A new thread on Twitter started by Metro reporter Hattie Gladwell captures this type of love exactly, in an impromptu tribute to the power of the human spirit.

Earlier this week, Gladwell put a request out on the platform, asking people for “the one thing your partner does that’s not necessarily romantic but makes you love them a bit more.”

For example, she said, “Mine runs me a bath every night without asking and puts the kettle on in the morning”.

Her appeal quickly drew a flood of anecdotes, in a moving testimony to the non-glamorous side of love:

This 'everyday love' thread on Twitter will reaffirm your faith in relationships