Do you often belly laugh with your DH/DP?

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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.

This made me laugh. Quite a lot of our humour is around anthropomorphising the animals around us, our dog, its interactions with the cat next door etc and we laugh a lot about each other as a family and our annoying habits. Helps take the heat out of family tensions.

All the time. Didn’t with my ex DP and now realise what I was missing.

@PivotPivotmakingmargaritas sorry the posts have made you sad. I hope it's just a passing phase for you and your partner. Maybe your DC are still young? I do remember that when ours were small, everything was a bit relentless and knackering and there prob was a lot less laughter in the house generally

I don't laugh that hard, even when somethings hilarious. I can probably count on one hand the number of times in my life I've laughed so hard, tears streaming down my face.

DP on the other hand manages it daily. I don't think I'm any funnier than her, so I just don't think I'm capable of that reaction.

Yes fairly regularly. More when we get high... and when we have more down time together.

We've been together 20 years and DH often makes me die with laughter - like, I think I'm going to be sick because I'm laughing so hard.
Either because he says something purposefully funny, or acts the fool, or he references one of our 'in jokes' that's been running for years.
I also make him crack up regularly.

My DP is hilarious and makes me laugh like a drain. I make him laugh too. It's such an important part of our relationship and a big factor in why we've lasted for almost 20 years.

Yes, although often by accident. Like this weekend when he confused an article about the actress who played Brienne of Tarth with a nearby picture of Prue Lieth. It made me cry with laughter.

I laugh with my dh, but he doesn't make me really laugh. It's not his fault though, I have quite a specific humour and I only have a couple of people in my life who can really get me proper laughing. That doesn't mean I don't find him humourous or enjoyable to be around though.

Never

No not for many years. I'm very jealous of those who have that kind of relationship.

Yes and laughing together is important.

Absolutely! Can’t imagine life with a partner who you don’t laugh with. Humour is key in a relationship. You need it to get through the hard parts.

I think my husband makes me laugh until I cry at least once a week. If he sees me laughing, it eggs him on to behave even dafter…then he can’t stop laughing 😂 it’s one of the things I love the most about him.

Yes, often! Especially when it's us and our two teen dc together.

Yes, frequently.
We have quite different senses of humour but we do amuse one another a lot.
We've been together 25 years.

No.
We often laugh at something together, or are "mildly amused" but not regularly rolling round the floor / crying / wetting ourselves type extreme laughing.
Indeed, as I don't with anyone else either.
I mean, we will have done at some times, but not 'regularly'.

I can totes tell you how it would be. 😂
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Yes, often!

It's interesting you've made this observation too. My ex used to make me belly laugh until I teared up. He was also a cheating arsehole who destroyed my mental health. I don't ever laugh like that with DH, but I love him in a much deeper and more meaningful way. So although I've often reflected on your same realisation, for me it's not necessarily a negative thing.

All the time. We have brilliant, crying belly laughs together. Often when we are in bed getting ready to sleep one of us will remind the other of something comical and that sets us off. Our middle child often comes up to our room to see what all the commotion is about and have a giggle with us.

yes all the time over the silliest things ,I love that about us

Yes we laugh together a lot, we have lots of little in jokes that only we would get and both easily able to make the other smile in the way that makes your eyes sparkle - the type of smile that not anyone else ever sees.

No not really. We do laugh at things, but not intensely like that. We don’t really share the same sense of humour. I absolutely adore him though, so I don’t think it’s a big deal unless there’s any unhappiness going on.

Yes and I really enjoy that we can be totally daft and one of us will say something that will make both of us laugh and not be able to stop, the kind that does bring tears and probably wouldn't even be funny to others .
I didn't have this with my ex dh and it is so lovely to have it now