thoughtcatalog--2020-11-16--30 Ways Women Can Make Men Feel Loved And Admired

1 .
Just a simple , gentle , and loving touch .
I don ’ t mean sexual , although who knows , depends on the mood .
I mean simply reaching over for no reason to place a hand on my check or shoulder and giving me a look full of love means more to me than I can say .
A lot of men ( myself included ) are starved for something like this .
It really improves my mood for the rest of the day .
2 .
Let me be the little spoon .
3 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ loved/is not a failure .
Not randomly , as that doesn ’ t mean much .
Tell him when he is struggling with himself , or when he is losing faith in himself .
Men ’ s feelings are usually repressed due to society not accepting their weaknesses , but we need as much support as anyone else .
4 .
Breakfast in mother fucking bed .
Best goddamn birthday present I ever received .
Woke up to cuddles and breakfast .
Best goddamn day ever .
6 .
Lay her head on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together .
Even better if she dozes off – means she feels comfortable and safe with me .
Makes me feel completely content and happy .
7 .
Ask me how my day was .
Seriously , I just kind of want to know I ’ m on someone ’ s radar .
9 .
When I ’ m cooking or doing the dishes or any menial task , and she just walks up behind me and hugs/holds me just to be close .
11 .
If she bakes me sweets , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world .
12 .
“ Hey here ’ s a picture of something I saw when I was out and about that reminded me of you.
” 13 .
When me and my partner settle in for the night , she always scratches my back .
It ’ s such a small gesture but it ’ s like 20 % of the reason I fell in love with her .
14 .
Make effort to talk to me and spend time with me .
Most of the time I feel like I am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people I actually know want to spend time with me .
15 .
At least pretend to be interested in the random stuff I ’ m excited/interested in .
16 .
She ’ s a keeper if she asks you if you want to lay your head on her lap .
Even more so if she has thicc thighs .
17 .
This one will probably get buried , but it ’ s nice being called by my first name once in a while .
It ’ s a small thing , almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like I matter .
18 .
Cuddle on the couch with me while watching movies ?
Yup , that ’ d do it all right .
19 .
Enthusiasm .
Especially if on a date , nothing makes a guy feel better than knowing that you genuinely are excited to be there with them , doing whatever you planned for that day .
20 .
When we ’ re hosting or at a party and my wife fixes me a plate of food , finds me , and hands it to me… It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I feel loved .
21 .
Laugh at stupid/not funny jokes .
It just makes us feel that we can be funny even if we ’ re not .
22 .
Run your fingernails across our back until we fall asleep .
We ’ ll marry you in a heartbeat .
25 .
Simply running her fingers through my hair can make me fall for her all over again .
29 .
Quite honestly , just comfort us .
Most guys are absolutely touch starved and aren ’ t used to getting affection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hug them , cuddle them , kiss them , be nice to them , comfort them when they are down , tell them it ’ s okay to cry .

Here’s some advice from some real men from Ask Reddit.
1. Just a simple, gentle, and loving touch. I don’t mean sexual, although who knows, depends on the mood. I mean simply reaching over for no reason to place a hand on my check or shoulder and giving me a look full of love means more to me than I can say. A lot of men (myself included) are starved for something like this. It really improves my mood for the rest of the day.
2. Let me be the little spoon.
3. Tell the guy that he is good/matters/is loved/is not a failure. Not randomly, as that doesn’t mean much. Tell him when he is struggling with himself, or when he is losing faith in himself. Men’s feelings are usually repressed due to society not accepting their weaknesses, but we need as much support as anyone else.
4. Breakfast in mother fucking bed. Best goddamn birthday present I ever received. Woke up to cuddles and breakfast. Best goddamn day ever.
5. A back rub. Sweet Jesus.
6. Lay her head on my shoulder/chest as we’re sitting together. Even better if she dozes off – means she feels comfortable and safe with me. Makes me feel completely content and happy.
7. Ask me how my day was. Seriously, I just kind of want to know I’m on someone’s radar.
8. Scratch my head.
9. When I’m cooking or doing the dishes or any menial task, and she just walks up behind me and hugs/holds me just to be close.
10. Give us a compliment.
11. If she bakes me sweets, I feel like the luckiest person in the world.
12. “Hey here’s a picture of something I saw when I was out and about that reminded me of you.”
13. When me and my partner settle in for the night, she always scratches my back. It’s such a small gesture but it’s like 20% of the reason I fell in love with her.
14. Make effort to talk to me and spend time with me. Most of the time I feel like I am always the one reaching rather than having people I actually know want to spend time with me.
15. At least pretend to be interested in the random stuff I’m excited/interested in.
16. She’s a keeper if she asks you if you want to lay your head on her lap. Even more so if she has thicc thighs.
17. This one will probably get buried, but it’s nice being called by my first name once in a while. It’s a small thing, almost insignificant, but it makes me feel like I matter.
18. Cuddle on the couch with me while watching movies? Yup, that’d do it all right.
19. Enthusiasm. Especially if on a date, nothing makes a guy feel better than knowing that you genuinely are excited to be there with them, doing whatever you planned for that day.
20. When we’re hosting or at a party and my wife fixes me a plate of food, finds me, and hands it to me… It’s one of the many times I feel loved.
21. Laugh at stupid/not funny jokes. It just makes us feel that we can be funny even if we’re not.
22. Run your fingernails across our back until we fall asleep. We’ll marry you in a heartbeat.
23. Give enthusiastic sex or blowjobs.
24. Nothing like a home-cooked meal!
25. Simply running her fingers through my hair can make me fall for her all over again.
26. Kiss our foreheads.
27. Touching my beard.
28. Spontaneous, unannounced hugs.
29. Quite honestly, just comfort us. Most guys are absolutely touch starved and aren’t used to getting affection from people. So compliment them, hug them, cuddle them, kiss them, be nice to them, comfort them when they are down, tell them it’s okay to cry.
30. Surprise kisses. Like, jump scare level, sneak attacks.


thoughtcatalog--2020-11-16--What Each Zodiac Sign Isn’t Used To Experiencing In Relationships

You ’ re not used to relationships where fights are handled maturely and respectfully .
You ’ re not used to relationships where you ’ re comfortable showing your real self .
You ’ re not used to relationships where you receive as much as you give .
You ’ re not used to relationships where the other person makes you feel valued .
You ’ re not used to relationships where you ’ re friends as well as lovers .
You ’ re not used to relationships where the love is equal instead of one-sided .
You ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is actually good .
You ’ re not used to relationships where you can picture a long , stable future together .
You ’ re not used to relationships where your thoughts and opinions matter .
You ’ re not used to relationships where you trust each other completely and there is zero jealousy .
You ’ re not used to relationships where you actually get what you want instead of bending to the other person ’ s will .
You ’ re not used to relationships where you ’ re valued for @ @ @ @ @

Aries
You’re not used to relationships where fights are handled maturely and respectfully.
Taurus
You’re not used to relationships where you’re comfortable showing your real self.
Gemini
You’re not used to relationships where you receive as much as you give.
Cancer
You’re not used to relationships where the other person makes you feel valued.
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Leo
You’re not used to relationships where you’re friends as well as lovers.
Virgo
You’re not used to relationships where the love is equal instead of one-sided.
Libra
You’re not used to relationships where the sex is actually good.
Scorpio
You’re not used to relationships where you can picture a long, stable future together.
Sagittarius
You’re not used to relationships where your thoughts and opinions matter.
Capricorn
You’re not used to relationships where you trust each other completely and there is zero jealousy.
Aquarius
You’re not used to relationships where you actually get what you want instead of bending to the other person’s will.
Pisces
You’re not used to relationships where you’re valued for more than your body.


thoughtcatalog--2020-11-16--5 Telltale Signs A Queer Woman Is Into You

Here ’ s the issue with being a bisexual or a lesbian woman : it ’ s very hard to tell if another woman is interested in you , or even gay at all .
Most of our pop culture is focused on interpreting heterosexual signs between men and women , like a lot of arm-touching or direct eye contact .
Far less is on how to tell if women like you if you ’ re a woman to begin with , or how to learn to interpret those signs as romantic interest rather than casual friendship .
As a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on more than one occasion , here are the signs that — in hindsight — were glaringly obvious that a queer woman might be into you .
Often the biggest hurdle in finding other bi or lesbian women is that you ’ re presumed straight until proven otherwise , and sometimes even then .
Especially if they ’ ve dated men in the past , which is the case for a lot of queer women , most of their social circles will assume they ’ re 100 % straight .
If your potential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , long hair , maybe ex-boyfriends ) but is decked head-to-toe in rainbows whenever she runs into you , it ’ s probable that she wants you to be crystal clear on the fact that she ’ s gay .
There ’ s a reason for that .
2 .
She talks about being queer around you .
This is another common tell — trying to casually work in the fact that she ’ s gay in conversation .
Again , with a lot of women who don ’ t meet the stereotype @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in most pop culture , the primary concern is letting you know they ’ re not straight .
If she manages to drop in several conversations with you the fact that she ’ s queer in any way , it may be a subtle indication that you could consider her as a potential match — if you ’ re interested .
3 .
She tries to find out your sexual orientation .
Once she ’ s established that you ’ re pretty sure you know she ’ s gay , she ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out whether or not you ’ re gay .
I really can ’ t stress enough how hard this is — even though I know now I ’ m bi , I still look like what our society would consider extremely heterosexual , especially with my male cisgender partner on my arm .
It ’ s hard to get someone to reveal their sexuality to you without being prying , so this will be a pretty subtle sign .
But if she ’ s asking about your weekend plans , questions about any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your history , it might be because she ’ s trying to work out if you ’ re gay or not .
4 .
She drops compliments on you nonstop .
This tell is hard to parse because as women , a lot of us are socialized to read excessive compliments as simple friendship or jealousy .
Sophia , one of my coworkers a few years back , was into me — every day started off with her lavishing me with a compliment on me .
I believed myself to be straight at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t have the slightest inkling that Sophia wasn ’ t really obsessed about every inch of my hair , skin , and clothes — she was obsessed with me .
I brightly thanked her for every compliment and issued one in return , as per the societal conventions , and continued about my life blithely unaware of her interest .
Instead , I secretly suspected she hated me .
Why else would a woman spend so much time saying nice things about the way I looked ?
Let me save you the pain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried to kiss me later at the office holiday party : if a woman is complimenting you nonstop , take one minute out of your day to think about whether it might not be because she hates you , but because she ’ s into you .
5 .
She finds excuses to touch you .
This is one sign that ’ s the same no matter what the gender of your potential love interest .
The issue here is one of perception .
If a woman touches you casually , you might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good , very close friendship , but friendship nonetheless .
It ’ s really hard to flip that switch in your brain to see the gesture as romantic — especially if you ’ re still getting to grips with your own sexuality .
If a woman is constantly peppering you with little touches — brushing your arm , grabbing your knee , snagging your hand , or smoothing your hair — she like likes you , no matter what gender you are .
Touching someone is an intimate thing to do , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of romantic interest .
The hardest thing to do if you ’ re a non-straight woman is to understand that it is romantic .
I spent months convincing myself that my friend was doing friendly hip-checks and friendly butt slaps and friendly hand grabs .
It was more than friendly , and I wish I had picked up on it at the time .

