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You can have the “What are we?” talk. You can change your relationship status on Facebook to “In a relationship.” You can even start introducing one another as, “This is my boyfriend” and “This is my girlfriend.” But those are all just surface changes. That moment of really becoming a couple happens during other, less-obvious but certainly impactful moments. Every couple has that moment when they realize oh our lives are totally intertwined—and they’re happy about it. There’s dating and there’s being a couple. During the former, there’s still a distance. People are still putting on a bit of a show. Those are two separate people—individual entities. When you become a couple, you sort of fuse into one thing. Here are funny relationship firsts that tell you you’re a couple.
When his mom calls you
When his mom calls you to ask if he’s been taking his medication, to ask if he’s still sad since that job interview that went poorly, to ask you how you’re doing since changing jobs or—and this is the wildest one of all—just to chat.
