Girlfriend Gives Boyfriend a Bath

Yesterday, my girlfriend gave me a bath. Positive Work has been really stressing me out these last few weeks (new efficiency metrics are some horseshit) and its taken its toll on me. I was working late alot so I wasn't able to go to the gym as much. My morale has been in the toilet. When I got home yesterday I ended up collapsing on the couch. I felt my girlfriend sit next to me and stroke my hair. I got up and gave her a hug. She told me she knew how stressed I have been and she wanted to do something for me. She asked if she could draw me a bath. I was kind of surprised by the idea but I said sure. She went to the bathroom and got the water going before going to our bedroom and fetching me a set of pajamas and walking me to the bathroom. She had me undress and get in. She then sat on the rim of the tub and washed me. She ended up talking about her day and her work while lathering up my hair. It was heaven. Afterwards, she helped me towel dry and put my dirty clothes in the hamper and made me a quick dinner. That was maybe the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for me. I have never felt so loved. I might marry her.

A hand-drawn cartoon shows a tired, bespectacled man sitting in a bathtub while his girlfriend washes his hair and a yellow rubber duck floats nearby. The accompanying Reddit-style story describes his girlfriend comforting him after a stressful period at work by drawing him a bath, helping him undress, washing him, and making dinner. The joke is the exaggeratedly tender framing of an ordinary act of care as an intensely romantic, life-changing gesture, making the post feel wholesome and absurdly sentimental.

• @eternalclassic / 57280 2024-09-12