What I’ve Learned In My 6 Year Relationship

One of my favorite parts of my relationship is the realizations I’ve had along the way. Six years is a long time, and hopefully anyone would grow in that amount of time, but I’m especially proud of myself for growing the right way alongside my fiancé. My history of love is tough. Sometimes I think…

Things I’ve Learned 5 Years Into A Relationship

If you scroll wayyyy back on this blog, you’ll find some posts from a time in my life where I was anxious, heart broken, depressed, and jaded. It was a time in my life where I had to be alone to grow because I had just gotten out of a toxic relationship that didn’t end…

What I’ve Learned After 4 Years Of Being In A Relationship

Life is hard and relationships are an aspect of life - so they aren't always easy either. My boyfriend and I are celebrating 4 years together and if there's one thing I learned, it's that nothing is a constant. I wrote about how our 3rd year together had the theme of sticking together. I don't…

What I’ve Learned After 3 Years Of Being In A Relationship

My boyfriend and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary recently and so much has changed just in the year since I wrote this post. And so much had changed in just the year before that. I don't think I can write this one in list form because year 3 has been an overarching theme - sticking…

What It Really Means To Love Someone

I will first start out by saying, everyone loves differently. So I can't speak for everyone, but I can try to speak generically. Loving someone doesn't mean saying "I love you" every morning, evening, and night. It doesn't mean spending all your free time together and thinking about them every minute of the day. It…

What I’ve Learned After 2 Years Of Being In A Relationship

Our two year anniversary of dating is next week! For a reflection of what I learned after one year, click here. I learned a lot about myself when I was single, I've never been one to jump from serious relationship to serious relationship. I think self exploration can be done in a relationship, it's just…

What I’ve Learned After 1 Year Of Being In A Relationship

So I had taken about three years off from committed relationships before diving into the one I'm in now. The last real committed relationship I was in lasted four years and this one has just hit the one year anniversary! 🙂 I learned a lot about myself in the time I spent casually dating and…