Here’s the issue with being a bisexual or a lesbian woman: it’s very hard to tell if another woman is interested in you, or even gay at all. Most of our pop culture is focused on interpreting heterosexual signs between men and women, like a lot of arm-touching or direct eye contact. Far less is on how to tell if women like you if you’re a woman to begin with, or how to learn to interpret those signs as romantic interest rather than casual friendship.
As a useless bisexual who has been very clueless on more than one occasion, here are the signs that — in hindsight — were glaringly obvious that a queer woman might be into you.
1. She is wearing Pride paraphernalia.
Often the biggest hurdle in finding other bi or lesbian women is that you’re presumed straight until proven otherwise, and sometimes even then. Especially if they’ve dated men in the past, which is the case for a lot of queer women, most of their social circles will assume they’re 100% straight.
If your potential crush presents stereotypically straight (no plaid, long hair, maybe ex-boyfriends) but is decked head-to-toe in rainbows whenever she runs into you, it’s probable that she wants you to be crystal clear on the fact that she’s gay. There’s a reason for that.
2. She talks about being queer around you.
This is another common tell — trying to casually work in the fact that she’s gay in conversation. Again, with a lot of women who don’t meet the stereotype of “butch lesbian” we see in most pop culture, the primary concern is letting you know they’re not straight.
If she manages to drop in several conversations with you the fact that she’s queer in any way, it may be a subtle indication that you could consider her as a potential match — if you’re interested.
3. She tries to find out your sexual orientation.
Once she’s established that you’re pretty sure you know she’s gay, she’s then going to try to subtly work out whether or not you’re gay. I really can’t stress enough how hard this is — even though I know now I’m bi, I still look like what our society would consider extremely heterosexual, especially with my male cisgender partner on my arm.
It’s hard to get someone to reveal their sexuality to you without being prying, so this will be a pretty subtle sign. But if she’s asking about your weekend plans, questions about any partner you might have, digging into your history, it might be because she’s trying to work out if you’re gay or not.
4. She drops compliments on you nonstop.
This tell is hard to parse because as women, a lot of us are socialized to read excessive compliments as simple friendship or jealousy. Sophia, one of my coworkers a few years back, was into me — every day started off with her lavishing me with a compliment on me.
I believed myself to be straight at the time, so I didn’t have the slightest inkling that Sophia wasn’t really obsessed about every inch of my hair, skin, and clothes — she was obsessed with me. I brightly thanked her for every compliment and issued one in return, as per the societal conventions, and continued about my life blithely unaware of her interest. Instead, I secretly suspected she hated me. Why else would a woman spend so much time saying nice things about the way I looked?
Let me save you the pain and confusion I experienced when she then tried to kiss me later at the office holiday party: if a woman is complimenting you nonstop, take one minute out of your day to think about whether it might not be because she hates you, but because she’s into you.
5. She finds excuses to touch you.
This is one sign that’s the same no matter what the gender of your potential love interest. The issue here is one of perception. If a woman touches you casually, you might think it’s friendship. Very good, very close friendship, but friendship nonetheless. It’s really hard to flip that switch in your brain to see the gesture as romantic — especially if you’re still getting to grips with your own sexuality.
If a woman is constantly peppering you with little touches — brushing your arm, grabbing your knee, snagging your hand, or smoothing your hair — she like likes you, no matter what gender you are. Touching someone is an intimate thing to do, and it’s a fairly universal tell of romantic interest.
The hardest thing to do if you’re a non-straight woman is to understand that it is romantic. I spent months convincing myself that my friend was doing friendly hip-checks and friendly butt slaps and friendly hand grabs. It was more than friendly, and I wish I had picked up on it at the time.


thoughtcatalog--2020-11-13--180+ Love Messages for a Wife Because She Deserves to Feel Loved

