What makes you happy in your current relationship?

[diamondeyes10]

I want to balance out the sad posts that are common on here... so tell me what makes you happy in your current relationship/marriage? (It can be qualities of your bf/yourself/situations/family etc!) How long have you been together?

I will start:

(4 years, not married but live together)

Having been in a number of relationships where my partner hasn't put me first or made an effort, I really appreciate how much thought he puts in to making me happy; from cooking me lovely meals to buying me thoughtful gifts.

I appreciate the fact that when we have a problem we can discuss our feelings without rarely getting into a full blown arguments

He is incredibly kind hearted and I love how easy going and friendly he is with others (He's made friends with most of the men in the gym!)

I really feel like we are a partnership working towards goals that we both desire.

I can be completely myself around him and we can be very silly

Lastly he is extremely handsome and I love him! 😍

I left an abusive relationship. I wasn't ready for a relationship, but fancied the pants off now dp. We were FWB for a while.

I fell for him for loads of reasons. It's all the small stuff.

When ds was in hospital recently, he made no fuss about it ruining our romantic evening. He sent me off and told me I could go back his if I wanted (we was staying with his dad that night). While we was waiting to be seen I went outside the hospital to make a call. Dp was sat there in the waiting room all alone. I asked what he was doing there and he told me that he didn't want me to be alone, but knew exh would kick off if he came into the room cubicle. So he sat there and waited for hours, just in case we needed something.

He does stuff like that all the time, he is there for me without being over baring or taking over. If we disagree he never makes me feel shit and worried or anxious about it. We sort it out. Exh would leave me upset and wouldn't speak to me for days if I disagreed with him.

He does make me laugh and we have fun.

On the more trivial stuff, he does loads around the house. He had 2 weeks off at Christmas and if I had to work, the house was spotless, diy had been done, tea was the oven and there was as bath for me. I do these things for him too, though.

On top of that the sex is amazing. I mean amazing.

I mean don't get me wrong, he isn't perfect. He still farts and snores, grumpy when hungry etc But all that is fine because the rest more than makes up for it.

He works so hard for us so that we can have/do nice things and is now working a 6th day in the week to get his own business off the ground.

9/10 I can get him to go to the shop for chocolate for me if I need it

My dh is a very decent good human being.

I love seeing my boyfriend have friends that admire him so much (seriously, they like fight over him), makes me see that he’s just truly a nice bloke.
I also love how much we laugh together, dancing stupid in the living room, play fighting and being completely ourselves around each other.
He has a son from a past relationship, I don’t have any kids but I love how much he has made me feel a part of his family and that me and his ex actually get along. His parents are also amazing, they brought up a lovely son.

I have a wonderful marriage with my husband and even though we are still in the honeymoon stage (just over 5 months married), we are blissfully in love!

There is not a day that goes by where we do not play fight! We love to pinch, pull, jump on each other, we are like 2 to two grown up kids having a laugh and making fun of each other always. Apart from that, my husband is my best friend and we talk about everything and anything. We can stay up all night gossiping, chatting and laughing. He always takes me on date nights, even though we are struggling financially after our wedding.

We can't even fight anymore as he will just make me laugh as soon as I get angry about something. I think its really important to appreciate your partner/husband in your relationship, understand their needs and work towards making the other person feel good. We both try to be that for each other and I am so lucky. I really appreciate that he hasn't put any pressure on me even though we have been struggling to get pregnant since our wedding. I really am the luckies women in the world and I do really pray that all the women on here (who struggle with their partners), overcome any challenges or find someone just as great as my husband!

OK. I am in a casual but caring FWB relationship after a miserable 20 year marriage.

• he is a fantastic friend (and was before anything sexual ever happened).

• he is without a doubt the most intellectually deep person I have ever known.

• he is from a different culture/country to me. I love listening to him & learning about his life & heritage (and him to me).

• he is beautiful.

Oh & really should have added!

• we are very compatible sexually. I’ve never had sex like it - and I’m 43 & pretty adventurous!