You Know You’re In A Long Term Relationship When…

Can you remember what yourself and your other half were like when you first started going out? Chances are you were all about the romance, making sure you looked amazing before you met him and showering each other with compliments.

Young love is great. However, like everything love ages over time. Eventually the romance is replaced with comfort and the hot, we-just-started-dating sex is forsaken for nights in front of the telly together rocking a matching set of onsies.

Here are a few of the signs that let you know your young love has aged considerably since you first started dating. But like with a fine wine, a great relationship just becomes even more fun with a few years on it!

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You Know You’re In A Long Term Relationship When…

You squeeze his spots: This is something you swore that you would never, ever do yet here you are squeezing his pimples for him without batting an eyelid. You want to know what’s bad? You’re no longer grossed out by the thought of doing this. You want to know what’s even worse? You sort of enjoy it.

You’ve ditched your “sexy” pyjamas for comfortable ones: Before you used to slip into bed in a slinky black silk number. Now you throw yourself onto the mattress all wrapped up in layer upon layer of fleecy goodness. Before you were a mysterious sex goddess, now you just look like a yeti but hey, at least you’re comfortable and warm.

He makes no effort to disguise his farts in front of you… He’s become so comfortable around you that he openly lets rip when you’re in the room.

…Worse still, you can’t help but laugh at them: Oh how you’ve changed.

Your sex life revolves around box sets: When it comes to having sexy time with your other half, the conversation usually goes like this: ‘Right, we can have sex tonight or we can finish the first season of Game of Thrones, but we can’t do both because we have to get up early for work.’

You show each other you care by doing chores: His way of saying ‘I love you’ is when he puts clean sheets on the bed. Your way is by doing the washing.

You sort of forget how to act when you’re in public together: You forget that other people don’t understand all those in jokes you have together. You also address each other by those sickening nicknames you use when you’re at home. Sometimes it just slips out when you’re in public and you can’t help it.

You talk about gross things: You have conversations together about topics that you never, ever thought you’d discuss with your other half. He now knows your entire medical history and he gave you a running commentary that one time he was constipated for two days.