You shouldn ’ t wait until a holiday or birthday to send your wife a romantic love message ( although you should definitely send a sweet word on special days ) .
Whether you want to send her a romantic love quote from a movie or come up with something a little more original , there are plenty of ways you can send her a loving message .
Remember , your romantic message doesn ’ t have to be anything fancy .
However , it does have to be meaningful .
Here are some of the cutest love messages for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wife on your anniversary : 1 .
Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife .
Each year , I love you more and more .
2 .
Dearest wife , the years we ’ ve spent together have been the best years of my life .
3 .
You ’ re my one true love .
I ’ m so thankful to spend my life alongside you .
4 .
I still can ’ t believe the most beautiful woman in the world agreed to date me .
Happy anniversary , my love .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough for the happiness you continue to bring me .
I ’ m so lucky to call you my wife .
6 .
I loved when you were my girlfriend — but I ’ m even happier now that you ’ re my wife .
7 .
I can ’ t believe we ’ ve already reached ( X ) years of marital bliss .
8 .
To my beautiful wife on our anniversary .
I will never stop loving you .
Or hitting on you .
9 .
We ’ ve made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re going to make so many more !
10 .
I bought some beautiful flowers for the woman who made my life so beautiful .
11 .
Our anniversary only comes once per year , but I hope you know how much I love you the rest of the year , too .
12 .
My darling wife , I can ’ t wait to make sweet love to you later .
14 .
Thank you for showing me what a happy marriage looks like .
You ’ re the best , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not talented enough to write you a love poem or a love letter , so I ’ m just going to say I love you dearly .
16 .
Today is such a great day .
The day when my entire life changed .
The day when I met my favorite person .
17 .
Dear wife , I would be miserable without you .
You make my life so much brighter .
18 .
I always think it ’ s impossible to want you more , but each year you prove me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to spoil you rotten today .
You deserve everything your heart desires .
The best valentine message to send your wife : 22 .
Happy Valentine ’ s Day to the woman who makes my life worthwhile .
23 .
On this Valentine ’ s Day , I hope you feel loved and admired .
25 .
My love for you grows stronger each passing year .
Happy Valentine ’ s Day , my darling wife .
26 .
You ’ re my true love , today and every other day .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Valentine ’ s Day without some chocolate .
I have plenty waiting for you .
28 .
Today is my favorite holiday because I have permission to spoil you rotten .
29 .
I remember our first Valentine ’ s Day together .
Time with you has flown — and I ’ ve enjoyed every second of it .
30 .
I want to shower you with kisses today .
I want you to know how much you ’ re loved .
31 .
Happy Valentine ’ s Day to a woman who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m so grateful to spend this holiday with my true love .
33 .
Valentine ’ s Day or not , you ’ re the only person who has my heart .
34 .
Our love is better than any story .
Happy Valentine ’ s Day , sweetheart .
35 .
Every day feels like a holiday when we ’ re together .
36 .
I can ’ t believe we ’ ve spent this many Valentine ’ s Days together .
We have a love that really lasts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Valentine ’ s Day this year !
You ’ re going to be showered with presents , darling .
38 .
Today is the day to celebrate our neverending love !
I have wine waiting .
39 .
I love being married to you .
You ’ re the best valentine a man could ask for .
40 .
You ’ re my best friend , my soulmate , and my valentine .
Birthday wishes to send to your wife : 41 .
I have the most romantic birthday surprises planned for you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be wooed .
42 .
Happy birthday to my darling wife .
No one makes me as happy as you do .
43 .
Sweetheart , you keep looking better with age .
I ’ m more attracted to you now than ever before .
44 .
To my loving wife on her birthday .
You deserve to sit back and relax today .
I don ’ t want you to lift a finger .
45 .
Congratulations on circling the sun again .
Just remember , you are my sun .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ parents and thank them for bringing the most wonderful woman into this world .
47 .
Every year , you keep getting sexier .
I don ’ t know how you do it .
48 .
Happy birthday to my lovely wife .
I hope all your birthday wishes come true .
49 .
I have some birthday kisses waiting for you .
Come get them , darling !
50 .
We ’ re going to make this a birthday to remember .
I want you to have the time of your life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re an inspiration .
You make me so proud each and every day .
Happy birthday , baby .
52 .
Happy birthday to my best friend in the world — who also happens to be my wife .
53 .
Words can ’ t describe how much you mean to me .
Happy birthday , cutie .
54 .
I couldn ’ t be happier to call you mine .
Happy birthday to the best thing that ever happened to me .
55 .
Whatever you want to do today , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You ’ re in charge .
56 .
I ’ m going to spend the whole day celebrating you , my love .
You deserve it .
57 .
I ’ m not letting you do any work today .
You have the whole day off .
No exceptions .
58 .
Happy birthday , baby .
You ’ re still as beautiful as the day we first met .
59 .
Meet me in the bedroom for your birthday surprise !
60 .
Happy birthday to the woman who makes me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world .
The best good morning message to send your wife : 61 .
Every morning , I wake up feeling blessed because I ’ m your husband .
62 .
There are pancakes waiting downstairs , baby .
Eat as many as you want .
63 .
I ’ m going to miss you while I ’ m at work , but I ’ ll get home as soon as possible .
I promise .
64 .
I wanted to send you a romantic love message to start the day right .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ think of are I love you .
65 .
You ’ re the first thing on my mind every time I open my eyes .
66 .
You look so beautiful , even when you ’ re getting out of bed .
67 .
I still can ’ t believe I get to wake up next to the most beautiful woman in the world every morning .
68 .
Morning , beautiful .
I ’ m grateful for another day spent alongside you .
69 .
The sunrise looks beautiful this morning , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
70 .
Every morning , when I look at you , you still give me butterflies .
71 .
The worst thing about waking up is leaving bed .
I could cuddle you forever .
72 .
Today is a great day — because I get to spend it with you .
I love you , darling .
73 .
I love you so damn much , even when you have morning breath .
74 .
I want this text to be the first thing you see when you wake up : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ love waking up every morning because my life with you is better than any dream .
76 .
Waking up beside you is the best feeling in the world .
I want to do it forever .
77 .
I pinch myself every morning because waking up next to you feels like a dream come true .
78 .
Good morning , baby .
Have an amazing day .
You ’ re going to do great !
79 .
I hate leaving you alone in bed .
I wish we could cuddle all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , honey .
I want to start the morning off by reminding you I love you .
The most romantic SMS to wish your wife good night : 81 .
Good night , darling .
I can ’ t wait to see you again in the morning .
82 .
Sleep well , baby .
I ’ ll see you in my dreams .
83 .
Don ’ t worry .
If you have nightmares , I ’ ll chase the monsters away .
84 .
I miss your body .
I wish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right now .
85 .
I wish we were cuddling right now .
I can ’ t sleep without you beside me .
86 .
Good night , darling .
We ’ ll be holding each other again soon .
87 .
Every day that passes is another day closer to being together again .
88 .
I ’ ll be dreaming of you , wifey .
I hope you ’ ll dream of me , too .
89 .
I can ’ t see your right now , but I bet you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 90 .
Whether we ’ re together or apart , I always fall asleep dreaming of you .
91 .
If we were together right now , I would kiss your forehead and tell you to sleep tight .
92 .
In the morning , I ’ m going to make you the most amazing breakfast .
Any suggestions ?
93 .
I wish we were in bed together right now .
Not sleeping .
94 .
Good night , honey .
In the morning , I want to hear all about your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you soon , my dear .
Until then , we can meet in our dreams .
96 .
I miss you so much .
I even miss your snoring .
97 .
You make my nights so much better , even when we ’ re only talking over the phone .
98 .
I ’ m blowing you a kiss good night .
I hope it reaches you .
99 .
Good night , sweetheart .
I ’ ll be tossing and turning without you here .
100 .
I ’ ll see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The best love SMS to send your wife when you ’ re far apart : 101 .
I miss your smile .
It ’ s my favorite sight in the world .
102 .
I love you , my darling wife .
I ’ m counting down the minutes until we see each other again .
103 .
Being apart from you is the hardest thing I ’ ve ever experienced .
I never want to do it again .
104 .
We might not be together right now , but you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I keep staring at pictures of you .
I can ’ t wait until I ’ m looking you in the eyes instead .
106 .
I miss you like crazy .
I just wanted to remind you in case you ’ ve forgotten .
107 .
Our love can withstand the greatest distance .
I know that is true .
108 .
It doesn ’ t matter how many miles are separating us .
My love for you will never waver .
109 .
I hate being so far from you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arms right now .
110 .
Even a second without you is too long without you .
111 .
I miss your face .
And your ass .
112 .
Thinking about you is making me smile , but knowing you ’ re so far is making me sad .
113 .
God , I love you .
Being apart from you sucks even more than I imagined .
114 .
You ’ re my best friend .
The world feels so empty when you ’ re not here .
115 .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — and I will soon .
116 .
Even when you ’ re miles away , you ’ re still the only thing on my mind .
117 .
I never want to spend time apart again .
I wish I could bring you everywhere with me .
118 .
I just wanted to check in on you .
I hope you ’ re doing okay because I ’ m drowning without you .
119 .
I miss hearing your laugh .
It ’ s my favorite sound in the world .
120 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing your name on my phone makes my heart skip a beat .
Touching love messages to send to your wife any day of the week : 121 .
You ’ re my happy ending .
You ’ re all I ever wanted .
122 .
You ’ re my favorite person .
You ’ ll always hold that title .
123 .
The universe answered my prayers by bringing you into my life .
124 .
You ’ re the only thing I ’ ve ever done right .
You ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work so well together .
We make the best team .
126 .
I can ’ t thank you enough for being my rock , my confidant , my best friend in the world .
127 .
You drive me wild .
You ’ re the most gorgeous woman in every room .
128 .
I ’ m so proud of everything we ’ ve accomplished together .
129 .
Our marriage isn ’ t perfect , but you are .
130 .
Thank you for loving me .
Thank you for always @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 131 .
You ’ re the best wife in the world .
All my friends are so jealous .
132 .
You ’ re more than my wife .
You ’ re my best friend .
You ’ re my whole world .
133 .
Thank you for comforting and encouraging me .
Thank you for being my biggest supporter .
134 .
From the first day we met , I knew you would hold a special place in my heart .
I ’ ll love you forever .
135 .
Being married @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Thank you for putting up with my bullshit , babe .
136 .
I love being your husband .
It ’ s the best job in the world .
137 .
Our marriage has brought me so much joy .
I ’ m so happy to call you my wife .
138 .
You ’ re more beautiful than a rose .
I love you , honey .
139 .
Your kisses make me feel whole again .
You bring out the best in me .
140 .
I love you , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heart burst with excitement .
Deep love messages to remind her you still care : 141 .
I don ’ t tell you this nearly enough , but I love you and appreciate you so much .
142 .
It ’ s been a while since I ’ ve said these words aloud , but I love you , baby .
143 .
We ’ ve been together for a long time , but my love for you is still strong .
144 .
I think you ’ re as beautiful as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nothing about my feelings for you have changed .
145 .
No matter how many years pass , I will never stop loving you .
146 .
You still make me so happy .
That ’ s never going to change .
147 .
I still can ’ t believe you chose me .
How did I get so lucky ?
148 .
My love for you is never going to die .
I ’ m not going anywhere , baby .
149 .
I haven ’ t said this in a while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : You ’ re the best thing that ’ s ever happened to me .
150 .
You still look as beautiful as you did on our wedding day .
151 .
My love for you is endless .
It grows stronger by the day .
152 .
I can not imagine my life without you .
It wouldn ’ t be worth living .
153 .
We can overcome any obstacle .
We can endure any argument .
We ’ re going to be okay , no matter what .
154 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ your head to your toes .
155 .
I would never hurt you .
I want to be the best husband I can be .
156 .
Loving you is easy .
You ’ re beautiful , intelligent , and strong .
157 .
You ’ re the most amazing woman I ’ ve ever had the pleasure of meeting .
I love you , sweetheart .
158 .
I ’ ve said it before and I ’ ll say it again : You ’ ve made all my dreams come true .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the happiest woman in the world because you ’ ve already made me the happiest man .
160 .
You ’ re going to be such an amazing mother to our children .
Examples of a sweet love message taken from a famous romantic quote : 161 .
The Beatles were right .
“ All you need is love.
” 162 .
I wanted to send you one of my favorite love quotes from Frank Sinatra : “ A simple ‘ I love you ’ means more than money.
” 163 .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sweet word to say , so I ’ ll steal from Aristotle : “ Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
” 164 .
Did you ever hear this genius quote from Kevin Bacon ?
“ You have to keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.
” 165 .
Justin Timberlake has love figured out .
He said , “ We have a couple of rules in our relationship .
The first rule is that I make her feel like she ’ s getting everything .
The second rule @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have her way in everything .
And , so far , it ’ s working.
” 166 .
John Updike said , “ We are most alive when we ’ re in love , ” and I think that ’ s true .
167 .
You ’ re my best friend , and like Ann Landers says , “ Love is friendship that has caught fire.
” 168 .
John Green nailed it when he said : “ I fell in love the way you fall asleep : slowly , and then all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you , baby .
Like Bryan Adams says , “ Everything I do , I do it for you.
” 170 .
Nicholas Sparks is more romantic than me , so I ’ m going to borrow his words : “ I want all of you , forever , you and me , every day.
” 171 .
Winnie the Pooh explained my feelings for you perfectly : “ If you live to be a hundred , I want to live to be a hundred minus one day , so I never have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As Audrey Hepburn said , “ The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
” 173 .
I bought you some snacks !
Like Charles M. Schulz says , “ All you need is love .
But a little chocolate now and then doesn ’ t hurt.
” 174 .
As Ben Affleck has said , “ There are two things for a marriage to be good .
One is to work hard on it .
The other one is to marry above you .
And I succeeded at both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my life worth living .
Like Kelly Clarkson has said , “ I ’ d never lived before your love.
” 176 .
I ’ m sorry for upsetting you , baby .
Like Beyonce says , “ Love is an endless act of forgiveness.
” 177 .
As the great Celine Dion says , “ Maybe I don ’ t know that much but I know this much is true , I was blessed because I was loved by you.
” 178 .
You ’ re going to love this quote from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ married .
It ’ s so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
” 179 .
If there ’ s anything you need , let me know .
Like Bob Dylan says , “ There ’ s nothing that I wouldn ’ t do to make you feel my love.
” 180 .
I ’ m never going to leave you .
Like Princess Diana said , “ If you find someone you love in your life , then hang on to that love @ @

