What very small but vital thing does your partner regularly do for you that means you can never leave?

[CurlewKate]

I have an irrational hatred of even very slightly stale milk-he will always willingly test it for me to save me from the horror, and has done for 40 years. And since we got our new car he always remotely turns the heated seat on if he knows I’m going out-I always forget. Last week he did it from the middle of the Irish Sea!
(because this is Mumsnet, I feel the need to clarify that a. I am perfectly capable of doing these things myself and b. These are not his only virtues!)

Puts up all the outside Christmas lights, orders logs for the fire and scrapes my car in the morning.
he does also cook me my dinner every single day but that’s quite a significant thing!

Even if he’s WFH or it’s his day off. He gets out of bed whilst I’m in the shower and makes me lunch to take to work with me. If I’m on a late shift we’ve got L360 that lets him know I’m leaving work, when I get through the door he’s just slicing a bacon sandwich for me

About half an hour before bed time, he goes upstairs and turns on my side of the electric blanket, as he knows I love to get in bed and it’s all warm. I’ve never once had to ask, he always thinks about it before I do.

Brings me coffee in bed every morning
Spider catcher

All the laundry and ironing.
Remembers to do things like put Calgon in the washing machine and rinse aid in the dishwasher.

I’m still winning on triviality!

Exactly this!
Also makes me coffee and brings it up to me (freshly ground caffetiere coffee, not pish) every morning unless he's been in call.

He Does my Computer. It's his area of expertise so it makes sense. But he cannot drive and I can, so we're even. I am also the remover of spiders (I'm country, he's townie, so I also deal with cat prey or anything animaly while he has conniptions in the corner).

He knows all my niggles and neuroses concerning my dysfunctional family so is a vessel for my venting and cheaper than therapy.

Also is the Joint Keeper of the History and Lore of our Cats - no one else cares as much or goes goo-goo over old photos and reminiscences.

And the tea in the morning thing. ☕️

Deleted as I was just moaning and not in the spirit

But you can smell bad milk before you even have to taste it... its not like eggs which are a palaver

Mine does this too. It’s such a lovely thing to wake up to

Always does the early dog walk, i never do mornings. This morning he was up at 6. 2x dogs walked and fed and he was heading out to work at 7.30 and i was still cosy in bed! I couldnt cope doing the early shift with the dogs!

Peels the spuds. I hate peeling

In the middle of the night my husband always straightens my duvet for me when he goes to the bathroom because I end up all twisted and turned and it helps me sleep better. We have to sleep with two duvets because we're very different temperatures!

Always washes our little girls hair because I don't seem to be able to do it as well as him.

There are genuinely too many to list. 🥹

Has the Costco card

You can smell bad eggs when you crack them? It’s awful!

He fetches the chinese takeaway.

Being able to do small plumbing, joining and mending electrical stuff jobs. Saves a fortune in handymen!

Says ‘good morning’ to the dogs before he leaves in the morning. I’m Chief Bringer of Food so they don’t bother getting out of bed when he goes downstairs, but I still hear the “morning DDog 1, morning DDog 2” and the resultant tail slaps as he gives them a fuss.

Unblocks loo with plunger.

So many things. He is Bed Butler though. He heats up my microwave warmie for my feet, puts the fan on for my nightly steroid flushes, does the lights and just makes bed my huge safe haven. Every single night ❤️

I can taste it before I can smell it. I’m talking stale not bad-and absolutely fine for anyone else. I did say it was irrational!

Deals with all car stuff...pays for it, taxes and insures it, takes it to the garage and charges it for me. I used to do all this when I was single and I found it all consuming and never ending.