4 app habits that indicate you are in a good relationship
‘The baby wipes are out’. ‘I’ll get some’. ‘Okay’. That’s about my average texts nowadays with my partner.
But yes, we are also in our notorious toddler years; those years with small children in diapers. And then you don’t text excitingly about what someone is wearing or in which bar someone is hanging out. You also don’t text steaming about how great it was last night, or hearts with I-miss-you. No, no. Those in a serious, adult relationship text very little.
These are the four habits that show your relationship is perfectly healthy and good:
1. You text practically
Business texting is sexy. More charming than you think. Because you know each other inside out, you don’t need to prove yourself anymore, you can just ask what you want to ask. You dare to do that, and so does the other. Yes, sometimes it’s a bit serious in tone, but underlying that is true love. You are a team.
2. You text little
Well, I’m not saying that never texting is good. But you don’t need to send kisses and sweet nothings and iloveyou’s all day long. You both know that by now. So you text what’s necessary and not the unnecessary. And occasionally a standout with a love declaration: I approve.
3. You text a lot of photos
Because you know each other so well, you speak in images. Look, our child is crawling for the sixteenth time, have you seen it? Have you seen my office? Look, my desk. Look, my cappuccino to go. Look, darling, look. You look at things together and respond to them with a photo. Thousands of photos in your shared media is a beautiful sign of love.
4. You never ignore each other
That phase of playing hard to get is passé. You just respond when you have time. And of course, sometimes you’re at work and can’t always send back long texts (you don’t do that anyway), but you always respond to everything. No one is silent. That whole game is fun when you’re dating and want to come across as exciting and mysterious. No need for that anymore when you have a nice relationship.
Still happy with those boring ‘okay’s’ from my husband, but luckily I don’t have to text him that.
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