The rhythm you've built and expressed here is beautiful.
I also loved this "We both have our own lives, and then this whole other life that's just ours, just the two of us, that we guard like a dragon's most precious treasure. That's part of it too."
I feel like acknowledging our individual selves as one part (well two, you and the partner), and the relationship as a separate, third part, is fundamental in a healthy relationship.
This is so lovely! It reminds me a lot of my own relationship (nearly five years!). They hate folding laundry and I love it, I get anxious doing product/handyman research and they enjoy finding the best for our buck....we play to our strengths and love supporting each other. You're right, that's so much of what it's founded on. Goofy sleepovers of friendshiplove forever!
Oh. This is--pure joy. And for someone in a new relationship, pure hope.
The rhythm you've built and expressed here is beautiful.
I also loved this "We both have our own lives, and then this whole other life that's just ours, just the two of us, that we guard like a dragon's most precious treasure. That's part of it too."
I feel like acknowledging our individual selves as one part (well two, you and the partner), and the relationship as a separate, third part, is fundamental in a healthy relationship.
This is so lovely! It reminds me a lot of my own relationship (nearly five years!). They hate folding laundry and I love it, I get anxious doing product/handyman research and they enjoy finding the best for our buck....we play to our strengths and love supporting each other. You're right, that's so much of what it's founded on. Goofy sleepovers of friendshiplove forever!