Things I miss about having a partner

The washing machine opens on the right side, and bumped into the door jam. It’s stacked, so it’s heavy, and took me A LOT of pushes to move it the one centimeter I needed to fully open the door. 😅🤪

1. Having someone with muscle and strength to move the laundry machine when its cycle gets so out of control that it moves out of place and gets stuck.

2. Having someone to remind me to get my oil changed—or better yet, do it for me.

3. Having someone to put down as an emergency contact.

4. Having someone to smell, because that dopamine hit is real.

5. Having someone to hug at the end of a long day.

6. Having someone to call—in the good, monotonous, and bad—knowing we are each other’s number one priority and the first person with whom we want to share any news (incoming essay on this).

7. Having someone to ask, “did you eat today?” and making sure I’m always fed (I am lousy at feeding myself anything beyond cheese, crackers, pasta, eggs, whatever random produce I have on hand, and coffee).

8. Having someone to spend the holidays with, especially on the weeks I don’t have my boys.

9. Having someone to sleep next to every night and wake up to every morning.

10. Just having someone there.

The silence is so loud sometimes.