Sometimes I just need someone to tell me all the things that they like about me. That I’m okay just being me. I don’t need to think twice about the way I speak, the way I laugh, the way I exist, or think, or involve myself in my surroundings. Tell me I can be loved like a plant by the window. That you can be happy just looking at that plant and that in some ways you can’t live without it.

“And when you choose a life partner, you’re choosing a lot of things, including your parenting partner and someone who will deeply influence your children, your eating companion for about 20,000 meals, your travel companion for about 100 vacations, your primary leisure time and retirement friend, your career therapist, and someone whose day you’ll hear about 18,000 times.” — Tim Urban, Wait But Why - How to Pick Your Life Partner