There’s a myth in Greek mythology that tells a story in which humans were originally created with four arms and legs and had a head with two faces. Punishing them for their pride and fearing their power, Zeus split them into two, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. And when they finally find someone they can be completely themselves with (aka someone who matches their weird), they know they’ve found their other half. 

This myth might just be the cold truth, as these couples who shared the strangest things they do together prove that when you find someone whose weird matches yours, that's love! Scroll down to find things these lovebirds do that are a bit weird but totally wholesome, and don’t forget to share some of your own stories below.

While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with a couples therapist Erin Thomas and Kristal DeSantis, LMFT, and author of STRONG: A Relationship Field Guide for the Modern Man, who kindly agreed to share their insights on being completely yourself in a romantic relationship.

#1

Play hide and seek. He’ll randomly disappear and I’ll find him hiding in my closet or in the bath tub waiting to jump out and scare me. Once he tried hiding under the bed and fell asleep…I found him only because of his snore.

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#2

Where to begin? If we are close enough when the other person starts yawning, we try to get as much of our hand in their mouth as possible.

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#3

Whenever either of us take off our ring for any reason (shower, washing dishes, gardening, etc) the other will grab it and put it back on them while “proposing”. We have probably proposed to each other several thousand times by now.

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Both our interviewed relationship experts agree that truly being yourself is essential in romantic relationships, but it depends on how long the couple has been together.

"If your relationship is newer, you probably haven't had the time to create a secure attachment bond, so you might feel a little less able to be yourself. It's almost like you're still in the job interview phase. If you have been with your partner for longer, feeling like you can be yourself is a sign that you feel truly seen, loved, and accepted for who you actually are," explains couples therapist Erin Thomas.

#4

I used to mess up the name of the month on our dry erase calendar and now it has turned into us constantly doing it wrong on purpose to see who notices. Right now it is apparently Septemble.

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#5

We'll cape each other. I'll be doing the dishes for example and my fiancée will come up and hug me from behind all cute-like. Then if I have to walk she'll shuffle her feet really quickly to match me, and I'll have to move around cleaning the kitchen with this quick-stepping weirdo on me like a cape.

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#6

Sometimes, we take the t-shirt we’re wearing, and trap the other persons head under it, holding them to our stomachs and telling them that they are now safe.

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#7

We get bark box for our dog, and a few months back the theme was space jam. So we ended up with this tiny stuffed LeBron that our dog couldn’t care less about.

So now we try to prank each other with LeBron. We have gotten multiple pics of each other sleeping with LeBron just chilling there. It’s quite entertaining, if not bizarre.

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#8

We squeeze each other’s forearms to try to get the fingers to contract to pick stuff up. (My partner uses my arm as if it’s a human claw crane machine.).

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#9

If my wife and I are holding hands and we somehow end up in a handshake position we shake vigorously and say hyperbolic business jargon like "good business deal, business partner." Or "production is hitting our KPIs this quarter."

Done it for years and we do actually own a business together now but we still do this.

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#10

When we're chatting (or even talking) and we have to remark the importance or the hilarity of a phrase or a fact, we say that in English. We're both Italian. That's pretty weird.

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#11

Secretly put pegs on each other’s clothes as we go about our day and wait to see how long it takes for one another to notice.

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#12

We play rock, paper, scissors for the bill whenever we are at restaurants or grocery shopping etc.

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#13

We howl at the moon like wolves. But at totally random times across the house. And if one of us does it, the other is obligated to join in.

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#14

Sometimes when we sit opposite of eachother, we interlock our toes. It's as if we're holding hands but instead it's our feet. It's genuinely one of the things that makes me laugh so hard I cry.

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#15

My wife and I have an unspoken thing we've done to each other for 10+ years where we sneak up behind each other, grab the other's butt, and if the grabee's butt tenses up the grabber will whisper "Fear..." If the grabee goes without tensing up, then it's usually "OH?! NO FEAR FOR YOU?!"

