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Weird Things Couples Do – Embracing the Weirdness

Abigail Renee Abigail Renee | September 8, 2019 | 10 min read

When you get into a relationship with someone, it’s only normal for you to be engaging in behavior that might be considered weird. After all, part of getting comfortable with someone means being authentic. And when you’re authentic, you don’t try to hide the odd parts of your personality anymore. You might already be familiar with the weird things couples do. Actually, you might have already been exposed to these relationships yourself.

All couples are going to have their personalities. A relationship will always take a life of its own since. Because everyone has their personality traits and characteristics. Hence, they bring these traits into their relationships as well. Indeed, that’s part of the charm of being in an intimate relationship with someone. You can create a link that you can call your own.

Authenticity is always going to be important in any relationship. However, when you are authentic, there’s just no escaping the occasional weirdness. There are plenty of couples who engage in strange behavior. That’s the truth. There’s no point in trying to hide it. After all, we all engage in it whenever we’re in relationships. Whether you admit it or not, you’re going to do weird things with your partner. There are some odd things couples do regardless of how cool they might think they are.

Embracing the Weirdness

If you’re becoming curious about what kind of weird behavior some couples might be doing, then you’ve come to the right place. This article is going to highlight just some of the weird things couples do when they get comfortable with each other. Granted, your relationship might be the same. It might be different. The point here is that no couple is going to be immune to this phenomenon. Without further ado, here are a few examples of weird things couples do together.

1. Doing Nothing

It might seem weird, but a lot of the relationships in the world aren’t going to be so exciting all of the time. Most relationships are composed of couples just sitting around and doing nothing. And even though that might seem weird, it’s just a natural aspect of any relationship. After all, love isn’t always going to be a fast-paced rollercoaster that most people think. Part of being stable with your partner is being comfortable enough with them to do nothing.

2. Talking About Poop

Expect that you’re going to be talking about poop a lot with your partner. And it is not just about the poop either. You’re going to be talking about a lot of gross stuff that you wouldn’t be talking to other people about. Naturally, this won’t’ be so weird for you because of how comfortable you are with one another. However, you have to consider that it’s weird under normal circumstances. It just so happens that you’re already really comfortable with one another.

3. Using Each Other as Furniture

You know what we’re talking about here. Think back to the last time the two of you were lying together on the couch. You were likely tempted to rest your head on your partner’s lap or shoulder. This is something that happens all the time. Heck, some people in relationships even use their partners as footstools. This isn’t that weird of a phenomenon to encounter in everyday life for a lot of couples. However, it’s still bizarre behavior if you sit and think about it.

4. Speak in a Made Up Language

Imagine if you’re lining up for coffee at your local cafe. And then, when it’s your turn to get to the counter, the barista starts speaking in a made-up language. It’s weird. Well, then why isn’t it weird for couples to speak in made-up languages to one another? You might hear a lot of couples out on dates who talk to one another with words that you don’t understand yourself. This is because they make these words up on their own. They have their secret language.

5. Not Apologizing Because of Farting or Burping

Imagine the horrors of letting out a fart in public, and everyone knows that you just did so. You would be ashamed of yourself, and you would be so quick to apologize to everyone around you. However, when you’re in a relationship, it’s different. You can fart and burp in front of your partner all you want. And they wouldn’t care. You would be okay with it, and you wouldn’t even feel compelled to apologize anymore.

6. Pretending to Be Each Other’s Pets

This is just one example of weird things couples do to be cute with each other. They act as if they are each other’s pets. More than just giving each other pet names, they go out and act as if they are actual pets. It turns out dogs aren’t the only ones who can perform tricks.

7. Talking Like Babies

Again, this is just some weird way in which couples try to act cute towards each other. For some people, this is just super cringe-worthy and annoying. But for couples in relationships, talking like babies can be cute.

8. Taking Weird Photos of Each Other

Usually, when you ask a friend to take a picture of yourself, you always expect them to get your best angles. However, why is it that some people in relationships try to take some very unflattering photos of their partners? You try to go out of your way to get the most embarrassing shots of them.

9. Popping Each Other’s “Back-ne”

Usually, when you see a huge zit on your face that’s just loaded with puss, you would want to be the one who pops it. However, what happens when you have a pimple on your back that you can’t reach or see? Who pops it for you then? This is where your partner comes in. This might be considered to be gross for a lot of people. But somehow, for the two of you, it’s just completely normal behavior.

10. Grooming One Another

Being a fully-grown adult, you should already be able to take care of yourself. This means that you should be mature enough to be able to engage in proper grooming. However, a lot of couples will systematically rely on their partners for their grooming needs. Who wouldn’t love a manicure from their significant other, right?