You shouldn’t wait until a holiday or birthday to send your wife a romantic love message (although you should definitely send a sweet word on special days). Whether you want to send her a romantic love quote from a movie or come up with something a little more original, there are plenty of ways you can send her a loving message. Remember, your romantic message doesn’t have to be anything fancy. However, it does have to be meaningful. Here are some of the cutest love messages for wife:
Romantic words to send your wife on your anniversary:
1. Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife. Each year, I love you more and more.
2. Dearest wife, the years we’ve spent together have been the best years of my life.
3. You’re my one true love. I’m so thankful to spend my life alongside you.
4. I still can’t believe the most beautiful woman in the world agreed to date me. Happy anniversary, my love.
5. I cannot thank you enough for the happiness you continue to bring me. I’m so lucky to call you my wife.
6. I loved when you were my girlfriend — but I’m even happier now that you’re my wife.
7. I can’t believe we’ve already reached (X) years of marital bliss.
8. To my beautiful wife on our anniversary. I will never stop loving you. Or hitting on you.
9. We’ve made so many happy memories — and we’re going to make so many more!
10. I bought some beautiful flowers for the woman who made my life so beautiful.
11. Our anniversary only comes once per year, but I hope you know how much I love you the rest of the year, too.
12. My darling wife, I can’t wait to make sweet love to you later.
13. We’re the cutest couple. Happy anniversary, babe.
14. Thank you for showing me what a happy marriage looks like. You’re the best, wifey.
15. I’m not talented enough to write you a love poem or a love letter, so I’m just going to say I love you dearly.
16. Today is such a great day. The day when my entire life changed. The day when I met my favorite person.
17. Dear wife, I would be miserable without you. You make my life so much brighter.
18. I always think it’s impossible to want you more, but each year you prove me wrong.
19. I’m going to spoil you rotten today. You deserve everything your heart desires.
20. You make my life complete, darling. Happy anniversary.
The best valentine message to send your wife:
21. Darling wife, you’re my forever valentine.
22. Happy Valentine’s Day to the woman who makes my life worthwhile.
23. On this Valentine’s Day, I hope you feel loved and admired.
24. I’m sending you my sincerest Valentine’s Day wishes.
25. My love for you grows stronger each passing year. Happy Valentine’s Day, my darling wife.
26. You’re my true love, today and every other day.
27. It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without some chocolate. I have plenty waiting for you.
28. Today is my favorite holiday because I have permission to spoil you rotten.
29. I remember our first Valentine’s Day together. Time with you has flown — and I’ve enjoyed every second of it.
30. I want to shower you with kisses today. I want you to know how much you’re loved.
31. Happy Valentine’s Day to a woman who is sweeter than candy!
32. I’m so grateful to spend this holiday with my true love.
33. Valentine’s Day or not, you’re the only person who has my heart.
34. Our love is better than any story. Happy Valentine’s Day, sweetheart.
35. Every day feels like a holiday when we’re together.
36. I can’t believe we’ve spent this many Valentine’s Days together. We have a love that really lasts.
37. I didn’t forget Valentine’s Day this year! You’re going to be showered with presents, darling.
38. Today is the day to celebrate our neverending love! I have wine waiting.
39. I love being married to you. You’re the best valentine a man could ask for.
40. You’re my best friend, my soulmate, and my valentine.
Birthday wishes to send to your wife:
41. I have the most romantic birthday surprises planned for you. I hope you’re prepared to be wooed.
42. Happy birthday to my darling wife. No one makes me as happy as you do.
43. Sweetheart, you keep looking better with age. I’m more attracted to you now than ever before.
44. To my loving wife on her birthday. You deserve to sit back and relax today. I don’t want you to lift a finger.
45. Congratulations on circling the sun again. Just remember, you are my sun.
46. I want to call your parents and thank them for bringing the most wonderful woman into this world.
47. Every year, you keep getting sexier. I don’t know how you do it.
48. Happy birthday to my lovely wife. I hope all your birthday wishes come true.
49. I have some birthday kisses waiting for you. Come get them, darling!
50. We’re going to make this a birthday to remember. I want you to have the time of your life, babe.
51. You’re an inspiration. You make me so proud each and every day. Happy birthday, baby.
52. Happy birthday to my best friend in the world — who also happens to be my wife.
53. Words can’t describe how much you mean to me. Happy birthday, cutie.
54. I couldn’t be happier to call you mine. Happy birthday to the best thing that ever happened to me.
55. Whatever you want to do today, I’m going to make it happen. You’re in charge.
56. I’m going to spend the whole day celebrating you, my love. You deserve it.
57. I’m not letting you do any work today. You have the whole day off. No exceptions.
58. Happy birthday, baby. You’re still as beautiful as the day we first met.
59. Meet me in the bedroom for your birthday surprise!
60. Happy birthday to the woman who makes me feel like the luckiest man in the world.
The best good morning message to send your wife:
61. Every morning, I wake up feeling blessed because I’m your husband.
62. There are pancakes waiting downstairs, baby. Eat as many as you want.
63. I’m going to miss you while I’m at work, but I’ll get home as soon as possible. I promise.
64. I wanted to send you a romantic love message to start the day right. Unfortunately, the only words I can think of are I love you.
65. You’re the first thing on my mind every time I open my eyes.
66. You look so beautiful, even when you’re getting out of bed.
67. I still can’t believe I get to wake up next to the most beautiful woman in the world every morning.
68. Morning, beautiful. I’m grateful for another day spent alongside you.
69. The sunrise looks beautiful this morning, but not nearly as beautiful as you.
70. Every morning, when I look at you, you still give me butterflies.
71. The worst thing about waking up is leaving bed. I could cuddle you forever.
72. Today is a great day — because I get to spend it with you. I love you, darling.
73. I love you so damn much, even when you have morning breath.
74. I want this text to be the first thing you see when you wake up: I love you.
75. I love waking up every morning because my life with you is better than any dream.
76. Waking up beside you is the best feeling in the world. I want to do it forever.
77. I pinch myself every morning because waking up next to you feels like a dream come true.
78. Good morning, baby. Have an amazing day. You’re going to do great!
79. I hate leaving you alone in bed. I wish we could cuddle all day long.
80. Good morning, honey. I want to start the morning off by reminding you I love you.
The most romantic SMS to wish your wife good night:
81. Good night, darling. I can’t wait to see you again in the morning.
82. Sleep well, baby. I’ll see you in my dreams.
83. Don’t worry. If you have nightmares, I’ll chase the monsters away.
84. I miss your body. I wish we were making sweet, passionate love right now.
85. I wish we were cuddling right now. I can’t sleep without you beside me.
86. Good night, darling. We’ll be holding each other again soon.
87. Every day that passes is another day closer to being together again.
88. I’ll be dreaming of you, wifey. I hope you’ll dream of me, too.
89. I can’t see your right now, but I bet you look beautiful. You always do.
90. Whether we’re together or apart, I always fall asleep dreaming of you.
91. If we were together right now, I would kiss your forehead and tell you to sleep tight.
92. In the morning, I’m going to make you the most amazing breakfast. Any suggestions?
93. I wish we were in bed together right now. Not sleeping.
94. Good night, honey. In the morning, I want to hear all about your day.
95. I will see you soon, my dear. Until then, we can meet in our dreams.
96. I miss you so much. I even miss your snoring.
97. You make my nights so much better, even when we’re only talking over the phone.
98. I’m blowing you a kiss good night. I hope it reaches you.
99. Good night, sweetheart. I’ll be tossing and turning without you here.
100. I’ll see you in my dreams, baby.
The best love SMS to send your wife when you’re far apart:
101. I miss your smile. It’s my favorite sight in the world.
102. I love you, my darling wife. I’m counting down the minutes until we see each other again.
103. Being apart from you is the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced. I never want to do it again.
104. We might not be together right now, but you’re always in my heart.
105. I keep staring at pictures of you. I can’t wait until I’m looking you in the eyes instead.
106. I miss you like crazy. I just wanted to remind you in case you’ve forgotten.
107. Our love can withstand the greatest distance. I know that is true.
108. It doesn’t matter how many miles are separating us. My love for you will never waver.
109. I hate being so far from you. I wish you were in my arms right now.
110. Even a second without you is too long without you.
111. I miss your face. And your ass.
112. Thinking about you is making me smile, but knowing you’re so far is making me sad.
113. God, I love you. Being apart from you sucks even more than I imagined.
114. You’re my best friend. The world feels so empty when you’re not here.
115. I would cross the world to see you — and I will soon.
116. Even when you’re miles away, you’re still the only thing on my mind.
117. I never want to spend time apart again. I wish I could bring you everywhere with me.
118. I just wanted to check in on you. I hope you’re doing okay because I’m drowning without you.
119. I miss hearing your laugh. It’s my favorite sound in the world.
120. Even after all this time, seeing your name on my phone makes my heart skip a beat.
Touching love messages to send to your wife any day of the week:
121. You’re my happy ending. You’re all I ever wanted.
122. You’re my favorite person. You’ll always hold that title.
123. The universe answered my prayers by bringing you into my life.
124. You’re the only thing I’ve ever done right. You’re my greatest accomplishment.
125. We work so well together. We make the best team.
126. I can’t thank you enough for being my rock, my confidant, my best friend in the world.
127. You drive me wild. You’re the most gorgeous woman in every room.
128. I’m so proud of everything we’ve accomplished together.
129. Our marriage isn’t perfect, but you are.
130. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for always treating me with kindness and respect.
131. You’re the best wife in the world. All my friends are so jealous.
132. You’re more than my wife. You’re my best friend. You’re my whole world.
133. Thank you for comforting and encouraging me. Thank you for being my biggest supporter.
134. From the first day we met, I knew you would hold a special place in my heart. I’ll love you forever.
135. Being married to me can’t be easy. Thank you for putting up with my bullshit, babe.
136. I love being your husband. It’s the best job in the world.
137. Our marriage has brought me so much joy. I’m so happy to call you my wife.
138. You’re more beautiful than a rose. I love you, honey.
139. Your kisses make me feel whole again. You bring out the best in me.
140. I love you, my dear wife. You make my heart burst with excitement.
Deep love messages to remind her you still care:
141. I don’t tell you this nearly enough, but I love you and appreciate you so much.
142. It’s been a while since I’ve said these words aloud, but I love you, baby.
143. We’ve been together for a long time, but my love for you is still strong.
144. I think you’re as beautiful as the day you walked into my life. Nothing about my feelings for you have changed.
145. No matter how many years pass, I will never stop loving you.
146. You still make me so happy. That’s never going to change.
147. I still can’t believe you chose me. How did I get so lucky?
148. My love for you is never going to die. I’m not going anywhere, baby.
149. I haven’t said this in a while, so I wanted to remind you: You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
150. You still look as beautiful as you did on our wedding day.
151. My love for you is endless. It grows stronger by the day.
152. I cannot imagine my life without you. It wouldn’t be worth living.
153. We can overcome any obstacle. We can endure any argument. We’re going to be okay, no matter what.
154. I love everything about you, from your head to your toes.
155. I would never hurt you. I want to be the best husband I can be.
156. Loving you is easy. You’re beautiful, intelligent, and strong.
157. You’re the most amazing woman I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I love you, sweetheart.
158. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: You’ve made all my dreams come true.
159. I want to make you the happiest woman in the world because you’ve already made me the happiest man.
160. You’re going to be such an amazing mother to our children.
Examples of a sweet love message taken from a famous romantic quote:
161. The Beatles were right. “All you need is love.”
162. I wanted to send you one of my favorite love quotes from Frank Sinatra: “A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.”
163. I can’t think of a single sweet word to say, so I’ll steal from Aristotle: “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
164. Did you ever hear this genius quote from Kevin Bacon? “You have to keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.”
165. Justin Timberlake has love figured out. He said, “We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she’s getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it’s working.”
166. John Updike said, “We are most alive when we’re in love,” and I think that’s true.
167. You’re my best friend, and like Ann Landers says, “Love is friendship that has caught fire.”
168. John Green nailed it when he said: “I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
169. I love you, baby. Like Bryan Adams says, “Everything I do, I do it for you.”
170. Nicholas Sparks is more romantic than me, so I’m going to borrow his words: “I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day.”
171. Winnie the Pooh explained my feelings for you perfectly: “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”
172. As Audrey Hepburn said, “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
173. I bought you some snacks! Like Charles M. Schulz says, “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
174. As Ben Affleck has said, “There are two things for a marriage to be good. One is to work hard on it. The other one is to marry above you. And I succeeded at both of those.”
175. You make my life worth living. Like Kelly Clarkson has said, “I’d never lived before your love.”
176. I’m sorry for upsetting you, baby. Like Beyonce says, “Love is an endless act of forgiveness.”
177. As the great Celine Dion says, “Maybe I don’t know that much but I know this much is true, I was blessed because I was loved by you.”
178. You’re going to love this quote from Rita Rudner! “I love being married. It’s so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”
179. If there’s anything you need, let me know. Like Bob Dylan says, “There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do to make you feel my love.”
180. I’m never going to leave you. Like Princess Diana said, “If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.”


