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Do you often belly laugh with your DH/DP?

92 replies

blueberries1 · 02/04/2024 03:17

I mean a real belly laugh that makes you cry. I just realised I never do or have with my DP yet I do often with my kids and did with ex’s in the past.

OP posts:
Northernsouloldies · 02/04/2024 03:51

Yes ,I like to caper and act the goat.

JustAWorm · 02/04/2024 03:57

Yes, we make each other laugh at silly things all the time but at least once a week or so we will do or say something that leaves us both hurting from laughing, not able to breathe - and then when brought up again even years later will make our faces hurt from grinning or snort laugh again. We've been together over 10 years. I never had this with anyone else. We are comfortable to be ourselves, warts and all, around each other and that helps a lot.

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 02/04/2024 04:09

Not really, no. We have a laugh but not as you described, OP.

I did with my most recent ex. I've never laughed so much in my life, and I do miss it. He was a massive twat though, so it came at a price.

Josette77 · 02/04/2024 05:29

Yes. It was in my list of non negotiables as silly as that sounds.

I needed someone funny and self deprecating. My ex was very serious.

I think Marilyn Monroe once said "if you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."

Tintackedsea · 02/04/2024 05:36

All the time. We tickle each other's funny bone.

Morwenscapacioussleeves · 02/04/2024 05:39

Heading for 30yrs in & yes we make each other laugh often. Often stuff that's not really funny to anyone else
(I can't imagine having sex with someone you don't have a laugh with!)

Sprinkles211 · 02/04/2024 11:21

I don't think I've belly laughed since school, I miss being carefree and in the moment.

DoYouSmokePaul · 02/04/2024 11:23

Yes! We’re both funny people and can make “good” jokes, but more often than not we make each other cry with laughter over ridiculously lame things like a made-up song or putting on a weird voice.

usernother · 02/04/2024 11:29

I couldn't be with anyone who wasn't funny and I didn't have a laugh with. My OH and I make each other laugh every day. The last time I laughed until I cried was the weekend when we were out with friends, and it's a regular occurrence.

Bloom15 · 02/04/2024 11:29

Yes - loads of times

Nicebloomers · 02/04/2024 11:32

Frequently. Mostly at him, but at least he’s self-deprecating.

stripes92 · 02/04/2024 11:37

Yes, all the time. He makes me laugh every day.

K0OLA1D · 02/04/2024 11:40

It really hard for my DP. I'm disabled and I know it's hard for me, but people forget how hard it is for people living with people who are disabled. But we still manage to have a good laugh together. I miss him when we're not together. We make a good team

CettePersonne · 02/04/2024 11:41

Yes, quite often. I'm much more of a joker than him so I don't necessarily laugh like that at him or his humour. But we laugh about things together, things we've read or are watching, my terrible jokes, things the children say etc.

MyBigFatGreekSalad · 02/04/2024 11:49

Yes, although less frequently atm with a newborn!

One of the reasons I fell in love with my partner was his weird sense of humour, I've never matched someone's humour more.

Devilsmommy · 02/04/2024 12:01

My DH makes me full on belly laugh at least once a day and he always has. It's part of the reason I fell in love with him so hard and fast. We are always laughing and joking and there really is nothing better than a good belly laugh😁

londonloves · 02/04/2024 13:21

Never. One of the reasons I am so miserable in my marriage.

Cuppachuchu · 02/04/2024 13:25

All the time, we try to out do each other. I couldn't be with someone who didn't have a sense of humour and enjoy a laugh.

BabyImReadyToGo · 02/04/2024 13:29

A proper belly laugh about once a week or so. It usually starts with something completely random, then we both keep re-setting each other off.

DP will lift his top to show me his belly shaking, that'll make me laugh until I snort like a horse, which makes DP laugh more so his belly shakes more, so I snort more and so on....

When we start to calm down (tears down our face, struggling to breathe at this point), I do a big exaggerated sigh which sets DP back off, into the belly, the horse snorts again....

Hermione101 · 02/04/2024 13:34

londonloves · 02/04/2024 13:21

Never. One of the reasons I am so miserable in my marriage.

100% same. He’s so serious and proper all the time.

I belly laugh with my DCs daily though.

speakball · 02/04/2024 14:56

Just this morning we were imagining what it would be like if we had pterodactyls flying about still and were making each other laugh more and more, imagining them flapping about on the bird feeders and our cats trying to drag one through the back door. We’ve always liked making each other LOL. I like a partner who can make me cry with laughter.

Messagetoyou · 02/04/2024 14:59

All the time. He’s hilarious. We like to laugh and be silly with each other.

whatsinanumber · 02/04/2024 15:01

yes, we laugh a lot. With the (teen) DC as well. And we know each other so well now that very little needs to be said for it to be funny because the other will 'get it' straight away. It's massively important to me and I don't think I could be married to someone I couldn't really laugh with. Marriage to DH isn't perfect and we pull in different directions on quite a few things but I'm so grateful that we can really have fun together as a family.

SanFranBear · 02/04/2024 15:04

Yes, all the time. We laugh a lot although he makes me outright belly laugh more than I do him - but that's more his character I think, slightly reserved. But the joy and fun I see in his eyes - it's all there, just under the surface!

PivotPivotmakingmargaritas · 02/04/2024 15:05

These posts make me sad and jealous…..

No I don’t anymore we’ve grown apart since being parents I’ve grown up he’s stayed a boy and I find his humour rather embarrassing now…. Hopefully one day I will find my match

Well done to those ladies who have , have lots of extra laughs for me please