What's the nicest thing your DH has ever said to you that wasn't romantic

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DH pottering around the house this PM
"I was just upstairs and the kids were in their rooms with the doors open and I could see them just being happy in their rooms. I'm happy - we have a good life"
Was ridiculously happy about this- it wasn't at all romantic but has made the crap we've been through together - and there's been a lot- all melt away.

@Span1elsRock that’s a life well bloody lived. Well done to both of you.

(This thread has me in pieces)

@TDMN As I lay here unable to sleep due to his snoring, I think he's not so great.

We've got fertility issues as a result of the MC and I struggle with that for obvious reasons.. but more so because he's such a beautiful partner, I know he'll make the greatest father.

In a lovely thread, he would smile fondly at his lunch plate and tell me "you're really good at cheese sandwiches" has made me tear up a little bit.

This thread is wonderful and is making me cry

Just wanted to share a little something with you all..
DH struggles to see that he does as much as he does for me so I bought a little jar from Paperchase last year and every week I wrote down something he'd done that made me smile, cry, feel special etc. (like randomly slow dancing to my dad's favourite song in the middle of the kitchen, holding my hand when he drives- I love that).

I gave it to him on Valentine's Day and he was so confused at first. He read all 52 significant moments and he was in tears- he NEVER cries.

Just a little idea if anyone needs a thoughtful gift idea. He said it's the best gift he's ever received (and my god I've got him some expensive gifts!!!)

Mine aren't half as sweet as some of these, but I am definitely the 'wordy' one in our relationship whereas DP is very physically affectionate.

Via phone, on the last night of my first solo overseas trip for work, in a country where I dont speak the language, after completing a high-stakes project working 12 hour days for 2 weeks: 'Im so proud of you, I could never do something like that'

A few months into our relationship (after knowing each other for years) 'You're so smart, I had never realised how determined you are, you set your sights on something and that's it, it's going to happen'

In a card (where we normally make silly jokes to each other) 'You complete me'

My DH and I had been seeing each other for a few months and during a make-or-break discussion, he said: “It’s my job to make you happy. That’s all I ever want to do.”

A few years later, I was in my car with our DS and newborn DD, with DH following in his car. We got home and he said with a tear in his eye: “As I was driving behind you, I thought, everything I love is in that car.”

What a lovely human being. He thinks he’s so lucky but I’m the one who’s lucky.

Lovely thread.

Our life hasn’t turned out as planned, I became ill after having DD2 which in turn made my MH deteriorate really badly to the point I attempted suicide twice. DH just held me in his arms and told me we’d get through this together. He has always been by my side, every step of the way. He has carried me to the toilet when I cannot physically walk, through pain. He has cleaned up my sick, he has wiped my tears. I genuinely wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him.

He still calls me princess sexy bum, every day he gives me a foot rub. He reassures me a million times a day when I’m having a panic attack or my thoughts are running away from me.

And every night before sleep he says love you ten and a half fuck face

No you’re crying. Lovely thread ❤️

Such s gorgeous thread

I was quite poorly and in hospital for a week. When I came home, my husband snuggled up to me in bed and said- that was a horrible time- I hated rolling over in bed and you not being there- I missed you so much.
He died completely unexpectedly the following month and I know exactly what he meant.

The more the merrier for the classics nominations

How bitter sweet @Ansi12

This thread is lovely.

DH played a blinder last night, when I woke up with horrible period pain.

He woke up, gave me paracetamol, then went downstairs and made me a hot water bottle, all at 2am.

He’s a bloody diamond. I love the jar idea upthread. I’m so doing that.

'Thank you for making a nice home,' - and he didn't mean in the clean and tidy sense.
I knew he was thinking of the home of someone close to him, which wasn't.

@Pinkarsedfly lol I woke with period pain once and my OH went and got me a lemsip... the thought was there I suppose 😂

not something he said but something he did.
We were living and working overseas. I was pregnant with dc3 and there were complications. I returned to UK with dc 1and 2. Dh had to stay and work. We were separated for 3 months.
I was looking at earrings one evening on ebay. We share an ebay account, so he must have seen them in my saved list.
He bought them, they arrived unexpectedly in the post the next day.

Dh is definitely kind and complimentary towards me on a daily basis.
He never leaves the house without telling me how much he loves me and he brings me a cup of tea every morning in bed.
But by far the thing that makes me tear up is the day we were having a deep conversation about something (probably our teenagers ) and he put his hand on his heart and said, I carry you here with me everyday beer , you’re a part of me.
He makes me feel very loved.

DH rarely speaks about his mother - he adored her but she sadly died when he was 21. Just mentioning her brings him to tears 40 years later. Last night we were just lying in bed holding hands, and he suddenly said "My Mum would have loved you ". That made me cry .

"Thank you for being you"

My guy is an absolute stars and says lots of lovely tings to me. He gets up at 3am for work and always, without fail, leaves my cup all laid out for my morning tea. Such a gem

This might be considered to be romantic but I would like to tell the tale. One Saturday in the early 2000s my late DH and I were window shopping in a little jewelers in town. I saw a red Morano glass earring and necklace set. I pointed it out to him and said something like "Ooo that's nice" then forgot about it.

The next time I traveled for my job (I was abroad a lot in those days), I opened my suitcase in the hotel to find a little box on the top with the jewelry set inside. It is very, very precious to me.

My husband isn't the romantic type and I get flowers once in a blue moon.
When he worked as a plasterer he brought me home this flower from his first mould 😍. Lasted longer than a bunch from Tesco!

Prior to having DS - “nothing else matters as long as I’ve got you and you’ve got me”

The sweetest thing my fiance has ever said to me, although silly, was this. Fast asleep while I'd had to get up for a wee, he rolled towards me, squeezed one bum cheek, then let go and put both arms around me and said 'your bum makes me happy.'

He is generally pretty mushy, loads of worry cards and compliments. But this, he was fast asleep and not really conscious. He's a big rugby player type, gentle giant.

Thankyou for such a lovely thread x