thoughtcatalog--2020-11-17--This Is What Each Zodiac Sign Has The Hardest Time With In Relationships

Aries : Emphasizing your thoughts and feelings more than your partner ’ s .
You have a lot of enthusiasm that draws people to you in the first place .
When you enter into a relationship you have so many ideas on how it can and should go- you want it to be incredible .
While it may come from a good place , you have your moments where you don ’ t always check in with your partner to see what they are thinking or feeling .
You take the lead without hesitancy and it can mean that your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aren ’ t afraid of expressing what you want , which your partners tend to appreciate .
You want both you and your partner to be happy , but you also like your routines and your plans .
Relationships often require compromise- which you struggle with often .
It ’ s not that you don ’ t care about your partner ’ s wants or needs , you just hate changing from what you ’ re used to .
It ’ s a sore spot that shows up in your relationships more often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You get excited about being in a relationship- you see so much potential in where things could go .
Sometimes you get ahead of yourself though and don ’ t really fixate on what ’ s happening at the moment .
Your brain is already 10 steps ahead and painting a picture that may not represent what ’ s going on- and your partner tends to feel like you aren ’ t always present with them .
It makes sense that you would want security in a relationship- we all do .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ t kidding ourselves into being with someone who isn ’ t really into us .
However , that insecurity can spread quicker than you planned- and your partner notices .
You may start off dropping subtle hints about a strong commitment , but it can turn into you smothering the person and pressuring them about the future .
It can drive people away , even if they are really into you .
You tend to want the best for yourself and the people you love- but it can also cause some serious unnecessary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about your relationship and you want it to be perceived in a certain way by others .
You want to prove to everyone else you have the best partner , and sometimes it can make the person you ’ re dating feel like they have to put on a show .
They appreciate you showing them off , but they can feel like they have to be fake and make everyone think things are perfect all the time- regardless of the truth .
Virgo : Allowing someone to help you You have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one , and you hold that title with pride .
You are the dependable person who will go out of their way to help their loved ones .
This extends into your relationships- you will be the shoulder to lean on , the person who pushes them to be better , and the person who always has a plan .
The part you struggle with is allowing your partner to help you when you need it .
You like to have control of your life , and allowing someone else to help you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t want to explore .
While your partner may understand this , it can be discouraging to them when you won ’ t let them be there for you- and it can make them feel useless .
Libra : You ’ re always looking through rose-colored glasses You have the perfect picture inside your mind of the type of relationship you want .
You can see it all playing out perfectly .
The thing you struggle with most in relationships is seeing everyone through rose-colored glasses- whether they deserve it or not .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the negative , which isn ’ t always a bad thing .
You sometimes take it too far and make excuses for your partner ’ s behavior in order to preserve your idea of the relationship .
It can lead to you being taken advantage of more than you ’ d like to admit .
You truly do want an intimate relationship .
You crave being committed and willing to do anything to make your partner happy and make them feel loved .
However , something is always blocking you from opening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to make that relationship a reality .
You know you struggle with being vulnerable with others- and while you have your reasons , it doesn ’ t change the fact that your partner can ’ t fully know you if you don ’ t let them .
You aren ’ t opposed to being in a relationship- honestly , you enjoy sharing your life with someone else .
You are always open to something new and you enjoy those experiences .
Despite this , you still wrestle with the idea of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a relationship .
Sometimes it can be because the other person truly is trying to hold you back , but you know there is always a part of you that feels trapped when you commit yourself to someone .
You ’ re capable of working through it , but when you don ’ t your partner can feel like you resent them .
You don ’ t usually have high hopes when it comes to love .
You like to think maybe things will work out , but you ’ ve had multiple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ otherwise .
You are dedicated and care for your partner , but you have a hard time accepting that things will actually work out in the long run .
You try to prepare yourself so you can handle it better , but you set yourself up for a doomed relationship in the process .
Aquarius : Communicating your need for space While you are an excellent communicator and enjoy sharing your thoughts and feelings with a partner , you also have a distinct need for space and time alone .
This isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t often tell your partner it ’ s what you need .
Instead , you tend to just disappear and do your own thing and explain later .
While you may have an understanding partner , it can make them feel like you don ’ t care about them , or that you don ’ t consider their feelings .
It may not be your intention , but it does get you into trouble that could easily be avoided .
Pisces : Thinking you ’ re the one who cares more Let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that everyone usually comes to you when they need to get things off their chest .
You don ’ t mind being there for the people you loved- and this seems to multiply when you ’ re in a relationship .
The part you wrestle with is sometimes feeling like you ’ re the person who cares more .
You pour so much into your partner , and sometimes you worry they don ’ t love you as much because they show their love differently .
It can make you feel anxious and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and totally into you .

