Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Comfort Zone. Welcome to the things you do on your own but that now you have to do with someone else because you share too much time together. Don't be scared -- the comfort zone sometimes arrives too early in the relationship -- all it means is that you have spent so much time together that now your souls are sticking to form one. One relationship.
The majority of people that tend to be afraid of this stage explain that the comfort zone will take away their romanticism; and in reality, it depends on perspective. I look at it this way: You enter this cool platform, and now you can finally take off the heavy layer that you carried around for long months. This layer came with a lot of fake laughs, swallowing your opinion, held-in farts, jealousy, wanting to order more food, among other things that you regularly wouldn't do with someone you like.
When you reach this level, the trust you have in your partner will slowly increase and stretch no matter how many times that person sees you in ugly underwear. Some people are stuck between the realization of a new lifestyle and falling loose to the comfort pool. I say, what's the worst that can happen? Both of you love each other, and as long as you learn to maintain a strong connection and to talk about your concerns on a regular basis, the beam scale will remain fair.
Symphony of farts
As gross as it gets, this might be one of the steps you might want to get out of the way before anything else. How uncomfortable is it to hold your soul between your butt cheeks and wait until you get home to release it? Guys are usually the first ones to peek-a-boo the fart, so just go with it. Some girls tend to be very reserved about this subject and swear that they have never let one out even if they have been dating the guy for two years.
In my defense, I have found several tricks: fart, walk faster; fart while he's pumping gas. But if your relationship continues a productive journey, both of you will eventually have to fart in front of each other (merely to prevent health issues), and if you can't stand it, that's nature, so carry Febreeze. Or, if you are already successful at this point, and you are cool with it, fart on!
Messy hair, don't care?
LOL, to my defense my S.O. met me this way. Though, there are some guys and girls that are very high-maintenance since the beginning, and there's no day they will go out without looking like artists. I say everything is relative, and there also comes that one day where your life's a mess -- you pulled an all-nighter studying for finals, coffee isn't doing its job, it's cold outside, your dog peed inside -- and you just can't handle having to dress decently in 2.5 seconds. If you are comfortable with a naked face and messy hair in front of your partner, awesome. If he is comfortable with your naked face and messy hair, he is the real MVP.
Have a mint
OK, so you two just went out to eat and there's no gum in your purse. Damn. But one day you will stop being ashamed of yourself, and you will turn and face your S.O. right in the eye, and you will purposely kiss him with your I-had-lunch-earlier-cheeseburger-large-fries-large-Coke kiss, and you will give no damns. Either that, or he will stop you and tell you how bad your breath smells. Being so busy with work and spending all day studying at your campus sort of takes basic time from you such as brushing your teeth after every snack. I mean, it happens -- but if you truly can't stand each other's breaths, then carry your toothbrush with you everywhere you go and have the audacity of offering your loved one a mint.
Deal with it once a month
We know this -- it's natural -- but I can agree some girls uncontrollably take it to the next level. One day you're dating a sweetheart, and the next day you're dating Satan. (Don't even say that to her face. Ever.) Guys think that girls know themselves and what is going on in their body, but really, we just know the Easter egg broke inside of us and that there is no baby. A series of emotional breakdowns, neediness, and food cravings come our way with a slight touch of a blood avalanche.
I guess it all depends on how well the girl controls and contains herself. If you know your girl is on her period --congratulations, you have reached a big level of trust between the two of you. So, in advance, we are sorry. Never mind, we're not sorry for our mood swings. You need to understand that we need to be fed chocolate, and you must hug us when we feel like it. Thou shall not complain, and let me clarify: Women are always right. Sincerely, a girl on her period.
Making fun of exes
*Sighs* OK, for some of us this could result in a psychological challenge. If you avoid talking about that one person, you are not ready. And that's OK, from both sides really. Either you are not ready to talk about your douchy ex, or you are not ready to hear from the person that your partner used to love. But as the relationship keeps going, you will eventually want to know every single detail from your partner. Everything. And so it will hurt to know that someone once held your position, but remember someone else took your partner's place, too.
Crying and overthinking will come in handy, and that's why you have to cave in your forehead that all this is in the past and that now the show star is you. Most of us try to act very modest after a breakup -- "I will never speak bad of my ex. Even though he was a stupid cheating dog, he deserves my respect." Sound familiar? LOL. Well, to your luck, your current S.O. is someone that wants to talk shit about your exes as much as you do. Trust me. And if your S.O.'s exes are something that still haunts your thoughts, chances are you can begin to insult his/her exes too. It becomes a mix of weird emotions, because it's funny but you are seriously putting in your mouth the name of someone you dislike very much. But I mean, it's OK because you have come up with a thousand ugly nicknames for that person and they will never know.
Remain loyal and funny
My last tip is to remain loyal and funny. Loyal -- because you've got to be, and if you don't appreciate your S.O.'s fart bubbles of love, the bad-breath adventures, or the periods of period, then you should reconsider not only being with this person but being in a relationship because, trust me, we all do these things. And funny -- because as long as you pay attention to the funny matters in these things, your relationship will continue to be both lively and lovely.
Carpe Diem.
