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- Asks you on a real date and follows through.
- Holds open your doors.
- Pulls out your chair.
- Takes your jacket.
- Stands when you excuse yourself from the table.
- Let’s you order first.
- Pays.
- Stands on the outside of the sidewalk.
- Walks around with a handkerchief, ‘just in case.’
- Walks you to the door.
- Wants to meet your father.
- Introduces you to his family.
- Thanks you for a great date, every date.
- Drives you to and from places.
- Introduces you to his friends.
- Texts back quickly.
- Supports you and all you do.
- Doesn’t push sex immediately.
- Takes care of you when you’ve had too much to drink.
- Asks how you are and waits for an answer.
- Talks confidently about the future.
- Pays for your cab.
- Kisses your forehead.
- Learns what you like in bed.
- Learns to read you and knows when something isn’t right.
- Still gives you butterflies.
- Reaches for your hand when walking.
- And kisses you for everyone to see.
- Pushes you to become better without wanting to change you too much.
- He keeps you on track with your own goals.
- Admires the life you have outside of him.
- Doesn’t get jealous.
- He teaches you without belittling you.
- Makes you laugh until you’re crying.
- Has deep emotional conversations.
- Works through fights and doesn’t walk away.
- Respects your privacy.
- Present when you need him.
- Doesn’t cancel often but makes it up to you when he does.
- He shows you his favorite places.
- Values trust and honesty.
- Remembers little details you tell him.
- The guy who makes sure you text him when you get home.
- Who doesn’t mind hanging out with your family.
- Or you when you sing too loudly in the car to songs he doesn’t like. He doesn’t change the station.
- Travels just to see you.
- And asks you how your day was.
- Someone who never makes you question how he feels about you.
- Tells you when he’s proud of you.
- He likes you best when you’re in a t-shirt with your hair pulled back.
- He knows when to apologize and how to make it up to you.
- Makes you laugh just looking at your phone.
- You don’t run out of things to say.
- He pushes you out of your comfort zone.
- Try this food. Go this place. Read this book. Watch this movie.
- And you grow from it.
- When he wins over your heart and doesn’t stop trying.
- He makes you realize why every other relationship failed.
- Someone who touches you so subtly it means so much. – His hand on your leg under the table. His hand on your back when you’re standing next to him.
- Someone who doesn’t mind that you take all the blankets.
- Or you sleep on his side of the bed.
- Or that your hair is always in his face when he sleeps.
- Someone who makes you breakfast in the morning and lets you sleep.
- Is passionate about his career.
- Always says yes to you.
- Orders you food, even though you say you’re not hungry but he knows you’ll take his.
- Someone whose word is their bond.
- Labels don’t scare him and he wants to call you his girlfriend.
- Someone who still likes you when he’s seen you at your worst.
- And isn’t afraid to say I love you first. [tc-mark]