What "secrets" have you discovered about your partner during lockdown?

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Nothing tragic like affairs, I mean trivial little things that you never knew about?

My late half-Swedish friend told me years ago that her husband was convinced she really was that naturally blonde, and was oblivious to the fact that she had subtle highlights done regularly. If she was still alive today, the truth would be out.

My husband said he was very happy with the clippers from Amazon for his hair, but he was going back to the barber after lockdown ended. He finally admitted that the barber trimmed his ear hair every month!

Like some PPs have said, I really chose the right person to marry. It I’d been in lockdown with anyone else, I may have killed them. Whether he feels the same about me is not something I want to ask.

Me too - so happy to be in lockdown with DH (and where we are we can’t go out!). Made even better as the kids are far far away!

Aww, so nice to read about all the nice husbands

Apparently I only know one adjective

He is a bit miserable and not much fun.

Mine is bizarrely upbeat. Excessively so sometimes? Great fun, encouraging & enthusiastic. Brilliant company, clever & funny.

However, just DOES NOT SEE when housework needs doing. If I point out something he's stepped over 100 times he's actually surprised to see it & has to be prompted to PICK IT UP. There is a pair of his trackies on the bathroom floor for a whole week. I could ask him to pick them up but I'm running a passive aggressive experiment that is helping no one and just driving me mad.

I definitely married a good one. I've been ill and isolating totally on my own for two weeks now (hopefully out in a couple of days) and I have learnt (and I think he was surprised to learn!) that he can actually cook when he has to if it's basic and he has instructions. We've both learnt though actually how much he hates doing so and he's learnt how time consuming shopping / meal planning / cooking actually is.

I've also learnt how much he does miss me. I work away for work periodically and always felt like I missed him more than he missed me and that he's a bit like a human labrador- if I'm not in front of him, he's forgotten I exist until he is reminded. He's found me being isolated away from him far harder than I have.

I've learnt we're pretty good at delegating stuff we don't like to each other

I've learnt he always puts me and the kids first.

Like pp I've learnt he can't do anything quietly and has to be listening to something AT ALL TIMES.

He's eating his lunch now whilst reading his kindle and listening to Planet Rock. Sensory overload!

That, left to his own devices, he can wear the same thing for a week (excluding underwear!)

He doesn't know that I've noticed. Having a bet with myself to see how long it will be before I point it out to him 😷

I've noticed that mine likes to stare at his feet for minutes on end