I have no idea where it came from or how it started, but it's a joke that's endured almost as long as our marriage and made for some funny moments over the years.

Edit: Wow!! Thank you for the Gold, awards, and up votes! Y'all are too kind. For those who asked, the voice has varied. It's been like that "Fear" scene from Super Troopers, but also like Jafar or other movies. It varies. The "NO FEAR FOR YOU" has definitely come out like the Soup N**i.

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#16

My wife likes to pants me (pull down my pants from behind) when I'm doing things where both hands are occupied, like cooking or carrying things. I put up with it because she get really great belly laughs every time she is successful, and I love it when she laughs like that.

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#17

I text him pretending to be tech support for his Wifebot robot. I’m old so I’m a Classic model, and there are often problems with annoying downloads (our children) causing malfunctions.

I guess you had to be there….

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#18

My boyfriend and I believe in an alternate reality where we exist as beans so whenever we’re having an awkward moment one of us will mention what our bean versions are probably doing.

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#19

We always say “don’t be gross” to each other at inopportune times and the other has to immediately stop what they’re doing and start drooling on themselves. Sounds dumb, but SO funny.

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#20

Me and my wife randomly greet each other with “hi”, even if we’re just sitting on the sofa watching TV.

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#21

We'll squawk "mine" like the seagulls from finding nemo. Usually while holding each other.

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#22

Before we had a kid, we used to strip to avoid running out for anything. It started with "you run out, I don't have any shoes on". Then one day I mentioned we were out of milk, and neither of us had shoes on. My husband immediately dropped his pants around his ankles and declared "I don't have pants on either". After that, every time one of us would say "oh, we're all out of *blank*..." we would exchange a quick glance and immediately start stripping to see who could be the farthest from "ready to leave the house". Good times.

ETA: This got way more attention than I thought it would! Thanks for the awards!

Also, yeah, we used to wear shoes in the house back when we lived in grimy apartments. Even now, since we got a dog, we have "in-house shoes" and "outside-shoes" to avoid stepping in water-slobber-drool spots in socks.

I'm seriously considering starting this up again...our son is 8, so as long as we dont go beyond underwear, it should be just the right amount of embarrassing. 😉.

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#23

We make up lore for our cat. One of us will say something stupid and random like "he's a stone cold businessman" and the other will build on it, and we'll just keep escalating until one of us dies of laughter. And now that same cat is a chicken sauce businessman, a celebrated figure in Japan, and a renowned soccer player, complete with a fleshed out backstory...

EDIT: holy s**t!! Didnt expect this to get as many replies as it did!! Im having a blast reading through everything and its awesome we're not the only ones LOL. To all those asking about a children's book. I actually made a magazine, in the style of "Forbes", about my cat and gifted to my SO for Christmas, but now I'm really keen on commissioning a children's book down the line for sure

EDIT EDIT: Also forgot to mention my SO has made a collection of magazine covers for our cats LOL we are way too dedicated.

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#24

I was living above a childrens daycare before I moved in with her. I would pretend to miss the crying and screaming every day when they got to play outside.

She then promised to fix that for me and at the same time some kid outside started jammering. So now every time a kid cries in our vicinity I'll lean in and say 'Thanks dear'.

It's a bit of schadenfreude as we probably wont have any of our own, and both ok with that.

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#25

Entire concepts have been replaced with nonsense/bastadized words.

eg. A bath is exclusively known as a splosh. Ie. "I'm going to go and have a splosh"

Last weekend we were camping with friends, I'd helped cook the breakfast and caught myself asking people if they wanted any more sosig...

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#26

Me and my wife used to dance as we sang each other Disney's princess songs, no matter where we were. We'd also spent hours singing until our voice went dry, even if there was work at the next day, it could be 4 a.m. and we'd still be thinking of another song to add to the mix (not only Disney, of course). Her voice was that of an Angel.

#27

When the other person is not looking, we try to get in a karate chop. Combined with, "Hai-YA".

