Blissful Moments That Happen When You’ve Been Together For A Long Time

[caption id="attachment_836742" align="alignleft" width="1068"] Bigstockphoto.com/Attractive African-American young couple having fun on beach[/caption] After you’ve been with your partner for a while, if you’re in a good relationship, you’ll experience this very interesting sensation: life feels easier. Every little part of it, from eating to working to exercising to socializing. And that’s because when you’ve been with your partner for a long time, he almost always know what you’re thinking, he knows your routines, he understands your pet peeves, he can recognize your moods as they change and he knows what you like and don’t like. You, likewise, know all of those things about your partner. So it’s like you both always have someone who has your back, and navigates situations to make them a little more pleasant for you. Here are blissful moments that come from being together for a long time. [caption id="attachment_608920" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He accompanies you in the bathroom

Sitting on the toilet for a long time can become boring. There are only so many magazines you can read and Instagram feeds you can scroll through. So your partner does you the favor of sitting outside the bathroom door and chatting with you, just as if you were out to lunch or getting coffee. You do the same for him when he’s in the bathroom. Hey—you could be in there for 30 minutes, and that’s valuable time to hang out.   [caption id="attachment_697222" align="alignleft" width="468"] Shutterstock.com/Menu[/caption]

He knows your orders

Whether you’re running late to meet everyone for a double date or your phone died and you’re without a charger on your way home, your partner knows what to order for you at every single restaurant. It’s almost like having your order saved in the computer everywhere, but your boyfriend is that computer. He even knows your tastes so much that he can spot a new thing you may want to try, too.                 [caption id="attachment_702068" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He gets you out of something

Your partner now knows which people you don’t like hanging out with and what sorts of activities you don’t like. If a friend calls him up and asks if the two of you want to go to (insert activity you don’t like here) your partner doesn’t even ask you anymore—he just automatically makes up an excuse for you.               [caption id="attachment_701870" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He cleans your underwear

When you first started dating, there was no way you’d let your partner clean your underwear. Even if you desperately needed to do laundry, had no time to do laundry, and he was doing a load, you wouldn’t toss in your panties. Those things could have period stains, skid marks, dog teeth bites and who knows what else. Now, you gladly let him clean even your grossest of underwear.           [caption id="attachment_693996" align="alignleft" width="420"] Corbis Images[/caption]

You agree to get sex out of the way early

You both agree that while, yes, you’re attracted to each other and sex feels nice, it’s also a hassle, requires a lot of energy, and cuts into time you could be doing something else. So you both agree to have sex at 4pm, so you can make the early bird special at dinner, catch the movie you want, and go to bed early. And you both feel really accomplished after having sex at 4pm. Like, you high five each other.         [caption id="attachment_703763" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Your partner understands all your other relationships

Your partner understands the intricacies of your relationship with your boss, every coworker, every friend and every family member. All you have to do is say, “I hung out with insert person here today” and your partner knows whether you need a glass of wine, time alone, or to vent about it.             [caption id="attachment_609325" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

You get on the same social cycle

Your social energies sync up. You both feel like staying in on the same nights, and going out on the same nights. You both want to bail on the same activities, too. You can even tell, in advance, how you’ll feel about something. So if your friends invite you to a party in three weeks you both agree, “Tell them maybe we’ll make it because we might be cranky from seeing your parents that day.”   [caption id="attachment_705360" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

You dodge fights like a ninja

You know exactly what subjects set your partner off and if you sense them coming, you know exactly how to distract him. He knows the same about you. Oh, and you’ve gotten to the point where you can have a full fight and solve it within basically three hours. That’s great, because then you don’t need to skip the plans you made that night to stay in and fight.             [caption id="attachment_707169" align="alignleft" width="421"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

You communicate with your eyes

Just by looking at your partner, you know when he’s bored, when he’s angry, when he wants to leave, when he’s feeling insecure, and even when he’s hungry. All your partner has to do is give you a look and you’ve already ordered an Uber and a pizza to your home, and started saying your goodbyes at the party.             [caption id="attachment_697265" align="alignleft" width="500"] Credit: Shutterstock[/caption]

You stop calculating utilities

You know that you’re going to spend your lives together, so what does it matter if you owe him $13 at the end of the month or he owes you $7? At this point, you buy each other so many packs of gum and beers and floss that trying to keep track or who owes whom what is impossible.                 [caption id="attachment_702816" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

You do a successful setup

You and your partner successfully set up another couple. That is a good feeling. This is something that can only happen when you like all (or most) of the same people, and you see eye-to-eye on what makes a relationship work. You’ve figured out certain equations that make this personality trait and that one create this chemistry and now you’re applying those equations to other relationships. You’ve developed such a successful formula in your relationship that you want to spread it!         [caption id="attachment_705349" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]  

Realizing he really is your best friend

You have a moment—maybe when you and your partner are gossiping about another couple or successfully talking the bartender into giving you a free round of shots—when you realize your partner is your best friend. You have the same dynamic with him that you have with your female best friend from childhood. It’s pretty amazing to have created that with someone else, later in life.         [caption id="attachment_607656" align="alignleft" width="467"] Shutterstock[/caption]

You become shamelessly cheap together

You have no problem rushing to a place to get the happy hour prices (and ordering eight rounds of drinks before happy hour ends, to get half off). You’ll sit side-by-side on your laptops researching coupons for the already-cheap motel you’re booking. You’ll pack snacks for the movie because you don’t want to pay for them at the theater. Neither of you are embarrassed about any of this anymore.             [caption id="attachment_609308" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

You become really, really lazy

You agree to pay the delivery charge for the pizza place that is walking distance from your place because you’re both just so comfortable on the couch. You’ve both created elaborate tactics to somehow get the remote control to your hand, using just your feet, and some broom nearby. You’re both totally on board with having nights when you barely move, and don’t clean any dishes until the next day.   [caption id="attachment_715025" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Sex accessories become a grocery

You talk very casually about things like your favorite lubricant. If your partner is ordering some on Amazon, you remind him that you have a coupon to the nearby drugstore that carries it. If you’re standing in line at the store, you call your partner and in not-so-hushed tones ask him if he wants the vanilla or cinnamon flavored edible lube. You ask this next to a woman just buying compression stockings.

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