Reasons why I love you: 100 ideas to write down

• ✦ Be concrete. "Because you always know where the key is" beats "because you're wonderful".
• ✦ Use the everyday. Small things repeated every day say more than big declarations.
• ✦ One sentence per reason. Short, with a detail that belongs only to the two of you.
• ✦ Any order. Mix serious and funny: a list of a hundred reasons that is only serious gets tiring.

The examples below speak to "you", as you do with the person you love. Replace the brackets with your names, places and objects.

1. Because you help without saying so.
2. Because you always apologize before I do, even when it's me.
3. Because you remember everyone's name.
4. Because you have your own way of laughing in silence.
5. Because you greet the waiters, the mail carriers, the people on the helpline.
6. Because you say "I don't know" without shame.
7. Because you're always early, and I've never held it against you.
8. Because you're really interested in people.
9. Because you read the instructions.
10. Because you stay calm when everyone else loses it.
11. Because you can change your mind.
12. Because you say thank you, and mean it.
13. Because you listen, even to what I'm telling you for the fourth time.
14. Because you stand up for people who aren't there.
15. Because you work hard without complaining.
16. Because you can enjoy the smallest thing.
17. Because you've been loyal to your friends forever.

1. Because with you, an ordinary Tuesday night becomes a good night.
2. Because we laugh at the same things in the same places.
3. Because you put up with my playlists for 400 miles.
4. Because you agreed to visit [city] in the rain.
5. Because we don't need to talk to feel good.
6. Because you wake me with coffee, not with a reproach.
7. Because we have the same favorite shows, and the same disagreements.
8. Because we eat dinner at 10 p.m. without batting an eye.
9. Because your hand finds mine in the dark.
10. Because you came with me to that boring wedding.
11. Because we've had a joke of our own since [year].
12. Because you know what I think before I say it.
13. Because home is wherever you are.
14. Because you taught me how to cook [dish].
15. Because you dance, even when you can't.
16. Because we moved four times without arguing over the boxes. Almost.
17. Because Sundays together are my favorite moment of the week.

1. Because you put your coat over my shoulders when I'm cold.
2. Because you always leave the last piece.
3. Because you know which bread I like.
4. Because you turn off the light behind me without a word.
5. Because you hum while you cook.
6. Because you send "got home okay?" messages.
7. Because you keep my movie tickets.
8. Because you have your own way of tying a scarf.
9. Because you leave a note on the fridge.
10. Because you fall asleep before the end of the movie, every time.
11. Because you correct my mistakes gently.
12. Because you always have a charger on you.
13. Because you know [object] matters to me.
14. Because you bring me little gifts for no reason.
15. Because you sing off-key without shame.
16. Because you proofread my important emails.
17. Because you remember my appointments.

1. Because you were there the day everything went wrong.
2. Because you waited with me in the emergency room.
3. Because you said "we'll get through this", and it was true.
4. Because you took a plane to be with me.
5. Because you let me cry without trying to stop me.
6. Because you believed in me before I did.
7. Because you pretended not to worry so I'd calm down.
8. Because you stayed up all night rereading my application.
9. Because you held my hand when the news was bad.
10. Because you made the first move after our fight in [year].
11. Because you agreed to move for my job.
12. Because you stayed through the period when I wasn't fun anymore.
13. Because you knew how to tell me when I was wrong.
14. Because you kept your cool during [memory].
15. Because you never gave up on us.
16. Because we came out closer after every hardship.

1. Because I want to go to [trip] with you.
2. Because I see myself growing old beside you, without fear.
3. Because you make every project lighter.
4. Because I want to know what you'll be doing in ten years.
5. Because I can't picture a garden without you in it.
6. Because I want to listen to you telling our stories to others.
7. Because I can't wait for our next Sundays.
8. Because I want to learn [thing] with you.
9. Because you make me want to do better.
10. Because I'd choose you again.
11. Because we still have plenty of pages to write.
12. Because I want to celebrate [date] with you for a long time.
13. Because I want to see your face when you find out about [surprise].
14. Because I want to keep you in every version of the future.
15. Because I want us to still laugh at [place].
16. Because the future scares me less since you've been here.

1. Because you lost your keys again this morning.
2. Because you always eat off my plate.
3. Because you refuse to believe we're lost.
4. Because you talk to plants, and they survive.
5. Because you read the spoilers first.
6. Because you have your own version of every story.
7. Because you say "five minutes" and mean an hour.
8. Because you have an opinion on everything, including what you know nothing about.
9. Because you sing the wrong words with conviction.
10. Because you fall asleep in movie theaters.
11. Because you defend [team] after every lost game.
12. Because you like pineapple on pizza, and I forgive you.
13. Because you claim you're not afraid of spiders.
14. Because you snore, and it reassures me.
15. Because you wash the dishes while dancing.
16. Because you look at me as if I were funny, even when I'm not.
17. Because you accepted my nicknames, even [nickname].

• ✦ The letter: thirty reasons on one page, in your handwriting. Quick to make, easy to slip into a pocket or a bag.
• ✦ The jar: one reason per slip of paper, to pick every other day. It takes preparation, but it renews itself.
• ✦ The illustrated book: your reasons become scenes. A LoomyBook tells your story as a pair, with your two faces drawn from two photos. You can put a few reasons in a dedication, added after you order (just write to us) and printed in the book, or use them as the memories to tell in the story.

To find the first words, see our book dedication ideas; to choose the memories to tell, our guide what to write in a couple book. For Valentine's Day, see also our Valentine's gift idea.

The book costs €39 digital, €59 for the printed Signature (30 pages) and €129 for the Prestige (40 pages). To learn more, see our guide to the personalized couple book.