#28

We have entire conversations with our cat. Except one of us is being their self, and the other is acting out the cat’s side of the conversation.

#29

We merge and shorten words at random. We sit at the tabe for example while eating bossages (as oppose to burnt sausages).

We know when the other is having a bad day as we stick our heads in the fridge and scream at the broccoli if so.

We message each other through out the day trying to be as formal as possible, rewording mundayne questions into very important business proposals.

We rate each others fart sounds comparing them to movie sound FX (the wilhelm scream is 10/10 but has never been achieved).

We say each others full names over and over again to the rhythm of old trains while chugging through the house.

We speak french to our cat as much as possible as her previous house human was French and it seems to make her happy. We also pretend to be scary french monsters and chase her around the house.

We often burst into song, replacing words to see what happens. Usually either about the cat or her brother in law. Some times just drop in and out of song. "Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle.... yeah?" My highlight was a variation of slipknots-duality "I push my fingers into my b*m".

...this has highlighted to me that I am unlikely to find a replacement.

#30

We name our stuff, like house plants and cars. My car is Bessie and hers is Moana. Biggest houseplant we have is named Clyde Jr. because he looked like a small version of a tree at our old place that we had named Clyde. Lisa is a small houseplant. We have a portable charcoal grill called Melissa.

Her family knows these names and uses them as if it’s completely normal.

#31

The f*****g goofing voices in public. It’s made worse by the fact I’m 60 and she’s 50. Grocery aisle or any other store and one of us sees something cool, boom. Fake a*s, exaggerated semi-aristocratic whatever the f**k accent we can contrive and, “Ooooh! So verah fanceh!” Then the other chimes in, “So verah fanceh! What does it do?”

And off we go. Insufferable, really.

#32

Tag, basically. I chase her around the house, furniture, etc. There have been both broken possessions and injuries. The worst was several years ago when I broke my toe trying to run past the fridge and kicked it at full speed.

We still do it, though.

#33

We have a codeword to determine if the other person is a shapeshifter. Randomly we will ask each to repeat it. Always causes a giggle or even a concerned “oh god…”.

#34

If we’re holding hands while watching tv one of us will start smacking the others hand to clap and then we go faster and faster like that until it’s too much.

#35

Pet names have evolved from darling to rarring, smarling, blarling, bloobling etc
Babe to bleb, bliib, breb, blubalubs, bloob etc. But never blob (never will make that mistake again)
And are often incorporated into song

Also recommend bliss ball and pound cake.

#36

When we can’t find each other in the store we “bloop” and the other person replies with a long “blooop” until we locate each other. When people are around they’re pretty quiet which maybe makes it more awkward/creepy for the passerby.

#37

I guess at some point one of us sang the words “puppy diarrhea” (probably while our puppy was going diarrhea) and it stuck. So now sometimes one of us will sing “puppy diarrhea” and the other one will repeat the song but in a higher pitch, and it keeps going until we’re scream singing “puppy diiiiiiarrrrhea” in opera voices.

I also like to accuse him of s******g his pants after a fart, and he’ll forcefully deny it. “That was definitely a shart!” *“I didn’t s**t my f*****g pants!”* “GO CHECK YOUR PANTS RIGHT NOW” We can stay in the bit until things are pretty heated. One time it occurred to me that our neighbors might hear these “fights” and they wouldn’t know we were joking. I love the idea of that.

#38

In the early days, we were walking around outside and I saw a flock of geese flying in a V formation (something I’d only ever seen on TV). I gasped and quietly said “geese!” He kissed me. “What was that for?” “You said kees.”

Nearly 20 years later, if I say “geese” I still get a kiss.

#39

Whenever we drive somewhere for a weekend, we try to guess the time we'll get there down to the minute. Last time, our ten year old joined in and on a drive that is a little over two hours, she was only one minute off!

#40

I like to pretend to go in for a kiss and then just yell into his mouth instead. It’s been years and I giggle like a schoolgirl every time.

