As a girl who has been single her whole life, it amazes me how often friends come to me for relationship advice. What qualifies me to advise you, considering I have never been in a serious relationship and therefore have no first hand experience? Regardless, I always do my best to analyze the situation and give good advice. Many of my own friends' relationships seem to be solid in my opinion. Here are a few ways to tell if yours is as strong as theirs.
You do his homework and write his essays for him.
Obviously you want a smart boyfriend; if you do all his work then he is sure to get good grades.
You don't let each other look at a member of the opposite sex.
When you walk through public you only stare at the ground, because God forbid your boyfriend accidentally looks up, he might notice that you aren't the only girl in the world that has boobs.
You love to communicate.
You are constantly texting 24/7 because you are so interested in their lives you always want to know what they are doing. Even if they are simply watching Netflix, you should be getting a play by play of the episode.
You expect an invite to any plans they have.
All his friends are playing video games tonight? You'll be there watching! All her friends are getting pedicures? You're there sitting in the waiting area!
You understand that sometimes technology breaks.
When she doesn't answer your phone call the first six times, you realize that it isn't her fault, she probably accidentally dropped her phone in the toilet trying to answer, and she's waiting for it to start working again. She totally appreciates that you continued calling 65 times in a row and once it works again she will be sure to answer and thank you.
You don't have any other girls' numbers in your phone.
She deleted all the girl contacts from your phone. Need to study with someone in your chemistry class? I suggest you make friends with some guys in the class!
Your love is so strong you don't need gifts.
Holidays aren't important, spending time together is more important than spending money on the other; you have been together for six years but he doesn't want to get you anything for your birthday? That's okay, his presence is a present.
You send him pictures of your outfits before you go out in public so he can approve.
It's really sweet how much he cares what you look like; you definitely shouldn't wear yoga pants because another guy might accidentally stare at your butt.
You have a lot of trust.
Who cares if your best friend saw him kissing another girl in public? He told you he didn't so obviously your best friend was lying to you.
You break up frequently.
The more times you break up, the more likely your relationship will be even stronger when you get back together, because people change.
You fight with each other in public.
Nothing says, “we are a happy couple” like getting in screaming fights in public. That way when he posts the woman crush Wednesday photo on insta that night, everyone thinks it is so mature how you are able to work through your problems and move on.
You constantly scroll the activity feed on Instagram.
You want to make sure your boyfriend isn't liking pictures without texting you back, because if he is, you should definitely call him out – boys love that.
You don't ever go out.
Girls only go out to meet boys, and since you have already met your person you have no need to go out and neither should he.
You lie to your parents and friends about hanging out with him.
Everyone knows it's more romantic to keep it a secret anyways, right?
*Disclaimer: As you read this article, if you notice it sounds slightly like your relationship, it probably is!!!!! Seek help*
