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DH rang from work at 1, DS (13 mo) was bawling in the background, I had a whinge about how DS was in a majorly bad mood, had a quick chat over the squalling and then said bye. An hour later the door opens and in comes DH, home three hours early from work. He makes me a latte, hands me the laptop and says "Off you go love." He is heaped with work but he came home early to take over from me just because he didn't want me to be stressed. He'll have to catch up at the weekend but I know he'll probably do that when DS is in bed. I moan about him sometimes, especially when he wees on the toilet seat or doesn't put his cereal bowl in the dishwasher, but really he is just so kind and lovely I feel like the luckiest girl ever.

Any lurking DHs out there, take note!

Awwwww

He is a very lovely DH!

I'm hoping mine comes home early now - but can I swap the latte for a glass of ?

Enjoy your afternoon and some online shopping!

Wanna swap?

Awwwwww

Mine is hacking me off at the minute.

want to swop?

No swapsies Balloon <sticky outy tongue>

Becoming a dad has really been the making of him. He was always a lovely person but he could be a bit lazy and inconsiderate. Since we had DS he's become so much more thoughtful and he understands now, in a way he never did before, that effort and consideration count for a lot more than presents and gestures. I am dead proud of him

Aaw lovely. Mine has pulled this a couple of times too, gets him major brownie points. Doesn't even wee on the toilet seat! Nor however does he seem to know that wet nappies go in the bin (grim)

Lovely!

YABU - because my DH is the best ever!!! But yours can have second place if he likes...!

Well, anonymumous, if your DH doesn't wee on the toilet seat then he is welcome to first prize

I'm so jealous at your post OP I could cry. I wish my DH had a job which he could sometimes do from home, but his doesn't even have set finishing times (drainage engineer).

That being said he NEVER wees on the seat and when he has late starts he always has the washing up done when I get home, so its not all bad.

He doesn't! Hooray, I win!

That is top notch! What a lovely man! And how lovely to hear such a nice story - usually in AIBU it is all about what a knobber a dh is!

I´m afraid that for me, his weeing on the toilet seat undoes all the good!

Ye Gods-does he not know that he does it-otherwise, why doesn´t he clean up after himself?

Can he run some kind of training course for DP/DH's?

That's lovely well done your dh!

That is lovely, no doubt about it, but I think that possibly my DH is the best ever, since he rang me from work this mornng (after trudging to the station in the snow etc etc), heard me stifle a little yawn and then said 'Stay on the sofa. Eat chocolate. Rest. There's nothing life-shattering you need to do is there?'.

I'm not ill or pregnant or nuffin!!

Maybe they could be joint 1st place.

(And he doesn't wee on the loo seat either )

Ooh good idea laure, there might be a market for that! (although I suspect the classes would be full of reluctant men forced there by their angry wives)

MiladyGardenia - now you are just bragging

Sometimes DP is rather bloody fabulous. Other times I want to stab him in the eye with a rusty nail.

OP you are a lucky lady

My dh is great too. Certainly helped me get a grip when I got a bad mark for my Uni assignment the other day. Always ready to cook and open a bottle of wine. Also makes me feel VERY special on a daily basis. He's a great Dad too.

More importantly, he doesn't wee on the toilet seat

Next time he does "that thing that drives you so mad you could cheerfully throttle him with his own still steaming intestines having removed them from his body with a plastic spoon" you can remember this day and smile sweetly instead. (And let's face it, that will scare him far, far, more than whatever your usual reaction is )
Isn't it lovely when a DH gets it so right

I will sing a happy tune as I wipe his pee from the toilet seat <this is a blatant lie, I will still whinge and moan>

Do you know, I was thinking about starting the very same thread on the very same appreciative topic today? Honestly.
My DP did hourly restless baby night duty last night leaving me to get a whopping 7 hours sleep all in one go on the sofa downstairs for the first time in 5 months. And I even did away with the night expressing as a special treat.
Of course, that's not the only thing he's done or does but it's something that has made a huge difference and has reminded me how great he is and how he's a fantastic partner and I've made the right choice. Great cook, a better housekeeper than me, loves wine, full of compliments, reads books, interesting in every way and supportive and understanding.
Nice to see a positive thread (although of course I love a whinge too).

You are beating me as dh has just informed me he wants to get out a digger this weekend and play with it tomorrow , sunday we are busy doing something with his family and he has been away and barely seen the dc this week. He doesn't get that I am a little bit narked with this idea as it means that a) the children won't spend time with him as I am all pfb about the 2 of them and a digger in 0 degrees b) I will end up doing everything again. I don't mind but I do do this all week and I work so when I get home I have to make everyone's food and bath time and 4 out of 5 bed times with dc who want to see daddy. when do I get to play of a frigging digger? (or what I want equivalent?)

I may have made him see sense but I know I am going to be made to look ungrateful if I want time to myself. (he gets time to himself in his commute - my commute involves the childrens so bar work I get 5 mins in the car alone)

Please swap with me, yours is home already!

Mine remembered to put a suitable bottle of white in the fridge for later and he's doing the cooking too