#41

Not sure how it started but one of us will look at our dog and give him a thumbs-up. It must remain up until the other person sees this and does the same. When the dog looks confused enough we are allowed to continue with our lives.

#42

We speak in meme at each other. During the storm this week, the entire state was under tornado watch so I told him it was “real heckin wimdy out.“. We also will howl at our dog until we are all howling together at the ceiling.

#43

I lick my wife right on the face and say you lick it you own it.

#44

She stands facing me, with her toes on top of my toes. We tilt our heads back and make penguin noises. We call it “transferring the egg.”

It started as a joke after watching “March of the Penguins” and now it’s a cold-morning ritual in our home. (It is not sexual.).

#45

1. Any time one of us bends over for any reason (tying a shoe, petting the cat, etc) the other goes “AW YEAH THAT’S RIGHT!!”

2. He’s a late riser and a metal head, so on the weekends I stand by the bed and chant “Awaken! Awaken! Take the land that must be taken! RISE!”.

#46

We have a little paper cut out of Bobby Hill that we hide in random locations for the other to find, days or weeks later. It's currently in a stack of toilet paper at her place waiting to be found again.

Update: She grabbed the roll on top of it but didn't notice it.

#47

Sometimes I say to him, "Oh David." But it sounds more like, "Mo David." And then he says, "Mo David more problems." And then sings the hook to that one song, "The more David we come across the more problems we see." And then one of us says, "Like diabetes." And sometimes it's reversed and he says it to me and I sing the song.

And he always gets me with little (joking) insults and then I punch him (softly) and no matter where I punch him he says, "Ah my kidneys!"

Also, anytime we hug or kiss infront of our youngest (two) she gets jealous and runs over and pushes us apart and then we have to pick her up and squeeze her in a hug sandwich. We did it with our older two when they went through jealousy at this age too.

#48

He pretends to be the ghost of Carol Channing, telling me all about his thoughts, friendships, and past plays/movies - with a spot-on mimic of her voice. Usually once I’m half-asleep and it’s completely dark.

#49

Atomic drops.

"Give or receive?" is the standard impetus for an Atomic drop.

The person receiving lays prone on the bed. The person giving assumes a plank / push-up posture above the receivee then proceeds to throw their arms out from under themselves dropping full force onto the other.

Our logic is that the drop forces love into the other more effectively than a standard hug / snuggle. 🤷‍♂️.

#50

Probably one of two things:

We'll build up a sketch comedy about something that we find funny, adding more and more to it with each sentence.

Or...

While playing online games together, we'll randomly start beating the s**t out of each other's character. Really confuses other players.

#51

We dress in camouflage and crawl through the swamp taking pictures of bugs and frogs on his days off. He brings me dead bugs for my dead things collection.

We also hold each other’s ears and pretend to scream and cry when the dogs start up barking.

#52

We randomly recite movie quotes to each other trying to trip the others movie knowledge and win.

When we're out shopping we have a bet that whomever gets the closest guess as to the total without cheating wins and the other must pay the bill. Cashiers hate us.

#53

See an animal, make the sound. If we drive past a paddock and notice the sheep, one of us will go "Baa baa!". Horses we literally say the words "Neigh neigh."

It gets worse. Anything with lights and sirens? "Neenaw". Koala = "Wawa".

This is what having children has done to us.

#54

In private we'll just pick each other up out of nowhere. Like she isn't looking and then bam, fireman carry. She does the same but not fireman, the one where you hug from behind and lift. In public we'll just dance, do some tango 8 figures or just anything. Good times.

#55

I think I might have commented this somewhere before, but my husband and I have a de-escalation phrase we use with each other. If we are having a disagreement and can't quite seem to get it resolved, one of us will say a line from Breaking Bad: "Could you, just this once, climb down out of my a*****e?" Works every time to immediately reset and come back to the conversation later.

#56

One time my partner and I went on an 8 mile hike which resulted in a TERRIBLE sunburn (for me). The next day I was lying in bed in absolute agony. I turned to my bf who was sitting next to me playing clash of clans and asked him if he could get me a glass of water and without missing a beat or even looking at me he said, "Why don't you go get me a Brisk, woman."