11. Force Feeding Each Other

When you think of force-feeding someone, you always picture a parent feeding a baby or a nurse feeding a patient. However, you wouldn’t really have to think about an adult force-feeding another healthy adult. And a lot of couples do this. But it just goes to show that food is life and that one partner would never allow the other to go hungry.

12. Dancing Even When There’s No Music

Dancing without music is weird. But that doesn’t stop a lot of couples from engaging in this kind of behavior, right?

13. Using Random Nicknames

Of course, nicknames aren’t totally out of place in the realms of relationships and romance. You’ve probably been exposed to the greatest hits such as sweetheart, babe, baby, honey, muffin, and whatnot. However, there are going to be some couples out there who will resort to some really weird and unconventional nicknames. And it’s not going to be weird for them at all. It might just be weird to those who don’t understand the backstory behind it.

14. Getting Drunk Together at Home

Instead of going out to get drunk with friends at the bar or at the club, a lot of couples will stay home and just get drunk alone. In ordinary circumstances, this is pretty weird. But since you’re getting drunk with your partner, it’s okay?

15. Talking Shit About Mutual Friends

It would be really weird for you to thrash your friends to your other friends, right? Part of making sure that everyone sees you as a morally upright human being is that you always try to speak well of other people. However, when you’re in a relationship with someone, you don’t have to hold back. You can always just let it rip. You can say whatever you want without fear of being lambasted or criticized for what you’ve just said.

16. Getting Irritated at Each Other for Small Things

Given that you’re a couple, it would be safe to assume that you love one another with all of your heart and that you accept each other without any reservations. However, you might still get irritated over the simplest and smallest things. It’s really normal for any couple in a relationship to get mad and upset from time to time. But isn’t it weird that even the simplest things can be very annoying?

17. Annoying One Another On Purpose

It would be weird to think of two people who love one another to be annoying each other on purpose. But this actually happens to a lot of couples. Actually, it might even be a form of endearment. So, even though it might look weird on the outside, it’s not necessarily going to be weird for them.

18. Subtly unwanted touching Each Other in Public

In most cases, this would be considered to be intimate harassment. But since the two of you are in an intimate and romantic relationship together, it’s actually kind of fun. Of course, part of what makes it fun is that you’re trying to hide it from other people. Engaging in intimate playfulness like this can be very exciting when you’re trying to do it in creative ways. It’s only weird when you get caught. But even then, it can still be fun.

19. Making Fun of Each Other

You make fun of each other. Given that you might already see this as normal in your relationship, it’s still pretty weird. Imagine going out and just making fun of every single person you meet. It’s not considered as nice behavior, is it? So, why would you be doing it to the one person who you supposedly love most in this world? Well, I guess that’s why this seems really weird. But truthfully, the more comfortable you are with a person, the easier it is to take things lightly.

20. Giving Too Much Information

This is just something that you know you are guilty of whenever you get into an intimate relationship with someone. You are bound to be giving them too much information. After all, that’s the whole point of being in a relationship, right? You are with someone with whom you deeply connect and relate to. So, it would make perfect sense that you would be able to talk to each other about things that you wouldn’t bring up with other people. That’s just the language of love right there.

Conclusion

A lot of the stuff listed here might be applicable to your own relationship or not. But whatever the case, it’s just some of the common examples of weird things couples do. You and your partner might actually engage in weird behavior of your own that isn’t listed here. And that’s okay. That doesn’t mean that your love is any less valid than those of others. Also, it’s important that you really allow the true personality of your relationship to come out on its own.

At the end of the day, any kind of romantic relationship is beautiful. And so as long as you’re not doing harm onto each other or to the people around you, it’s okay if you engage in occasional weird behavior. It’s just your way of staying true and staying real with one another in your relationship. Keep in mind that it’s a lot better to be weird and authentic than to be “conventional” and fake. Also, normal is boring. Weird is in. Deal with it.

In conclusion, stay true to who you are in your relationship. If that means you engaging in weird behavior every once in a while, then that should be fine. The most important thing here is that you love each other and that you make each other’s lives better.


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Passport Overused · September 8, 2019

Great post ?

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Lauren Morgan · February 6, 2020

Hahaha Jay lol so funny but true

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Abigail Renee is a writer based in New York with a background in psychology and over five years of experience covering relationships, love, and personal growth. She is known for her candid, thoughtful perspective on the complexities of modern relationships, and believes that honest conversation is the foundation of any meaningful connection. When she is not writing, she is exploring new restaurants, listening to Coldplay, or rewatching her favourite sitcoms from the 2000s.