Showing your boyfriend just how much he matters to you is important, no matter where you are in your relationship. Whether you've just started dating or have been together for years, knowing how to make your boyfriend happy can help you brighten his day when he's feeling down or just give him something to smile about on any ordinary afternoon.
Keep in mind, you're not responsible for your boyfriend's emotions. Instead, making him happy can just be a way to show your love. And remember, if he's still feeling down after you've tried some things to cheer him up, that's not on you.
Celebrate Him
Make your boyfriend happy by getting to know him and celebrating him. Find out what makes your boyfriend unique. Celebrate that uniqueness by giving him positive affirmation and verbal applause (but only if you feel it). On his birthday or when he gets a promotion or achieves a personal victory, you should be there to applaud him and tell him how proud you are of him.
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Use Active Listening
Listen to him when he needs to vent about his bad day. To be an active listener, turn off your phone or the television, or step away from anything that may draw your attention away from him. Listen to him without giving advice unless he asks for it. Make your boyfriend happy by becoming his confidante, his sounding wall. Keep his confidences to yourself and resist the urge to share his secrets.
Participate in His Life
Participate in his life by being supportive through your attendance. If he asks you to walk through Comic-Con with him, do not bow out at the last minute or refuse him. Go with him and participate in the things that are important to him.
Demonstrate Your Affection
Some touch is reserved for those in a relationship and demonstrates the special bond between the two people. By holding his hand, greeting him with an embrace and kiss, and asking him about the types of touch he prefers, you show your boyfriend that you care about him and he's special.
Declare Your Relationship
While you don't want to overdo it with declaring your feelings for your boyfriend publicly, you do want to show him that you're willing to let everyone know that you two are a couple. Posting to social media with photos of the two of you or posting sweet declarations of your boyfriend being the best boyfriend (or something along those lines) shows him that he's special to you.
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Stay in Contact
Unless your boyfriend has asked you to leave him alone during the day because of a rigorous work or school schedule, periodically send him sweet texts reminding him of how great he is, or call him to remind him. The texts can be simple but should affirm that he's a great boyfriend and you feel lucky to have him. Here are some examples:
- "Hey. You're pretty great."
- "I'm just sitting here thinking about how lucky I am to be your partner."
- "I'm smiling right now because I'm thinking of you."
- "Feel that? It's me sending love and kisses your way."
Gifts of Love
Some guys really go for gifts and receiving some will make your boyfriend happy. Surprise your boyfriend with gifts given as tokens of love every few of weeks. Avoid picking ultra expensive gifts that might send the wrong message and make him feel obligated to you. Instead, go for small gifts that are classy or personalized in some way. Here is a list of gift suggestions you can use when selecting your tokens of love.
- Sports Tickets - If your boyfriend likes sports, and chances are that he does, sports tickets make the perfect gift. Buy a pair of tickets to a local baseball or football game. A pair of tickets to see his high school football team play is always a winner.
- Sexy Pajamas - Make your guy happy with a set of sexy pajamas for you and a pair for him. For him, black silk pajama pants and a matching short robe is nice. For you, buy some lingerie in his favorite color.
- Food Gifts - Snack baskets made of salty snacks like pretzels, nuts and popcorn are terrific gifts for guys to enjoy. Surprise him with a box of chocolates if he has a sweet tooth. If you like to cook and are good at it, bake him a casserole or cake. Meaty dishes like lasagna make nice meals he can eat on for several days.
Ask Him How to Make Him Happy
If you never ask your boyfriend if he's happy and just assume he is, you may be missing out on an opportunity to discover what really makes him happy. Remember that everyone is different and experiences happiness in different ways. Openly communicate with him about your desire for his happiness, so he'll know you care.
