30 Almost Effortless Gestures Your Boyfriend Wishes You Would Do More

By Thought Catalog, June 5th 2018

https://develop.thoughtcatalog.com/?p=895533

10. Dance with him

“Joining in if I’m humming or whistling.

Pulling me away from what I’m doing to dance with me.

Putting strange decorations on the table (in secret) when I’m in the kitchen making us food.

Waking me up with their face painted like a cute mouse and trying to nibble at me very mouse like.

Acting out some silly pretend scenario and trying to get me to play along.

Drawing me a picture/making art for me.

Convincing me it’s ok to cry, that they see vulnerability and emotion as a strength, not a weakness.

Taking the time to talk through something without getting angry. Knowing we are both just trying to connect and understand each other.” — pixeltarian

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Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino

Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.