Aries: Emphasizing your thoughts and feelings more than your partner’s.
You have a lot of enthusiasm that draws people to you in the first place. When you enter into a relationship you have so many ideas on how it can and should go- you want it to be incredible. While it may come from a good place, you have your moments where you don’t always check in with your partner to see what they are thinking or feeling. You take the lead without hesitancy and it can mean that your partner feels unheard and unappreciated.
Taurus: Compromising
You aren’t afraid of expressing what you want, which your partners tend to appreciate. You want both you and your partner to be happy, but you also like your routines and your plans. Relationships often require compromise- which you struggle with often. It’s not that you don’t care about your partner’s wants or needs, you just hate changing from what you’re used to. It’s a sore spot that shows up in your relationships more often than you’d like to admit.
Gemini: Staying in the moment
You get excited about being in a relationship- you see so much potential in where things could go. Sometimes you get ahead of yourself though and don’t really fixate on what’s happening at the moment. Your brain is already 10 steps ahead and painting a picture that may not represent what’s going on- and your partner tends to feel like you aren’t always present with them.
Cancer: Pressuring your partner for a future
It makes sense that you would want security in a relationship- we all do. We like to know we aren’t kidding ourselves into being with someone who isn’t really into us. However, that insecurity can spread quicker than you planned- and your partner notices. You may start off dropping subtle hints about a strong commitment, but it can turn into you smothering the person and pressuring them about the future. It can drive people away, even if they are really into you.
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Leo: Having unrealistic standards
You tend to want the best for yourself and the people you love- but it can also cause some serious unnecessary pressure. You want everyone to know about your relationship and you want it to be perceived in a certain way by others. You want to prove to everyone else you have the best partner, and sometimes it can make the person you’re dating feel like they have to put on a show. They appreciate you showing them off, but they can feel like they have to be fake and make everyone think things are perfect all the time- regardless of the truth.
Virgo: Allowing someone to help you
You have a reputation of being the “put-together” one, and you hold that title with pride. You are the dependable person who will go out of their way to help their loved ones. This extends into your relationships- you will be the shoulder to lean on, the person who pushes them to be better, and the person who always has a plan. The part you struggle with is allowing your partner to help you when you need it. You like to have control of your life, and allowing someone else to help you feels like a weakness you don’t want to explore. While your partner may understand this, it can be discouraging to them when you won’t let them be there for you- and it can make them feel useless.
Libra: You’re always looking through rose-colored glasses
You have the perfect picture inside your mind of the type of relationship you want. You can see it all playing out perfectly. The thing you struggle with most in relationships is seeing everyone through rose-colored glasses- whether they deserve it or not. You fixate more on the positive aspects than the negative, which isn’t always a bad thing. You sometimes take it too far and make excuses for your partner’s behavior in order to preserve your idea of the relationship. It can lead to you being taken advantage of more than you’d like to admit.
Scorpio: Actually letting people in
You truly do want an intimate relationship. You crave being committed and willing to do anything to make your partner happy and make them feel loved. However, something is always blocking you from opening up in the way you need to in order to make that relationship a reality. You know you struggle with being vulnerable with others- and while you have your reasons, it doesn’t change the fact that your partner can’t fully know you if you don’t let them.
Sagittarius: Feeling limited or tied down
You aren’t opposed to being in a relationship- honestly, you enjoy sharing your life with someone else. You are always open to something new and you enjoy those experiences. Despite this, you still wrestle with the idea of feeling limited when you’re in a relationship. Sometimes it can be because the other person truly is trying to hold you back, but you know there is always a part of you that feels trapped when you commit yourself to someone. You’re capable of working through it, but when you don’t your partner can feel like you resent them.
Capricorn: Trusting things will work out
You don’t usually have high hopes when it comes to love. You like to think maybe things will work out, but you’ve had multiple experiences that have caused you to believe otherwise. You are dedicated and care for your partner, but you have a hard time accepting that things will actually work out in the long run. You try to prepare yourself so you can handle it better, but you set yourself up for a doomed relationship in the process.
Aquarius: Communicating your need for space
While you are an excellent communicator and enjoy sharing your thoughts and feelings with a partner, you also have a distinct need for space and time alone. This isn’t an unreasonable request- except you don’t often tell your partner it’s what you need. Instead, you tend to just disappear and do your own thing and explain later. While you may have an understanding partner, it can make them feel like you don’t care about them, or that you don’t consider their feelings. It may not be your intention, but it does get you into trouble that could easily be avoided.
Pisces: Thinking you’re the one who cares more
Let’s face it, you know that everyone usually comes to you when they need to get things off their chest. You don’t mind being there for the people you loved- and this seems to multiply when you’re in a relationship. The part you wrestle with is sometimes feeling like you’re the person who cares more. You pour so much into your partner, and sometimes you worry they don’t love you as much because they show their love differently. It can make you feel anxious and uncertain even if your partner is completely and totally into you.


thoughtcatalog--2020-11-17--17 Creepy Stories From People Who Work In The Middle Of Nowhere

