my feet/legs when I kick them up to rest them on his, makes time for me even when he’s swamped with work, carries my things, etc.. honestly too many little things he does that screams he loves me.
Lucky to be loved by him.
When someone watches over you when you’re sick.
Getting someone something because u thought about them. I will see pants with a hello kitty head and get it for my sister. Or something with a frog and send a pictures to my aunt because she loves frogs.
My husband texts “Drive Safe” every time I tell him I’m leaving our house.
I have very long hair so whenever my husband and I go shopping, anytime we stop to look at things on the shelf, he repeatedly runs his fingers through my hair – it gives me goosebumps! I love it!
I can always count on my husband to answer the phone. He has rarely ever missed a call from me in all the years we have been together but the few times he has, he always called me back immediately.
Cleaning snow off your car for you.
Lots of stuff for me was with my car. Filling up an air bubble to fill my tire when I got home so I didn’t have to, cleaning snow off the night before bc he knew I worked early. Or cleaning mine off on the morning while cleaning his.
Anything that they know you don’t like to do, so they do it. Something as simple as changing the toilet role and setting the old one on the counter either a few pieces left on the role so I don’t have to bend my body in a weird way when I hurt my arm.
For me I find it as thinking ahead for him, too. Do some of his laundry for him. Buy him toiletries he’s almost out of. Pick him up something ik he likes at the store. Charge his watch when he forgets to.
It’s small acts if kindness for us
When they gently brush your hair behind your ear
dilated pupils
Giving the last piece of pie to your spouse even though you really wanted it
The excitement in her voice when she calls me
CUT FRUIT. Bonus: PEELED ALSO.
Attention to details on what matters to your, favorite stuff, everything hahaha
I’m both disabled and currently 36 and a half weeks pregnant, so I’m asking my husband for help with a lot of things.
It doesn’t matter to him if he wants to, if I interrupted him without realizing it, if it means he has to get up and put on pants and walk up a flight of stairs. He’ll absolutely be irritated sometimes. But he still gets up and helps me and waves off my apologies and thank-yous with kisses and a reminder to rest. He helps me every single time.
Random thigh pats, memorising small details about their routine
I have OCD. The first weekend my boyfriend stayed at my house, he watched me do all of my little rituals before we left the first afternoon – unplugging outlets, checking the stove, ECT. Come Sunday, we’re about to leave again and I said I just needed to put my shoes on – he immediately starts doing the rituals for me and it blew my mind. This man memorized my weird lil OCD habits and figured out how to help me with them like a month into dating without ever being asked to. Still not over that one.
Staying up with you when you have to do an all-nighter.
I’d say cooking for someone. Imo providing food for a person is a very primal expression of love in one of its purest forms.
Hey. I value your continued existence. Please, consume these calories 🤲
A little light spanking on the tush let me know my wife loves me
Getting you something even if you told him you don’t want anything + he knows what’s your go to snack
Honestly. Not caring if we fart.
You know when you’re sitting in the passenger seat and there is a sudden pause/stop wherein you’re pushed forward and the one in the driver seat immediately puts their arm out in front of you.
When my husband pays attention to something I’m into but he has no interest in. I’ve been recovering from surgery and I’ve felt bad about asking him to water the plants because I know they’re not his thing at all and he’s expressed his preference I don’t get more. But he’s still diligently watered things when I’ve asked, because he knows it matters to me and I matter to him.
Doing something they makes their life easier but that isn’t fun for you, like filling up their tire pressure, or picking them up from the airport.
Let me get you food.
Cleaning their place before you come over. “I want you to feel cozy and at home with me” is what that says 🥹
It’s all the little things that you do for someone.
Non sensual touch, compliments, thoughtful presents
My car is always full of gas. He always brings me coffee when we’re on vacation, cuz I sleep in later than he does. He always makes me dinner. But he never says I love you first. But he shows me in so many ways…
My husband makes my coffee almost every day because he knows I hate the sound of the grinder. 🩷
Did you eat today?
Little things like holding hands, a warm smile, or a surprise text can say ‘I love you’ without saying a word.
My boyfriend tells me news first than anyone else. Whatever it is, even, a stick. “Babe, I saw a good stick today near my office” he is the cutest.
My husband always makes sure the bath is run and food is ready when I get home after 12hr shifts. He is the best
My boyfriend will randomly pull me in and pepper me with a bunch of kisses on the forehead or in my hair sometimes. Random hugs. He takes care of me when I’m not feeling well. I don’t pick up of cues super well so he’s often just very verbally blunt with how much he loves me and I appreciate him so much for that. He does a lot more but I can’t list it all. But the little things really make me feel so loved and happy.
When the snow is heavy and it’s minus 20 degrees outside, my husband always walks ahead of me to make tracks so it’s easier for me to walk. It’s such a small, quiet gesture, but every time he does it, my heart skips a beat.
They make you a playlist.
My grandmom used to peel all my fruits well until I was 13. I had never seen a partially peeled pomegranate.
Remembering the little things, their favorite snack, how they take their coffee, or a story they told weeks ago. The loudest I love you isn’t always said, it’s felt.
My buddies and I were drunk at a bar an hour away. My wife LOVES TouchTunes so my buddies and I called her and asked her to change up the heavy rock vibe.
She played all requested songs, but also snuck in my favorite song without us asking. As a grown ass man, I legit started crying and called her to tell her how much I loved her.
My single AF ass over here reading all this :'(
Remembering small things. Examples:
Likes sharks. Favorite candy is peach rings.
Remembering little details is important.