Personal Reflection: Humor in Romantic Relationships

My brother, Zack, and his girlfriend, Rachel (now fiancee, FINALLY), have been together for twelve years. I introduced them to each other when I was a freshman in high school and the rest is history. So, as you can already guess, I have had the opportunity to see them grow together throughout the years and I have been a witness to how their relationship has evolved as well. One thing that has always stood out the most to me is the role that humor plays in their relationship. I asked them about it not too long ago during the time period in class when we covered humor in personal relationships.

In response to my question, "what role does humor play in your relationship?", both Zack and Rachel agreed that it was a vital part of what made them them. Both are very funny people who have very similar senses of humor, so they mesh incredibly well together. They also said that humor kept their relationship afloat during difficult times in their lives and acted as a way to express how much they love each other even when they were mad at each other. This is something that I have personally witnessed between the two of them. For example: Whenever Zack has made Rachel mad, he will bust out singing at the top of his lungs "Hello, Darlin'" by Conway Twitty and he'll go and squeeze her in a big hug and start kissing her and it never fails to make her laugh.

Humor in relationships, especially romantic relationships, is incredibly important and key to building and sustaining bonds with one another. I am so glad to know that my brother and his future wife both share lots of laughter with one another because I love them both so much!!

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