Childish Acts we Revert Back to Once we're in a Relationship

Hello again. It's been a good while since my last post so I will get straight to the point. I will say however that this post came about with my recent obsession for Peter Pan and the wonderful prospect of snow sometime today. *Fingers crossed*

1. Goodbye hugs and kisses. Yeah it was embarrassing when your mom tried to even hug you or worse kiss you on the cheek before rushing into the world of adolescent torment. High school is bad enough without the added embarrassment of maternal/paternal affection. However, once it's your significant other, it's all OK again and in fact, even becomes expected and if not received, painful.

2. Cheesy love notes. Yes, my mother too left the worst notes in my packed lunches before we finally had the talk that this mess had to stop. Now, however, my fiance and I have made it a sort of weird competition to see who can leave the cheesiest notes lying around in broad daylight for the other to find. During Valentine's Day no one is safe.

3. Tickle fights. Yep, those were the days when you could innocently laugh as your parents attacked your sides, underarms, and feet. Then you reached the age of 10 and realized that no matter how fantastic it was, it just wasn't cool anymore. For a while, you even had horrible flashbacks of the tickle fights and you began to flinch whenever anyone got remotely near your feet or stomach. Then you meet the one person in your life who you allow to actually tickle you and pretty soon tickling becomes an all out brawl to assert complete and total dominance.

4. TLC. When we were children and got sick it was the greatest thing in the world because we had our mommies to take care of us and, of course, you couldn't go to school sick. Once you start college or get a real job you turn into some weird voodoo person trying to ward off all impending sicknesses. You won't even go around children. Those disgusting things are like the plague. Because face it, staying home without someone to take care of you only makes it worse and no twenty-something year old is going to call his/her mom to come take care of them, but a boyfriend/girlfriend we definitely might. Suddenly, I want to be coddled (and no that's not a typo) and kissed and have my pillows fluffed every hour on the dot.

5. Piggyback rides! Yeah, there's not a lot of explanation needed for this one. These are just the greatest thing ever.

6. Being carried in general. Does anyone else pretend to fall asleep on the couch so your boyfriend has to carry you to bed? I know I can't be the only one.

7. "Feed me Seymour, feed me." It's sweet and romantic to be fed by your significant other. But mostly, I'm too darn tired and lazy to move my hand so it's better if you do.

8. Playing house. So we do it on an up-scaled model of lounging about in furniture stores or jumping on the fake beds in Sears or JcPenny, but it is still the visual representation of our life after marriage. Also, highly entertaining and embarrassing once we're caught.

9. Story time. Maybe the books are a little bit more grown up and now instead of quietly listening and just enjoying the book, I want to ask your opinion of it every 5 seconds. Either way, I still love being read to before I fall asleep. It's the second greatest thing ever (see #5).

10. Being tucked in and good night kisses. It's weird how shoving some blanket around your body and having that warm sensation on your forehead/cheek can make all the difference between a good night's sleep and a sad long struggle of restlessness. Almost makes me wonder why we even grow out of this phase, but then I remind myself that my mom/dad were just preparing me for you.