You know when you swear off relationships and you dont want to meet someone right now.

That night where you contemplate staying in but your friends force you out.

Suddenly youre talking to someone and you dont think much of it at first.

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Carly Rae Hobbins

Another conversation youll forget and another person whose name wont matter.

But then you realize how different they are.

You realize quickly this could be something.

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Carly Rae Hobbins

That certainty frightens you a bit.

Next thing you know youre walking hand in hand with someone who was once a stranger.

Youre going on dates and youforgot what it was like to be nervous around someone.

All of it happens quickly before you even have time to doubt it or question it.

Someone who looks at you and sees a future in your eyes.

They become part of your routine and you almost forget what your life was like without them.

Youre waking up next to this person and youre appreciating the little things.

The five more minutes in bed.

Every night where you sleep a little better knowing they are there.

Its the corney songs that start to make sense you used to skip.

The books you start to read because they told you too.

The foods you start to try because they told you to.

The shows you watch you probably never would have before them.

Its the friends you start to meet that become your own.

Its the family that made you nervous at first then they become your own.

Its the life you start to share.

The holidays that are a little better when you have someone to share it with.

Its the exes you ignore when they come lingering.

Its the past you now can escape because youve found something better.

Its the fights that teach you not only things have to end so badly.

But those things are what make a relationship stronger.

Its the sacrafices you make because their happiness is as important as yours.

Its the little things they take the time to notice about you.

What you like what you dont.

What makes you smile a little bigger.

The best relationship of your life will be with someone who surprises you often.

Someone who never stops trying to prove they deserve you.

Someone who reminds you every day that they appreciate you.

The best relationship of your life will be with the person who admires everything about you even your flaws.

The ones who build you up that you learn to love yourself a little more.

You trust them with your secrets and your real uncensored opinions.

They learn your quirks and habits and learn to live with all of it.

The unconditional love that makes it worth it.

When the wordsI love yousound a little sweeter.