Things I Love About You.

1. I love the way you exude strength just by your presence alone.
2. I love the softness of your hair wrapped around my fingers.
3. I love it when you kiss my forehead.
4. I love your insistence on talking before we go to bed, even when you’re away and in another timezone.
5. I love the softness of your lips.
6. I love the way you curl your tongue out of the side of your mouth when you’re concentrating.
7. I love your short pauses before answering my tough questions.
8. I love that you never leave a question of mine unanswered.
9. I love the way light illuminates your beautiful eyes.
10. I love your soft, porcelain skin.
11. I love tracing the lines of your collarbones.
12. I love you in a suit and tie almost as much as I love you naked.
13. I love the way your breath in my ear sends chills up my spine.
14. I love how perfectly I fit in your lap.
15. I love how much bigger your hands are than mine.
16. I love the way you rest your head on my shoulder before we fall asleep.
17. I love your hand at the base of my spine when we’re walking together.
18. I love that you still open doors for me.
19. I love that you learned to make breakfast just so you could make mine for me in the morning.
20. I love the way you say my name.
21. I love your kind heart.
22. I love that you ask me to match your ties to your shirts.
23. I love the way you let criticism roll off your back.
24. I love your quick wit.
25. I love watching you with children, and find myself hoping that you’ll be the father of my children; you will make such an amazing father.
26. I love that you go out of your way to make everyone around you most comfortable- even at the expense of your own comfort.
27. I love your generosity, especially with your time.
28. I love how tightly you hold me and how safe it makes me feel.
29. I love your subtle charm.
30. I love that you call your mother every day.
31. I love that you know what I want before I even realize that I want it.
32. I love your laugh and the way that it makes me smile.
33. I love your terrible jokes.
34. I love the way you sing in the shower and deny that you do.
35. I love that you always text me back.
36. I love your obsession with routine.
37. I love your tenacity in the way you stand up for yourself, and me, and anyone you love.
38. I love that you truly would do anything for me.
39. I love that you always eat the ice cream at the bottom of the container [instead of letting it go to waste] when I no longer want it.
40. I love the way that you let me be myself [flaws and all] without needing me to change a single thing.
41. I love that you accept my friends as your own and treat them as you would treat me.
42. I love that my entire family loves you.
43. I love that you refer to it as “our” house even though you own it and I’m resistant to moving in.
44. I love that you love chocolate even more than I do.
45. I love that we can have the best time together without saying a single word.
46. I love your tenderness.
47. I love the way you smell fresh out of the shower.
48. I love that you make it easy.
49. I love that you try to see the best in everyone else, even when you know better.
50. I love that you consider me your equal partner.
51. I love that you always insist on paying, even though I don’t love it when you actually do.
52. I love it when we’re not doing much of anything at all- as long as we’re together.
53. I love the way you leave me speechless.
54. I love that you challenge my (sometimes skewed) logic.
55. I love that you think you’re a good rapper- when you are clearly not.
56. I love how obvious it is you respect everyone around you, young and old.
57. I love that you always insist on getting out of the car to fill up gas, even when it’s my car.
58. I love you when you’re sleepy and disheveled in the morning.
59. I love that in the time I’ve known you, you’ve never talked down to me.
60. I love that you’ve taught me to be an optimist.
61. I love watching your lips while you speak.
62. I love our pasta nights.
63. I love that you know my favorite flowers and always bring a bouquet home after you’ve been away.
64. I love your ability to be the most influential person in the room without saying a single word.
65. I love that we don’t even need to talk to understand one another.
66. I love that you miss me when I’m gone.
67. I love how easily you swear.
68. I love that it’s already been 4 years and it feels like we’ve barely scratched the surface.
69. I love your naturally protective nature.
70. I love it when you let me rub your earlobes just because I feel like it.
71. I love that you know exactly how to push my buttons.
72. I love your patience.
73. I love that you stopped drinking milk and juice straight out of the carton only because I told you I hate it.
74. I love that you let me choose which side of the bed I want to sleep on.
75. I love that you give the best back rubs.
76. I love that you hold your own with my family.
77. I love your inability to lie.
78. I love the way you kiss me.
79. I love knowing that this is it. You are it.
80. I love that you let me make fun of your terrible taste in music.
81. I love our early morning cuddles, as brief as they can sometimes be.
82. I love the way you tilt your head when you’re listening intently.
83. I love how clean you keep your car…and mine.
84. I love that you take your shoes off at the door, no matter whose home you’re in.
85. I love that you love my cooking.
86. I love that these are not all the things I love about you.
87. I love you. All that you are, as you are. I am so lucky you have you in my life and I don’t know what I would do without you. Like I said, you are it and I am so blessed.