30 Almost Effortless Gestures Your Boyfriend Wishes You Would Do More

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29. Place a warm towel in the dryer while he showers

“Taking a minor interest in my hobbies because they matter to me, so by extension they matter to her now too.

Also, every time I go to shower she puts a towel in the dryer for a few minutes so I can have a warm towel to dry off with. First time she did it I was speechless.” — AppealToReason16

30. Surprise him with food

“When we were first dating, my wife would come into my shop near the end of my 12 hour shift with corona bread, some other food and a huge hug. I couldn’t leave the shop for a moment, so more often than not that was the first food I’d had all day.

Yeah, I put a ring on that.” — 12thKnight Thought Catalog Logo Mark

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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.

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.

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

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.

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