Reason I Love Tyler #37

Relationships require balance. You must have respect. You must have trust. You must have quiet reflection. You must let your significant other know how much they mean to you. But you must also have laughter. The light times are just as important as the heavy.

Goober, BLANKY-Pants, and Funny Faces

Tyler and I have lots of inside jokes, but here are a few of my favorites.

Goober is southern slang for peanut. But somehow it came to be a loving title for when I am being goofy. It's a synonym for "adorkable", truthfully, which is a word that is too twee if you ask me. I love it when Tyler calls me a goober. It reminds me that, yes, I am a dork, but he loves me for it, not in spite of it.

I don't know how this second one started. One night I was tired and I said I was "Sleepy-Pants", I think. The next morning, after not enough sleep, I proclaimed I was "Cranky-Pants". Eventually, any word came to have "pants" attached to it. Hungry-Pants. Sexy-Pants. Silly-Pants. Gassy-Pants.  My favorite was when I crawled into bed saying something like "I am so Sleepy-Pants right now." Tyler put his arms around me and said, "Can you be No Bra-Pants?" Love it!

Finally, I love the faces Tyler makes. Once I was goofing around with his camera phone. He was feeling me up and making this lustful yet goofy look. I snapped a picture and thankfully have a physical copy. Now when we look at each other, we make that face accompanied with a growl. Another time, Tyler was squinting at the TV because he left his glasses in the living room. I always try alert him to this but this time he forced his eyes way open and opened his mouth in this unnerving way. I COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING. It was frightening and hilarious.

I'm so happy Tyler and I share the same sense of humor. It's wonderful to have someone to laugh with and then kiss and cuddle. And who could resist this face?