82 Reasons why I love you
1 1 I love the way you get all sweaty and hot when you take a really good nap.
2 I love that you have the patience to tech me about Islam. For letting me ask a bajillion stupid questions and not shutting me out because of my ignorance.Â
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I love that I see a future with you. But not just the daydreams of eight dogs and a mansion, but the real stuff. the little starter home and the weekend omelets while we dance to chance, and the serious stuff like taking car of our parents in their old age and how we’ll start a family.Â
4 I love the way you programmed my car radio for me. You just did it. I would never have done it, and you just took care of it. Thank you.Â
5 I really do love your fashion sense. Sometimes I don’t get it, but I always appreciate it.
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I love the way you chew your food. If anyone else did that I would probably be disgusted, but for some reason when you do it’, it’s adorable.
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I love the way you try to understand my OCD, and treat learning about it very seriously.
The fact that you’re not ticklish. At all. Ever. Never ticklish. I’ve never tickled you. Like wow how are you the only human ever who could never be tickled.
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9 I love the way you let me eat your food, even when I said I wasn’t hungry.Â
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How you’re unabashed, unashamed, and clear about what you want. And that sometimes what you want is me.
11 I love that you read. Even more so, I love that you really take in and think about the things you read.
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I love that you make the future I dream about real.
13 I love that we can just sit and be in each others presence and enjoy it.
14 That you’re an artist. even if you haven’t painted in a while, it’s in you in the way you see the world and create beauty in it by just being you.
15 I love the way you give me
butterflies with just a text.
16 I love how gross you are. So gross.
17 I love your love of the moon. Everyday you’re amazed by its new form, and that wonder of the world and appreciation of something thats there literary every day of your life is a wonder in itself.
18 I love how we were meant to be.
19 I love your capacity to care. Not just of me, but of everyone around you. You go above and beyond to make sure that people are respected and cared for.
20 I secretly love how you’re actually a serial killer who wears socks during sex and brushes your teeth in the shower.
21 I love the way you’ve made me feel desirable in a way I never had before. you’re slowly teaching me to like things about me that I’ve always hated.
22 I love how distracted you get.
I love your willingness to love and be a part of my family. Even when it’s hard, you show up and that means the world to me.
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24 I love the way you hold me in your sleep.
25 I love the way you’re open to improvement. Whether it’s therapy, or educating yourself about something new, or wanting to further your education, you realize that everyone should continue to grow through their lives, even if it’s really hard.
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I love that you don’t try to change who I am, but you encourage me to be a better me. I like to make my bed now,
27 I secretly loved how jealous you were of Neville. But I loved it even more when you took him into your heart.
28 How you talk to me about race, and understanding when all the fucked up shit becomes too much. Letting me teach you about new things about race and stuff, and helping me adjust how I talk about it. Teaching me about your expericen dealing with racial issues in america. Not being afraid to tell me about the hard stuff.
29 The way your skin tastes.
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I love your presence. How everyone is drawn to you in a room. And I love that you own it.
31 I love the way you say buh-baybeee.
32 I love the way you let me tell you to breathe when you’re panicking, and you actually listen.Â
33 I love the way you read the news. Like not as a chore, not as a way to show off in front of people, but simple so you’re aware. I don’t think you realize how rare that is.
34 I love that you like to be the big AND the little spoon.
35 I love your joy and love of music. How a good song can fully take you over. And I love that you’re trying to teach it to me.
36 I love that you take interest in my interests. I love that you take interest in everyone’s interests. You appreciate everyone’s passions and that is so cool.
37 I love the way you look into my eyes like you can really see something wonderful there.
38 I love your pride. At first it was really off-putting, and its something I still don’t really understand or am totally comfortable with, but you’ve taught me how it can be a good and important thing. And taught me to have some pride too.Â
39 I love how smart you are. Like, SO fucking smart I can’t even understand everything going on in your head.Â
40 I love the fact that you’re a crier.
(You are a crier, you can’t deny it.)
41 I love that you’ve experienced so much in the amount of life you’ve had. And I love that you take into consideration each of those experiences everyday.
42 I love your willingness to compromise and make our differences work together.
43 I love that I know deep in my heart that you’re going to change the world. I love that you want to make a difference.
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45 I love the way you airplane and get squirmy when we talk in the morning.
46 I love that you grudgingly allow my girliness. I love that we can talk about gender and sexuality openly and honestly, and sicover new things together.
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I love the way you wear my clothes.
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I love you because fuck you, Sim.
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I love the way you can be an absolute GOOF, and that you bring that pure joy and doofusness out of other people.
50 I love the way you burst into song sometimes. The sound of you singing makes me so happy.
51 I love your tiny little microsephaly head.
52 I love your hair.
53 I love how you talk to Milo, like he’s a real person and you care about what he has to say. I love that you do this with everyone, no matter what.
54 I love how different we are.
55 I love how you’re always willing to lend a helping hand. Whether it’s driving your mom somewhere, donating blood, or helping me with crazy projects, you always volunteer to help.
56 I love that your just that much taller than me that when we hug you can really wrap me up and feel safe.
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I love that you understand when I mess up. For understanding when everyone messes up. You’re amazing at keeping in mind how everyone is human, and giving people second chances.
58 I love the way you dance around the kitchen when you make food, even if there’s no music.
59 I love that you’re open about who you are, even when it’s not the easiest thing. Even when you’re not completely sure.
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I love your little puzzle peice.
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I love that you have an active imagination.
62 I love that you can find enjoyment from pretty much anything. You can make a night in just as fun of an adventure as anything else.
63 I love that you let me do this.
64 I love how you can hold long intelligent conversations with my family, and with pretty much everyone else.
65 I love the way you’re like an alien to the internet. I truly find so much joy watching you discover new memes and not be over it like the rest of the world.Â
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I love and am so thankful for how you’ve taught me to be more open with my emotions. And being patient when I shut down.
67 I love that you’re an amazing kisser
68 I can’t beleive I’m admitting it, but I love the fact that you’re an absolute douche. I hate it, but I love it, but I hate it. It’s intoxicating baby.
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I love the way you do that squinty glower when you’re trying to be cool. And I love how I’ve literally never seen you do it when we’re home alone.
70 I love your long beautiful fingers, and how you can hold my whole hand in yours.
71 I love your extraordinary capacity to love.
72 I love your freckles. And your ankles. And your butt. I love it all.
73 I love that little curl that always falls into the center of your forehead.
74 The way you care about your friends. I don’t think I’ve told you this but you’ve taught me a lot about what it means to be a good friend, just from watching you. And it’s helped me so much.
75 I love that you’re actually a huge fucking nerd and play war of the worlds or whatever the fuck that is.
76 I love reading poetry with you. I love how just being there with you makes me appreciate it more.
77 I love the way you care for your family. I love the way you gossip with your sister, and joke with your mother. I love how they are and will continue to be such a huge part of your life.
78 I love your enthusiasm for anything and everything, whether it’s a bowl of lucky charms or a new person you’re talking to.
79 I love how you’re my best friend.
80 Even though sometimes it drives me crazy, I love how you want to talk through everything. I love getting to see the way your mind works and how different it is from anyone else’s.
81 I love the future that I see with you.
82 I love how hard it was for me to narrow these down to 82.
Happy birthday, baby. Here’s to 82 more.