(I’m talking to my boyfriend over Skype, while he’s looking at films. My name is Amy.)

Him: “Hey, Look! There’s a film called Chasing Amy! I’d chase one certain Amy forever, if I had to.”

Me: “But, you’ve already caught your Amy.”

Him: “I what?”

Me: “You caught an Amy?”

(He hums the ‘pokėmon caught’ music from the game.)

Him: “Would you like to nickname your captured Amy?”

Me: “Well, are you going to?”

Him: “N-O-O-F-L-E.”

Me: “Noofle?”

Him: “Well, it was going to be ‘Noofles’, since that sounds cute. But, I always run out of spaces for characters in these things, so it’s just ‘Noofle’ now.”

(He still calls me Noofle.)

(My long distance boyfriend and I are texting each other. He sent me flowers for Valentine’s Day.)

Me: “My flowers are beautiful! <4”

Me: *fixing error* “<3 ^^^”

Boyfriend: “I <4 you, too.”

Me: “I don’t know if I <4 you… but I <3 you very much. So, I guess more of a <3.97?”

(My partner and I are having a Skype conversation while we are at work.)

Him: “Xoxox zzzz wywywy.”

Me: “Wywywy?”

Him: “Those letters get left out too often.”

†(I am texting my girlfriend, just after I have given back her car keys.)

Me: “I didn’t know what kind of gas to put in your car, so I threw in mid-grade.”

Girlfriend: “I usually put in the cheapest stuff. Is that why it was $40?”

Me: “Yeah, probably. It’s good to put in the more expensive stuff once in a while. My truck calls for just the expensive stuff. Anything less, and she throws a hissy fit.”

Girlfriend: “Give her a spankin’ and do her up the exhaust pipe.”

Me: “Baby, I love you.”

(My boyfriend and I are currently long-distance. He promises me that there is something in the mail for me, but it might not get to me for a while. I respond with an expression of excitement/anticipation.)

Me: “Meep!”

Boyfriend: “Trying to imagine that sound physically being made just seriously improved my night.”

Me: “I have so many sounds, I’m like a Bop-it Extreme, but without physical violence.”

Boyfriend: “You mean I can’t bop, twist, flick, spin, and/or pull you?”

Me: “While many of those actions could be appropriate, especially in swing dancing, flicking will definitely be met with angry sounds and a return attack.”