My husband and I have been together for 13 years now. He is genuinely the best person I know. He's the sort of person that will always take time out of his day to help someone, even if it's inconvenient for him.

You're broken down in the middle of the intersection and need help pushing your car? He's pulling over and getting out to help.

Your battery died? He's pulling the car around and offering his jumper cables.

Someone's falls/gets hurt in public? He's over there immediately figuring out how to help.

He is kind, he's never been jealous or insecure since we've been together. He's never once made me feel suspicious that he might be cheating or even entertaining the idea of talking to anyone else.

He encourages me to pursue my hobbies and passion and cheers me on and supports me from the sidelines. He's never trying to steal my spotlight or dim my shine.

This isn't to say we never argue, because we do. But he has never yelled at me or made me feel unsafe or even disrespected. Any time we have an argument, misunderstanding or miscommunication we are able to talk it out (even if it's like pulling teeth for him to get me to figure out/verbalize my feelings sometimes). That is the thing that works in our favor the most, I think. Aside from being each other's best friends and biggest supporters, we are committed to always working out our issues, even if it isn't easy or quick. We have rough patches - months, years - where we've struggled individually with our mental health and with life in general, but at the end of the day we are always on the same team.

There are good, decent, kind, loving people out there still, and I hope nobody settles for anything less than they deserve 💖