“ My mom used to live in a small town in the cascade mountains and worked as a forest ranger .
The creepiest thing that happened was when the oldest male ranger kept hitting on her and trying to get her to come home with him , not very out of the ordinary , but many years later after she ’ d left the town she found out he had been convicted of manslaughter and had killed a young female ranger right before she got hired .
She would have probably been his next target.
” — Keira-k-is-gay “ Used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company and a couple times a week I had to go to a middle school and clean their hallway floors and gymnasium with a zamboni type vehicle that mopped and scrubbed the floor .
When I was there I had the whole school to myself .
Used to get finished quickly and go to the library and read while eating my dinner .
Well , one morning after being there , I get a call from school security and they want me to come in .
When I get there I see a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think .
They ask me a few questions like “ did you notice anything out of the ordinary or strange while you were here last night ?
” No , I hadn ’ t ( usually have headphones in ) .
Security then shows me camera footage of someone breaking into one of the classrooms WHILE I WAS RIDING THE ZAMBONI not far away .
I was there for another two hours .
Nothing was stolen .
But the worst part was they didn ’ t have footage of the person leaving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way they came in , and police had to sweep the entire school .
Never did find out what happened with that one.
” — TheDaveHimself “ When I was 15 years old , I was doing my 4am newspaper delivery round on bicycle .
I was driving into the garden of this one subscriber where I saw two guys with flashlights looking through the windows of the house .
I was a bit in shock and just said ‘ Goodmorning guys ’ .
They were just as much in shock and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to break the silence by asking if I could pass them to deliver the newspaper through the door .
One of the guys said the person living in that house did something to his family and they took it as an opportunity to get away in their car that was still running .
When they were gone I rang the doorbell at the house to tell them what happened and they should keep an eye out.
” — Kopi0Kosong “ We were wrapping up for the day in northern canada .
I am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by myself at this point cause i was tired of listening to the labourers whine of the cold so i told em i would take care of the rest .
( Think bulldozer with no blade but a giant metal boom on the side that we use to raiser and lower pipe ) .
Its february so pitch black .
I keep hearing some weird sound .
I cant quite hear it cause the pump is too loud .
I search around a couple times and see nothing .
I get in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front of the sideboom to see a cougar sitting on top of a dirt pile 15 feet away .
The damned thing was just watching me there and probably could have ended me without me even realizing it .
I ’ ve never seen a cougar in the wild before and its hard to understand just how big they are and how powerful until you see one up close .
That thing leaped off the 6 ft pile and probably didnt touch ground for 15-20 ft. Its terrifying to think something so big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deciding if they want to make you dinner.
” — old_balls_38 “ I found a random heart in the parking lot of my apartment complex , which was right on a trail in Boulder , CO .
I still have a picture of it , but it was on top of a sheet of ice with another piece of sinew , no blood around it .
I really can ’ t imagine what the story is behind that .
I never found out what happened to the organs .
Also , not long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along the creek path right behind my house .
I ’ m still not sure what to think about all of it .
Needless to say , I moved.
” — lmcgeh2 “ I ’ m not sure this counts but I ’ m a teacher at an urban public school and was at work late grading and getting ready for the next day .
Time had kind of flown by and before I knew it , it was 7pm .
I start packing up to leave in a building that is , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me , when our ALICE alarm goes off , indicating an armed intruder in the building .
I am 1 .
Alone 2 .
Young 3 .
Freaked AF because I am absolutely not ready to fight a gunman over my lesson plans .
I book it out of the school and dive into my car , hearing the alarm blaring the entire time .
I peel out the parking lot , and can see in my rear view the alarm lights still flashing and debate never going back , cause fuck that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ routine maintenance ” and didn ’ t send out an email to the teachers 🤦🏻♀ ” — msdoublenegative “ I ’ ve been fishing out in the gulf of Mexico where they have some oil rigs .
This rig wasn ’ t being used ( from what we knew ) so we would get pretty close to it to fish for red snapper .
While we were out there , we could have sworn we heard screams of a woman over and over .
It was some shit but the explanation was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blew through the rig .
Well , that ’ s what we were told but it totally creeped us the fuck out.
” — houseofamon “ I work as a polar bear guard .
As in , I escort people across tundra and mountains and protect them from polar bears .
I once saw a snowman totem with reindeer antlers coming out of his head .
It was deformed , full of bullet holes and rather creepy.
” — Jalsavrah “ On our drill ship that was built in China , we noticed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We went to look at it and couldnt find an entrance but the spacing was obvious there was an extra room .
It might not sound so creepy unless youve been in these shipyards where two things are known to happen : stowaways , although i doubt it in this case , but also hundreds of workers at any given time following orders blindly .
So we confirmed that the room had all six sides , yet not a single weld on the outside .
There is only one way this couldve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get it now .
They must have welded from the inside for this room and then realized they had no way out upon completion if the gasses didnt kill them first .
Its extremely heavy around that room .
People say they hear things .
I have definitely .
This isnt some old ship either .
I rode this ship from China to Amsterdam after completion and then the maiden voyage to America .
I guess it happens quick.
” — JohnMayerCd “ In deep , open water , the water itself is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see all the tuna and barracudas hanging around the rig waiting for the onboard cook to throw off whatever food waste he needs to .
Every once in a while a huge great white shark would swim up from underneath and snatch a tuna and it really took like less than a second .
They ’ re really scary.
” — DONOTENGAGEWITHME “ It ’ s better to hike at night ” “ During college that was located away from major cities , the woods were all around us .
That being said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Loyalsock Trail , which was about an hour drive from the university .
I invited a friend to come with me as he had never been on an extended backpacking trip .
A 50+ mile trail that we intended to backpack over the four day weekend .
I am an Eagle Scout who has spent countless hours in the woods and went on backpacking trips consistently throughout my college experience .
As many have said before me , you get used to the minor “ spooky ” things happening ; Coyote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the night , even the occasional unknown noise .
The scariest thing to find in the woods , however , are people .
We were about 20 miles into the trail and , being Pennsylvania where the underbrush and trees line the trails pretty densely , I always walk about 100 meters off of the trail to reduce the chances of me disturbing people/people disturbing me ( especially in the early morning when I choose to sleep in ) .
Following that same strategy , my friend and I go out of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a good ways off of the trail where it would even be difficult to see our flashlights from the trail .
This spot was on a peninsula where a creek met a river , meaning there was only one way into our camp and only one way out .
We start a fire , cook our food , and drink some ( but not enough to get either of us drunk ) .
We put the fire out about midnight and head in to our individual tents .
All is quite .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are on the ground , the moon is brightly shining through the bare trees , and the air is cool .
The only noise is the occasional time when I would hear my friend turn over in his sleep .
Then , I hear the voices… The voices sounded very close for being on the trail 100+ meters away .
I check my watch ; 3am .
Who hikes at 3am ?
We are 20 miles in .
I slowly get out of my sleeping bag , slowly unzip my tent , only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his tent in the exact same fashion .
He quickly moves his finger over his mouth in an exaggerated “ hush ” signal , then used the same hand to frantically motion towards the way of the trail .
Then we see them .
Four adults , three men and one woman , walking directly towards our camp .
No lights illuminating their path ; They are walking silently at this point .
Only one of them has a backpack ; An impossibility for the long hike they were 1/3 of the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you bring wood cutting supplies to chop branches into smaller branches to burn ; For me , this was a survival knife .
Grabbing the knife , believing it is my only way of defending myself , I am more disheveled than I ever have been , especially knowing that a knife is barely defense at all .
These people walk into our site , sit down by our extinguished fire pit , and just sit there for what felt like an eternity .
My friend speaks up and asks what they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the question , they ask if we have any food .
Having packed as lightly as possible for the long trip .
We had only a few extra Mountain House , MRE-style meals .
I grab one out of my bag and toss it to one of the men .
In rapid succession , I ask why they aren ’ t using a light , if they need help finding the trail , and why they are hiking so late .
They respond with the following : “ We know where the trail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hike late at night ” Unnerved at this point , my friend asks them to leave .
They respond by asking if we want to light the fire and hangout for a bit .
No we do not .
They grab their bag , get up , and leave without speaking another word .
We watch them leave and take shifts making sure that they didn ’ t come back .
Needless to say , we both got very little sleep that night .
When the sun rose the next morning , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ By the afternoon , when we woke up , it all felt like a weird dream of sorts .
The only evidence was a fuzzy cap that they must have dropped that I have to this day .
I have never had something as weird/spooky as that happen in the woods and hope to never have it happen again .
In the eight years since that trip , I haven ’ t been back to the Loyalsock Trail.
” — OandGTechy “ I worked at a public forest .
One day we had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ side of one of our trails .
A few of us from the front desk hiked out to see what it was .
It looked like a giant peice of…liver maybe ?
Just a pile of smooth red meat…no blood around .
And it was wrapped up in a t shirt , with some coins scattered around it .
We called our rangers to go check it out , and one of them was pretty sure it was a placenta .
The weird part is , you have to check in thru a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a placenta/liver in or gave live birth/removed an organ on our trails .
We never got an answer on what the pile of meat was , how it got there , or why.
” — WhiteOwlz “ Spent a summer doing conservation work out in the absolute middle of nowhere in Wyoming .
Was part of a crew that would spend two weeks camping in remote places to do manual labor in places machines couldn ’ t get to .
For this story , we were building new hiking/biking trails in the back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a high altitude desert .
This means that the nearest civilization was a 2 hour car ride to a town of 41 people in a sandy soil area where tracks last forever .
It was the middle of our stint during the early part of the night where everyone else had gone to bed but I stayed up to read , so maybe 11:30 or so .
Still pitch black outside , clouds had covered stars .
so my head lamp was probably the only light on in a 40 mile radius .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ camp and head towards the tents from where I was in the community tent .
That sound immediately put me on edge as I felt the hair on my arms raise and my adrenaline spike .
I recall thinking to myself that two things are very wrong since the person was not using a light to see and the footsteps were not coming towards me from the tents , rather it was the opposite .
Within the four seconds it took me to drop my book , get up , and turn the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light on the sleeping tents , the sound had stopped but I saw tracks in dirt before me .
Looked like they came from one end of camp , looked into my tent , walked through the sleeping tents and kept going out of camp again .
I don ’ t know if I was making too much noise or not by walking around , but the rest of my crew ended up waking up and asking me what was going on from inside their tents .
After explaining what I found , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the boot prints in the dirt .
They were damn near perfect copies of my own boots except for one small thing , I had a rock stuck in my treads that messed up the symmetry .
( I was wearing fairly common work boots , except I also happen to wear US size 15 double wide boots , so there was no way in hell this was one of the other crew members ) I don ’ t think any of us slept much that night .
Never saw or heard anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rain removed the tracks a couple days later , but I do remember none of us were willing to step on the prints themselves and choose to step over them like cracks in the sidewalk.
” — GrumpyCTurtle “ Read a story on here about a backwoods elk hunter who was two days into a hike in an area only accessible by foot .
Woke up in the morning and there was a pile a freshly burnt cigarettes right outside his bear line.
” — FrozenMrPotato “ My parents live pretty far back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house .
The neighbors would let their Basset Hound outside for about 10 minutes to use the bathroom every morning .
One morning they let him out , and he didn ’ t come back inside .
After a couple minutes they walked out to his favorite bathroom spot , and found…his head .
Judging from the tracks , a mountain lion had ambushed him and apparently torn his head off before carrying the body away .
What I thought was the creepiest part was that the family hadn ’ t heard a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brother used to work the overnight sprinklers on a golf course .
He took me out one time just for fun and as we were driving uphill on a fairway , a figure of a lady appeared in the headlights at the top of the hill .
My brother steered a little to the left of her and kept driving right on by .
I stared right into her eyes as we drove by and she stared back .
Her eyes glowed like a cat in the night .
As soon as we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my brother “ What the hell was that ?
!
” He calmly responded , “ Yea , she lives on the golf course and likes to terrorize the workers from time to time .
I usually see her out here once a week.
” ” — ArtshowSkittles “ I ’ ve worked in Canada ’ s north for a few years now in oil and gas .
It ’ s pretty creepy when during night shift you realise a moose has just been standing at the tree line staring you down for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finding bear tracks crossing the tracks you just made 5 minutes ago Honestly the silence of a snowy forest in the dead of night 100s of km away from anything is pretty spooky .
When Your only contact to the outside world is a radio channel nobody ’ s listening to , you feel pretty alone.
” — gooberplsno

