When my girlfriend (soon to be fiance, trying to figure out how to ask her) met, we both felt an immediate attraction. She was cute, surrounded by people laughing at a joke she'd told, and wearing a Led Zeppelin shirt, I knew she was something special. Twenty minutes later we'd exchanged phonenumbers and as soon as I left the party I got a text from her. Over the next couple of days I don't think ten minutes passed without us talking some way or another. Fast forward three years and we have a lovely little apartment together. Someone earlier in the thread said that being in a good relationship is like having a co-op partner for life, I don't know that I could have put it better myself.
When you're in a good relationship everything becomes special. The simple act of cooking a meal takes on an entirely different meaning when you're doing it for someone you care about, and when they take a bite of that meal and you can tell they love it? Bliss. I spent a long time single, and had a ton of fun doing it, there's nothing wrong with wanting that kind of freedom (or the multitude of casual partners that goes with it) but at some point I started to want more. And it's not like you have to have one or the other anyway. One of my best friends is in a commited, loving relationship, that just happens to be polyamorous (that had to be hard to pull off). I've seen some truly astounding levels of cynicism on this thread, and for some reason I just can't muster up the energy to be surprised anymore, Escapists overanalyze EVERYTHING. Blah blah society, blah blah norms, none of that matters worth shit when you've found someone special. People trying to break a good relationship into quantifiable pieces like intimacy and societal expectation or the "biological needs" geniuses up there are completely missing the point. Drop the cynicism and put yourself out there, c'mon people, don't you want to experience a grand romance before you die? (disregard if you just love being single, in which case more power to you!)
Oh one more thing, presumably we all love games right? Play that shit together, as much as you can, my co-op partner in life is my partner in gaming too, which can only make things better. Currently on our second playthrough of Borderlands 2 (mania-specced Krieg for me, anarchy-specced Gaige for her) and we're playing through the hd release of Okami together, reliving our memories of one of our favorite games.
Never underestimate the comfort of coming home after a really rough day to a passionate kiss and warm embrace. Thats all folks.