Should You Romanticize Your Relationship?

How To (Actually) Swoon For Your Partner

A few weeks back, I started noticing a new reel trend on social media. The audio: Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) by Usher is popping up everywhere. Although there's various spins on it, the most common one I've seen is a woman smirking with the text "when people ask why we keep having kids..." and then the camera flips to her husband emerging from a body of water or a big car looking effortlessly hot.

Is there social commentary to made about these reels? Sure! But I find them kinda cute, because I'm a sap and like seeing people openly love on their partner, even though I know better than most that social media isn't real life.

That said, looking at your partner with a passionate, romantic gaze isn't really about making spicy reels for the rest of the world to see. It's about cultivating, in yourself, a stance toward them that allows you to keep seeing them as a whole human, one separate from you. It's about remaining open to surprise, even when you know them so so well.

Today, I'm breaking down 5 fast practices to encourage your brain to keep seeing your partner as a Love Interest for years to come.