Other humans
“My mom used to live in a small town in the cascade mountains and worked as a forest ranger. The creepiest thing that happened was when the oldest male ranger kept hitting on her and trying to get her to come home with him, not very out of the ordinary, but many years later after she’d left the town she found out he had been convicted of manslaughter and had killed a young female ranger right before she got hired. She would have probably been his next target.” — Keira-k-is-gay
Alone with a burglar
“Used to be a supervisor for a janitorial company and a couple times a week I had to go to a middle school and clean their hallway floors and gymnasium with a zamboni type vehicle that mopped and scrubbed the floor. When I was there I had the whole school to myself. Used to get finished quickly and go to the library and read while eating my dinner. Well, one morning after being there, I get a call from school security and they want me to come in. When I get there I see a police car too. Uh oh, I think. They ask me a few questions like “did you notice anything out of the ordinary or strange while you were here last night?” No, I hadn’t (usually have headphones in). Security then shows me camera footage of someone breaking into one of the classrooms WHILE I WAS RIDING THE ZAMBONI not far away. I was there for another two hours. Nothing was stolen. But the worst part was they didn’t have footage of the person leaving, they didn’t go out the way they came in, and police had to sweep the entire school. Never did find out what happened with that one.” — TheDaveHimself
Peepers
“When I was 15 years old, I was doing my 4am newspaper delivery round on bicycle. I was driving into the garden of this one subscriber where I saw two guys with flashlights looking through the windows of the house. I was a bit in shock and just said ‘Goodmorning guys’. They were just as much in shock and an awkward silence followed.
I tried to break the silence by asking if I could pass them to deliver the newspaper through the door. One of the guys said the person living in that house did something to his family and they took it as an opportunity to get away in their car that was still running.
When they were gone I rang the doorbell at the house to tell them what happened and they should keep an eye out.” — Kopi0Kosong
Wild animals
“We were wrapping up for the day in northern canada. I am fueling up the sideboom, Im all by myself at this point cause i was tired of listening to the labourers whine of the cold so i told em i would take care of the rest. (Think bulldozer with no blade but a giant metal boom on the side that we use to raiser and lower pipe). Its february so pitch black. I keep hearing some weird sound. I cant quite hear it cause the pump is too loud.
I search around a couple times and see nothing. I get in the truck and take off drive past the front of the sideboom to see a cougar sitting on top of a dirt pile 15 feet away. The damned thing was just watching me there and probably could have ended me without me even realizing it. I’ve never seen a cougar in the wild before and its hard to understand just how big they are and how powerful until you see one up close. That thing leaped off the 6 ft pile and probably didnt touch ground for 15-20 ft.
Its terrifying to think something so big and powerful could just be sitting there deciding if they want to make you dinner.” — old_balls_38
A heart
“I found a random heart in the parking lot of my apartment complex, which was right on a trail in Boulder, CO. I still have a picture of it, but it was on top of a sheet of ice with another piece of sinew, no blood around it. I really can’t imagine what the story is behind that. I never found out what happened to the organs. Also, not long after this happened, someone hung themselves along the creek path right behind my house. I’m still not sure what to think about all of it. Needless to say, I moved.” — lmcgeh2
Armed intruders
“I’m not sure this counts but I’m a teacher at an urban public school and was at work late grading and getting ready for the next day. Time had kind of flown by and before I knew it, it was 7pm. I start packing up to leave in a building that is, in theory, locked and empty besides me, when our ALICE alarm goes off, indicating an armed intruder in the building. I am 1. Alone 2. Young 3. Freaked AF because I am absolutely not ready to fight a gunman over my lesson plans. I book it out of the school and dive into my car, hearing the alarm blaring the entire time. I peel out the parking lot, and can see in my rear view the alarm lights still flashing and debate never going back, cause fuck that lmao. Turns out they were doing “routine maintenance” and didn’t send out an email to the teachers 🤦🏻♀” — msdoublenegative
Screams
“I’ve been fishing out in the gulf of Mexico where they have some oil rigs. This rig wasn’t being used (from what we knew) so we would get pretty close to it to fish for red snapper. While we were out there, we could have sworn we heard screams of a woman over and over. It was some shit but the explanation was the wind making the noises as it blew through the rig.
Well, that’s what we were told but it totally creeped us the fuck out.” — houseofamon
Bullet holes
“I work as a polar bear guard. As in, I escort people across tundra and mountains and protect them from polar bears.
I once saw a snowman totem with reindeer antlers coming out of his head. It was deformed, full of bullet holes and rather creepy.” — Jalsavrah
A welded shut room
“On our drill ship that was built in China, we noticed on the drawings there was a room. We went to look at it and couldnt find an entrance but the spacing was obvious there was an extra room. It might not sound so creepy unless youve been in these shipyards where two things are known to happen: stowaways, although i doubt it in this case, but also hundreds of workers at any given time following orders blindly. So we confirmed that the room had all six sides, yet not a single weld on the outside. There is only one way this couldve happened and im sure youre starting to get it now. They must have welded from the inside for this room and then realized they had no way out upon completion if the gasses didnt kill them first.
Its extremely heavy around that room. People say they hear things. I have definitely. This isnt some old ship either. I rode this ship from China to Amsterdam after completion and then the maiden voyage to America. I guess it happens quick.” — JohnMayerCd
Sharks
“In deep, open water, the water itself is really clear, so everyone can plainly see all the tuna and barracudas hanging around the rig waiting for the onboard cook to throw off whatever food waste he needs to. Every once in a while a huge great white shark would swim up from underneath and snatch a tuna and it really took like less than a second. They’re really scary.” — DONOTENGAGEWITHME
“It’s better to hike at night”
“During college that was located away from major cities, the woods were all around us. That being said, there was a highly rated trail, the Loyalsock Trail, which was about an hour drive from the university. I invited a friend to come with me as he had never been on an extended backpacking trip. A 50+ mile trail that we intended to backpack over the four day weekend. I am an Eagle Scout who has spent countless hours in the woods and went on backpacking trips consistently throughout my college experience. As many have said before me, you get used to the minor “spooky” things happening; Coyote howls, raccoons in the middle of the night, even the occasional unknown noise. The scariest thing to find in the woods, however, are people.
We were about 20 miles into the trail and, being Pennsylvania where the underbrush and trees line the trails pretty densely, I always walk about 100 meters off of the trail to reduce the chances of me disturbing people/people disturbing me (especially in the early morning when I choose to sleep in). Following that same strategy, my friend and I go out of our way to be in this amazing spot a good ways off of the trail where it would even be difficult to see our flashlights from the trail. This spot was on a peninsula where a creek met a river, meaning there was only one way into our camp and only one way out. We start a fire, cook our food, and drink some (but not enough to get either of us drunk). We put the fire out about midnight and head in to our individual tents. All is quite. It is the fall semester, so leaves are on the ground, the moon is brightly shining through the bare trees, and the air is cool. The only noise is the occasional time when I would hear my friend turn over in his sleep. Then, I hear the voices…
The voices sounded very close for being on the trail 100+ meters away. I check my watch; 3am. Who hikes at 3am? We are 20 miles in. I slowly get out of my sleeping bag, slowly unzip my tent, only to see my friend peaking out of his tent in the exact same fashion. He quickly moves his finger over his mouth in an exaggerated “hush” signal, then used the same hand to frantically motion towards the way of the trail. Then we see them. Four adults, three men and one woman, walking directly towards our camp. No lights illuminating their path; They are walking silently at this point. Only one of them has a backpack; An impossibility for the long hike they were 1/3 of the way through. Being a long trip, you bring wood cutting supplies to chop branches into smaller branches to burn; For me, this was a survival knife. Grabbing the knife, believing it is my only way of defending myself, I am more disheveled than I ever have been, especially knowing that a knife is barely defense at all. These people walk into our site, sit down by our extinguished fire pit, and just sit there for what felt like an eternity.
My friend speaks up and asks what they are doing in our campsite. Without answering the question, they ask if we have any food. Having packed as lightly as possible for the long trip. We had only a few extra Mountain House, MRE-style meals. I grab one out of my bag and toss it to one of the men. In rapid succession, I ask why they aren’t using a light, if they need help finding the trail, and why they are hiking so late. They respond with the following:
“We don’t use lights”
“We know where the trail is”
“It is better to hike late at night”
Unnerved at this point, my friend asks them to leave. They respond by asking if we want to light the fire and hangout for a bit. No we do not. They grab their bag, get up, and leave without speaking another word. We watch them leave and take shifts making sure that they didn’t come back. Needless to say, we both got very little sleep that night. When the sun rose the next morning, we finally got “real” sleep. By the afternoon, when we woke up, it all felt like a weird dream of sorts. The only evidence was a fuzzy cap that they must have dropped that I have to this day.
I have never had something as weird/spooky as that happen in the woods and hope to never have it happen again. In the eight years since that trip, I haven’t been back to the Loyalsock Trail.” — OandGTechy
Placenta
“I worked at a public forest. One day we had someone report a dead animal on the side of one of our trails. A few of us from the front desk hiked out to see what it was. It looked like a giant peice of…liver maybe? Just a pile of smooth red meat…no blood around. And it was wrapped up in a t shirt, with some coins scattered around it. We called our rangers to go check it out, and one of them was pretty sure it was a placenta. The weird part is, you have to check in thru a front desk. So someone either snuck a placenta/liver in or gave live birth/removed an organ on our trails. We never got an answer on what the pile of meat was, how it got there, or why.” — WhiteOwlz
Footsteps
“Spent a summer doing conservation work out in the absolute middle of nowhere in Wyoming. Was part of a crew that would spend two weeks camping in remote places to do manual labor in places machines couldn’t get to.
For this story, we were building new hiking/biking trails in the back portion of a designated wilderness area in a high altitude desert. This means that the nearest civilization was a 2 hour car ride to a town of 41 people in a sandy soil area where tracks last forever.
It was the middle of our stint during the early part of the night where everyone else had gone to bed but I stayed up to read, so maybe 11:30 or so. Still pitch black outside, clouds had covered stars. so my head lamp was probably the only light on in a 40 mile radius.
Suddenly I hear footsteps walking around our camp and head towards the tents from where I was in the community tent. That sound immediately put me on edge as I felt the hair on my arms raise and my adrenaline spike. I recall thinking to myself that two things are very wrong since the person was not using a light to see and the footsteps were not coming towards me from the tents, rather it was the opposite.
Within the four seconds it took me to drop my book, get up, and turn the corner of the tent to cast my light on the sleeping tents, the sound had stopped but I saw tracks in dirt before me. Looked like they came from one end of camp, looked into my tent, walked through the sleeping tents and kept going out of camp again.
I don’t know if I was making too much noise or not by walking around, but the rest of my crew ended up waking up and asking me what was going on from inside their tents. After explaining what I found, they all got up to look at the boot prints in the dirt. They were damn near perfect copies of my own boots except for one small thing, I had a rock stuck in my treads that messed up the symmetry. (I was wearing fairly common work boots, except I also happen to wear US size 15 double wide boots, so there was no way in hell this was one of the other crew members)
I don’t think any of us slept much that night. Never saw or heard anything more after that night. A light rain removed the tracks a couple days later, but I do remember none of us were willing to step on the prints themselves and choose to step over them like cracks in the sidewalk.” — GrumpyCTurtle
Smokers
“Read a story on here about a backwoods elk hunter who was two days into a hike in an area only accessible by foot. Woke up in the morning and there was a pile a freshly burnt cigarettes right outside his bear line.” — FrozenMrPotato
Silence
“My parents live pretty far back in the country and have 1 neighboring house.
The neighbors would let their Basset Hound outside for about 10 minutes to use the bathroom every morning.
One morning they let him out, and he didn’t come back inside. After a couple minutes they walked out to his favorite bathroom spot, and found…his head. Judging from the tracks, a mountain lion had ambushed him and apparently torn his head off before carrying the body away.
What I thought was the creepiest part was that the family hadn’t heard a sound.” — schoonerw
Ghosts
“My oldest brother used to work the overnight sprinklers on a golf course. He took me out one time just for fun and as we were driving uphill on a fairway, a figure of a lady appeared in the headlights at the top of the hill. My brother steered a little to the left of her and kept driving right on by. I stared right into her eyes as we drove by and she stared back. Her eyes glowed like a cat in the night.
As soon as we were out of voice range I asked my brother “What the hell was that?!” He calmly responded, “Yea, she lives on the golf course and likes to terrorize the workers from time to time. I usually see her out here once a week.”” — ArtshowSkittles
Being alone
“I’ve worked in Canada’s north for a few years now in oil and gas.
It’s pretty creepy when during night shift you realise a moose has just been standing at the tree line staring you down for an unknown length of time.
Or finding bear tracks crossing the tracks you just made 5 minutes ago
Honestly the silence of a snowy forest in the dead of night 100s of km away from anything is pretty spooky. When Your only contact to the outside world is a radio channel nobody’s listening to, you feel pretty alone.” — gooberplsno