Eleven Elephants

The other night I was sleepily texting my boyfriend before I feel asleep I told him that I love him tons and he responded with something that I thought meant, "how many tons?". My sleepy mind decided that eleven elephants (since eleven is the day of our anniversary and since I like elephants which weigh alot) sounded like the perfect answer. I fell asleep before I could explain or before I could see how confused he was since he actually didn't say anything along the lines of "how many tons". It has since become a joke between the two of us, I always tell him, "I love you eleven elephants" now when I say goodbye or want to be cheesy instead of sayings, "I love tons and tons". In my opinion, laughter and jokes are one of the most important things you can have in a relationships.



If there is one thing my relationship is NOT lacking, it is definitely sillyness. We definitely don't take ourselves to seriously and like to mess around with each other. If I think Sam is looking too serious after working on homework for awhile I'll go tackle him and engage him in a tickle war. I'm sure his neighbors probably think we're pretty weird; with the amount of laughing, squeaking (I occasionally squeak when tickled), yelling and running around that happens in here. When I'm upset Sam makes sure he tells some stupid jokes or sings a silly song or makes faces at me until I cave in and laugh. I absolutely love this about us. We know when to be serious and have had many deep conversations, but we ALWAYS make each other laugh. Imagine how boring a relationship would be without laughter. I know I wouldn't be happy with a guy who couldn't put a grin on my face when I was feeling down.

My challange for anyone who happens to read this is to put a little sillyness in your laugh. Squirt your partner with water as you're doing dishes, tackle him in the snow, making up a song and start singing just because. I promise you, you can't go wrong with laughter.

Disclaimer: If your significant other is in serious pain, crying hysterically or trying to talk about something serious (like breaking up, babies, in-laws) you may not wanna crack a joke. Use your brain; an ill-placed giggle could end in trouble.