Making fun of your partner gives your sex life a boost

I am the messy one of the house and mister is particularly neat. We know that. And we laugh about it. When we see nine blocks from Bodi and Daaf scattered across the floor, we look at each other.

I don't care a bit. He becomes neurotic and has a slight panic attack. Nine blocks on the floor? They should be neatly stacked and placed with the other toys. If I tell him at night in bed that I couldn't find one block from the tower, he is capable of going to look for block number six at four in the morning. And then I can't keep up: we clearly laugh at each other's weaker points. He loves order and routine (imagine if I put my carton of oat milk in the wrong place in the fridge) and I... Love a house where life is lived, so to speak. I'm the type that finds doing the laundry quite fun but hates folding it and lets it pile up until there's a mountain to see. He is the type that fastens the onesies at the bottom before folding them into stacks by color on his own shelf in the children's closet. Clear differences in a relationship aren't so bad, as long as you have a little fun with it. Because making fun of your partner a little is a boost for your relationship.

Researchers from Appalachian State University say that having fun together about the not-so-fun things in life is a good indicator of a successful love. Can you laugh about something that is actually a bit of an annoying trait? A good plan. Snoring, those expensive pumps you can't walk in at all... Just make each other look silly and you'll see that it ultimately brings you much closer together. In the end, those little things you joke about together are important for your daily contact. That's something between the two of you that no one else understands. It creates more intimacy between you – which can also lead to more action in bed.

I'll see if I can find block number six somewhere tonight. Who knows what it will bring me.