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Tell me something lovely your DP has done lately

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Thisnamechanger · 30/09/2018 20:29

Okay I am in a bit of a mushy mood today Blush But it'd be lovely to hear some nice stories, especially given how many horrible DPs we hear about on MN!

Today DP took me windsurfing (which he used to do professionally - I'm completely crap a novice). In retrospect he must have known it was in no way windy enough for him to get out and have any fun. But he drive me 40 minutes there because I wanted to go - rigged all the gear for me, popped me on the water and stood on the shore in the pouring rain for an hour shouting tips and taking photos, then took all the gear apart while I got warm, put it all away, drove me home and gave me a blow by blow account in the way back of how much I've improved mainly lies, I'm still utterly crap

Not the biggest gesture ever but I felt very loved and told him so.

What about you lot?

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Thisnamechanger · 01/10/2018 12:26

Hurrah for lovely DPs!

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SharkSave · 01/10/2018 13:06

Done far more than his fair share with the kids and did the night feed last night. He's most definitely my other half, I'd be totally lost without him.

Si1ver · 01/10/2018 13:07

A few weeks ago I was reading an article on tiny cacti and I showed him one of the pictures, in a passing "isn't this cool" type way and then thought no more about it. The next week five tiny cacti were delivered to the house for me, and he was upset as they weren't quite as tiny as the ones I'd been reading about.

He also makes my coffee and breakfast everyday for me, as I leave the house before him. He's working away this week so I'll have to fend for myself.

DefinitelyOdd · 01/10/2018 18:16

My DH spent yesterday helping me declutter and rearrange the house. He didn't complain once even when I was being a moody, ranting hormonal pregnant grump.

He also helps me up the stairs when my gestational sciatica plays up and puts on Jeremy Vine podcasts to help me sleep when I am struggling in the middle of the night.

If I say so myself, he is an awfully good husband!

Dowser · 01/10/2018 19:05

Wife life...that is just the most fabulous thing I’ve ever heard

Wow

user1485816612 · 01/10/2018 19:12

Mine has been spoiling me lately

Yesterday, made pancakes for dinner

Today, came home after work with his lunch box full of tulip and daffodil bulbs

And over the last week has made a point of making sure I have my favourite lemon curd yoghurt in the fridge, despite us being skint and it meaning he gets less in his lunch box - he’s amazing

HolyFuckNuggets · 01/10/2018 19:47

DP does lots of stuff for me (I do lots of practical things for him to make his life easier as he wouldn't think of some of them) like brings me in sweets at night coz he knows I have a terrible sweet tooth (and when I'm on plan on Slimming World he scours the shop for low syn treats).

I was out on Saturday night and came home drunk so he reheated my chinese, saw my feet were swollen so he gave me an amazing foot massage and then let me sleep til the afternoon while he cleaned down stairs and kept the kids busy while making a fry up for lunch. He then sent me back for a nap when it became apparent I was at deaths door later in the day.

My favourite thing is though, when I've stripped my bed and have forgotten all about it until right up til bedtime and I realise I now have to stand putting it all back on again he'll say he's already sorted it and I can just snuggle into fresh sheets. Bliss.

Oh and probably the biggest thing he has done for me is buy me a little car to practice driving in to help me pass my test and he takes me out to practice when he can. He has also said he's trading in his SUV and will be buying me a brand new car and he will be taking my runaround.

Chelsea26 · 01/10/2018 22:43

Mine is currently running me a bath and making me a bath playlist to listen to while I’m in it. He has looked after me all day as I have a horrible cold, including clearing up my snotty, phlegmy tissues and bringing lemsip every four hours.

He also got me lovely thoughtful presents for my birthday last week. Not expensive but really touching.

And he rubs my feet whenever we’re on the sofa together without me asking...

He’s a goodun Smile

cricketmum84 · 02/10/2018 09:10

This is a long one sorry...

I started having panic attacks about 28 months ago. Have been diagnosed with panic disorder and anxiety and depression. On a lot of medication. We thought t was caused by my job so I changed companies, still very ill, changed companies again, still very ill. I can't keep going as I am. I'm also the main breadwinner as DH is in a lower paid job after changing career.

