I’m just having a whinge here so I don’t bring it up to DP unnecessarily…
He’s not one for compliments or talking about romantic feelings. He’s a wonderful partner and we are making practical steps towards our future together.
I pointed out to him yesterday that he’s never actually told me that I’m the person he wants to be with long term, or anything to that effect and that sometimes it actually left me wondering.
He was astounded and pointed out we’d just been talking about fertility testing for planning a family, and we’d been working out our finances to see if it made sense to live together. And we spend all our time together. He was genuinely confused that I’d even question it.
I couldn’t disagree, of course, but I did say it would be nice to actually hear those kind of things. He was reassuring and we moved on.
Off the back of that conversation, I said something quite romantic to him via text about getting old together.
He gave me one of those heart emoji’s people use to “like” a WhatsApp, and I’ve not heard from him since.
He does have a tendency to leave his phone alone for hours and reappear when he feels like, and I don’t like it at the best of times, but I do respect it.
In the context of yesterday’s conversation though, and after a soppy text like that, I just think it’s a bit shit!
I thought I’d post it here rather than making a fuss but I’m a bit miffed!