We stared at each other for like 10 seconds before busting out laughing. Now whenever either of us asks for completely reasonable things (especially when we're sick) we will just say "Why don't you go get me a Brisk." In the most gruff and terrible husband-esque voice.

And yes he did get me water after we were done laughing :).

#57

Me and my gf do this thing where it’ll be dead quiet and one of us pokes the other and says GOT YOU there for the other person has been got. No other rules except you can’t get the other person till another day.. makes no sense I know.

#58

Whenever my wife and I are in public and we hear a baby crying we lock eyes and whisper “Shut that f*****g dog up.”

We also have a fart pillow. When one of us is popping off war crimes in bed, the other will stuff the fart pillow betwixt their legs out of respect for the other.

#59

When one of us leaves the house or goes to sleep we say Goodbye Forever. It started as a joke when I was going to work in a bad storm and my wife said Goodbye Forever in case I died on the drive. It has since turned into other phrases such as Forever Goodbye, Goodnight Forever, Forever Goodnight, etc.

She once said it to me in front of her mom at their house when I was going to pick up dinner for everyone and her mom stared in shocked disbelief. Her mother refuses to join in on the fun. We have been married for 3 years and together for 8 and will probably say goodbye to each like this until one of us actually is going to sleep forever.

#60

Years ago, me and her shared our first kiss and it was this intimate, overdue moment because we'd been friends for so long and there was always a palpable tension. And so when we kissed she let out this little moan. I thought it was cute so I mentioned it to her and she got so embarrassed she started scream-laughing.

Now sometimes when she kisses me, even a peck on the cheek or something innocent/innocuous, I let out an exaggerated moan and it's always met with either her hitting me or blushing and laughing depending on her mood.

#61

One day about 25 years ago I left a silly & random message on our answering machine for my wife (I used to put a lot of things for sale in the Buy & Sell ad paper). It went like this:

“I’m calling about the froggy. That I’ve touched. I touched the frog! Don’t tell anyone!!”

To this day if anyone mentions a frog, we look at each other and say quietly, “The froggy that I’ve touched…”

It’s so stupid, but makes us laugh.

#62

Husband and I randomly scream, "Youre my f*****g favorite!" At eachother.

#63

Sometimes ill call his name from upstairs and when he answers ill say F*ck you ( in playful voice) and he will answer with F*ck you too b***h!

#64

Whenever she tickles or pokes at me, I back her up and say YOOOOOUUUUUU. Then she finishes it by saying Soulja Boy.

#65

We like to explain things (particularly science) to each other *very* incorrectly.

#66

For me - I’m very blonde all over but I’ll get these random singular dark body hairs that pop up around my n****e and near my belly button as well as sometimes on my upper lip. My partner will “tweeze” these hairs out with his teeth. It’s not even a sexual thing at all - just super satisfying because he can always do it perfectly, often on the first try. I get very excited now whenever I see one because I know it’ll be pulled right out as soon as I show him.

#67

We like to debate and take a side on different topics.

Cuddle until there is a rumbly in our tumblies…then decide who is more hungry or digesting their meal more between the two of us.

#68

Sometimes my SO and I will playfully escalate things as though we're about to end up in a bar brawl. Example, after I catch her staring at me:

Me: What are you looking at? Do you wanna fight or something?

Her: I think you want to f*****g fight!

Me: Well? What are you waiting for? Come at me then!

This goes on for a bit and usually ends with one of us haughtily saying something like, "I can't fight you. I'm a (man/woman) of peace." However, it has also ended in s**y times on occasion.

#69

We dance somewhat vulgarly to our kids kiddie songs in the kitchen.

#70

My partner likes to pretend to be a dermatologist and pop all the pimples and fun stuff all over my skin. I can no longer lay down and watch tv with her without getting my dermatology appointment.

Bonus points if my eyebrows get done.