A Sign Of A Healthy Relationship

(My boyfriend is driving me home after a date and accidentally misses a stop sign, which brings on this exchange.)

Boyfriend: “Whoops… missed a stop sign. Well, there are no cops around, and I’m sure you’ll forgive me.”

Me: *deadpan* “Nope, sorry. I mean, I love you and all, but you missed that stop sign. That was the very boundary securing our relationship. We’re so over.”

Boyfriend: *over-dramatically fake sobbing* “I’VE RUINED EVERYTHING OVER A STOP SIGN! I SHOULD’VE KNOWN!”

Me: *can’t keep from laughing* “You’re such a ham! I’m sorry, babe. I love your fake sobbing; it’s so over the top!”

Boyfriend: “Of course it is! That’s the point! You start out small, and then grow in intensity until…” *starts wailing overdramatically again*

Me: *wailing along with him, until we both can’t keep from breaking down laughing*

Boyfriend: “So that just happened…”

Me: “Yup. We really are lame.”

Boyfriend: “Indeed we are, my dear. And I wouldn’t have us any other way.”