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Make sure you confirm your email address through the link we just emailed you. At one stage they may even try to make you watch a documentary on Helvetica. This is normally the point in the relationship where you re-evaluate your life choices. Think of how amazing they will look. Think of how jealous your friends will be when they go to choose their own sucky wedding cards out of the catalogue at the printing store, or worse — order them online.
Revel in your own, perfect, custom-made save-the-dates, invites and thank-you cards while you can. This fact mainly applies to buying groceries and choosing books.
Who would buy that carton of milk when this carton of milk is matte with raised lettering. After all, a lot of people would consider you quite lucky to be dating a designer, they are a creative, imaginative and driven bunch of people. They will buy you the best Christmas gifts, shoot all your holiday photos on a good-looking camera, and save you from choosing a horrible, horrible bedspread.
Download a printable poster here. You and your partner are both watching a movie, but your mind wanders. Which is always a dangerous thing. Before long the MacBook is on your lap and you're experimenting with Muse and Typekit. You don't need to be, you just want to be.
As your partner laughs at the endearing comedy you're both watching, you smile politely as you've just added the Typekit JavaScript into your Muse site prototype. Now that's a blockbuster evening! It's cool isn't it? And your collection of comics?
And what about that old letterpress set you bought off eBay and had framed? That was a stroke of genius.
Maybe you're thinking about asking out a designer you've had your eye on for a while now? Because The best free graphic design software. 30 Reasons Why You Should Date a Graphic Designer (#1 is the Best!) because he is no less charming than any other guy and you will be convinced too.
And the new iPad Pro. And the iPhone 6S. And the list goes on.
You, as a designer, just have to have the cool things you love, no matter the cost. Yes, it can be infuriating for your partner. But they can put up with it, right?
Buying gifts for you is a nightmare. You buy everything you want the moment you see it see point And any gifts you receive are subjected to a scrupulous examination and critique see point In all honesty, the only gift you'd truly be satisfied with would be a monograph from you favourite designer the one you mention again and again — not a reprint but an original of course, out of print but in perfect condition. And signed even if the designer is dead. And dressed as a character from Star Wars.
Yeah, that would work. Your partner is preparing a worksheet for their new teaching job.