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...to think I have the loveliest DH in the world?

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pollyglot · 02/10/2024 22:08

I'm sitting here in my well-worn and unglamorous pyjamas, laptop on my knee, working on my latest book. The sun is streaming in through the French windows, and spring has indeed sprung.
DH comes in with a coffee for me, and says..."You look so beautiful sitting there in the sun. I'm so proud of you, and the luckiest man alive."

Readers, I'm going on 75, and he is 76. I have glasses, wrinkles and gardening hands, carrying a little more avoirdupois than recommended. Beautiful I am not. Is he lovely, or what?

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MummyofTw0 · 03/10/2024 23:10

Marriage goals

Doubledenim305 · 03/10/2024 23:07

Awwww.what a lovely heart warming post. And I'm sure both of you ARE beautiful people. Beauty shines from the inside out and he sounds full of it and so do you. Glad u have and appreciate each other.
PS I don't think Botox, fillers, fake tans and drawn on slug eyebrows, skinniness etc etc etc are beautiful.
A lovely shiny happy smiling face and caring heart is beautiful

ellyeth · 03/10/2024 22:28

You lucky thing.

emmetgirl · 03/10/2024 20:37

Oh that made me smile! Thank you ♥️

Flozle · 03/10/2024 20:11

DonnaBanana · 02/10/2024 22:35

It’s very nice. It’s a lot easier for older men to be romantic once they give up their youthful male ego and realise they haven’t got a chance to get anyone else anymore so will be nicer to you

You seem fun. Nothing like a mood hoover to derail a perfectly lovely thread. 🙄

MageraofCthulik · 03/10/2024 20:09

He's a keeper💜

laraitopbanana · 03/10/2024 19:25

Marry him again if you haven’t already!
❤️

GivingitToGod · 03/10/2024 19:24

Lovely to hear of happy people with loving, devoted, appreciative partners. Very lucky indeed. That has certainly escaped me😁

girlofsandwich · 03/10/2024 19:14

How sweeeeet I love it! You both sound lovely!

Hagpie · 03/10/2024 19:05

I love people who are in love and loud about it.

More of this please ❤️

Moll2020 · 03/10/2024 17:59

How lovely, I’ve been married to my DH for 36 years and I love him completely as he loves me. You and your husband sound delightful, I’m sure you do look beautiful sitting in the sunshine x

HappyDane · 03/10/2024 15:17

Do people not understand hemispheres anymore? 🤔

lifebyfaith · 03/10/2024 15:12

Genevieva · 03/10/2024 05:28

Spring?

In New Zealand yes

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 03/10/2024 14:58

DonnaBanana · 03/10/2024 14:36

Well sorry for bringing the tone down but I am actually very happy for OP and especially if he has always been like that!

However in my experience (not just me but friends and family) younger men are not usually saying stuff like "I'm so proud of you, and the luckiest man alive" that feels like something a nice older man will say. Younger men usually have their heads too much up their bums to be so sweet.

How would you know people's private conversations though, it's the kind of thing that would be said when just the two of them.

My DH is similar but I wouldn't be telling friends or family.
OP would get nothing from praising him to strangers.

It's also possible to be happy for someone without comparing.

OP shared a lovely story, no need to put a negative spin, even if he hadn't always been like that.

DonnaBanana · 03/10/2024 14:36

Well sorry for bringing the tone down but I am actually very happy for OP and especially if he has always been like that!

However in my experience (not just me but friends and family) younger men are not usually saying stuff like "I'm so proud of you, and the luckiest man alive" that feels like something a nice older man will say. Younger men usually have their heads too much up their bums to be so sweet.

ScottBakula · 03/10/2024 12:12

PomPomtheGreat · 03/10/2024 02:30

Are we married to the same man, pollyglot?! Possibly not because we're in Australia and a bit younger, but otherwise your post rings a bell. I'm also almost sure I've read that snippet before. Are you possibly on one of the Facebook writing groups like 20 to 50K?

It's also springtime here, and I'm also lounging around in my pyjamas finishing my latest book. Cups of coffee and snacks appear at regular intervals without me even asking for them. Like yours, my husband is my greatest cheerleader and has always encouraged me to take the leap and switch my career to writing.

He's always been great at cooking, cleaning, and childcare. And he's never once raised his voice to me in almost forty years of marriage. Plus, despite working very long hours, he insists on helping by editing and proofreading all my books because of his background in linguistics.

When my first book came out, he had the cover printed on a mug. He took me out for coffee on publication day and secretly asked the barista to use that mug for my hot chocolate. I'll never forget it arriving at the table and the server grinning at me.

Maybe there's just something about British men who end up living in the Antipodes?

Bloody hell is someone cutting onions up round here ? 💕

Calliopespa · 03/10/2024 11:37

MontysBakehouse · 02/10/2024 22:20

Overcompensating, probably having an affair, LTB.

😂This, op, because every Mn thread about a relationship with a man has to end in LTB one way or another!

I’m really glad to read such a positive post about marriage. I do think marriage is a bit like housework in the sense that it tends to get focused on only when it’s not done / isn’t working.

Skyrainlight · 03/10/2024 09:41

That makes me smile.

OrlandointheWilderness · 03/10/2024 07:05

Nice to read someone likes their DH on MN!
Just lovely. There are good ones out there - I know there are because he is snoring upstairs currently 😂

MayaPinion · 03/10/2024 06:40

Well, you certainly sound beautiful and how lovely that he appreciates his great fortune.

wickerlady · 03/10/2024 06:26

Very lovely OP ❤️

DilemmaDelilah · 03/10/2024 06:09

@pollyglot you do indeed have a lovely husband. So do I, for too many reasons to mention. We are very lucky aren't we!

Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 03/10/2024 05:36

Woollypullover · 02/10/2024 22:10

Spring has not sprung.

She might be in aus?

Genevieva · 03/10/2024 05:28

Spring?

readingismycardio · 03/10/2024 05:22

@pollyglot love this! So, what's the secret to a happy, long marriage? Pls do share :)

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