I've had another morning of panic attacks and upset stomach at the thought of going into work. He has sat me down and told me to start searching for jobs in my preferred career (can't say what as too outing but it pays half what I'm doing at the moment), we can downsize car, manage on less money but he just wants me to be happy.
I've felt so much pressure these last 18 months to bring all the money in and pay for lavish things but he just said no we don't need all that shit. We can manage.

I can't even tell you how much that means to me.

DontCallMeCharlotte · 02/10/2018 09:27

He took my grandmother for a meal and to the theatre while I was away, too, because my parents were on holiday and she was feeling a little lonely. He went down to check she was ok, then decided on a whim that he would take her out for the evening.

This wins it for me Smile

My DH is a pretty good egg and generally does nice stuff most days. Last week he booked a romantic city break for my birthday.

ILoveAnOwl · 02/10/2018 10:58

Got up with the teething baby in the night as I'm not feeling too great.
I've always refused before because I've exclusively breastfed at night (mixed during the day) but he somehow intuitively picked up that tonight was the night to step up.
It was awesome.

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Thisnamechanger · 02/10/2018 19:19

These are giving me a much needed smile today x

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Bombaybunty · 02/10/2018 19:24

My DH bought my elderly mother some very expensive body lotion.
She is terminally ill and has very dry skin. She recently moved into a care home where she has been able to get into a bath with assistance for the first time in ages.
She wanted something for after the bath.
He is such a kind man.

areyoubeingserviced · 02/10/2018 19:25

Bought me a Flake chocolate bar this evening

Dandybelle · 02/10/2018 19:41

He got me my favourite milkshake from the shop without being asked, and had cleaned the kitchen, done the dishwasher and made the beds by the time I'd got back from taking DD to school.

He's a good egg.

EggysMom · 02/10/2018 19:48

My DH baked me a rice pudding this weekend Smile

Notacluewhatthisis · 02/10/2018 19:53

My son was rushed into hospital. Dp (Not ds dad) text me and told me to let him know if I needed anything.

I was updating him and told him I was going to get a coffee. 2 mins later he appeared with one. He had been sat in the waiting too. For 3 hours. He didn't come in case ds' dad turned up and it made things awkward or gave ds' dad an excuse to bail. Which he would if Dp was there.

He just sat and waited, just in case. First time I have felt genuinely supported by someone.

FreeNim · 02/10/2018 19:54

He made me tea

Dandybelle · 02/10/2018 19:55

@Notacluewhatthisis that's made me all warm inside. What a lovely man.

LatteLover12 · 02/10/2018 20:54

@Notacluewhatthisis that is so lovely 😊

MrsEricBana · 02/10/2018 21:10

None of these unfortunately but I'm very, very happy to hear that there are wonderful thoughtful men out there. Some of these are so lovely, especially the ones involving grandmas and elderly mothers 😊😊😊. Not my dh, but one of my neighbours makes soup and takes some to the elderly lady opposite, and my next door neighbour's husband does the elderly lady's bins and recycling every week.

WeShouldOpenABar · 02/10/2018 21:12

I'm nauseated and he's sat with his hand on my lower back because it helps ever so slightly

laceygo · 02/10/2018 21:14

@Notacluewhatthisis wow that's lovely

shockedballoon · 02/10/2018 21:25

Makes me and DS breakfast in bed every Saturday (he works Saturdays). And most Sundays if I'm honest!

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Thisnamechanger · 02/10/2018 23:20

@Notacluewhatthisis what a sweet man.

Reminds me of when I first met DP. My DP had only known me a few months when my mum's terminal illness got really bad. He didnt want to intrude as he'd only met her twice but he send in cards saying he was looking after me (she worried constantly about how i was going to come after she died) which I read aloud to her, and would drive for literally 7 hours from his place to my Mum's hospice and wait outside late at night, pick me up after Id been there with no sleep for 24 hours at a time, take me to MacDonald's and back to my Dad's house and we'd sit in the living room having MacDonald's and prosecco for an hour watching comedy, then he'd take me to bed and let me sleep for a couple of hours, drive me back to the hospice at 6am and then he'd go to work!!

He did this for weeks and we'd only been dating 6 months. He's amazing.

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