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!)

He cooks mushrooms perfectly.
Mine are always grey and slimy.

I'm so terribly sorry.

Makes ‘official’ phone calls that I don’t want to make ie talking to the gas/elec companies or anything else for that matter. I’m a competent adult and I’ve had some v responsible jobs but I hate using the telephone! I know it’s weird.

Does all of our food shopping and pays all the bills

Oh and he used to whittle me things from wood. We needed a doorstop to stop one of our foster babies from slamming the door and catching their fingers. Our cottage was old with thresholds that meant when some doors were open the gap between the bottom of the door was too great for a regular doorstop to work. Within minutes of realising this DH popped out to the shed and whittled an old, unused fence post into a doorstop. He was good at that sort of thing, he could mend or make almost anything we needed.

@BeepBoopBop so sorry that you’re dealing with this huge sadness. Be kind to yourself as he’d want you to be.

My lovely husband has a degenerative illness and I’m reminded that I’m so fortunate to have him with me.

For 30 years he has brought me a cup of tea in bed every morning, made me dinner every night, taken me for a drive to show me the route if I had to visit anywhere new for work, and turned on the electric blanket before I go to bed.

This is a lovely thread.

Warms up my feet when I come to bed. They’re always freezing!

He collects the car for me and reparks it for me when I need to use it and the tank is always full! ❤️ (car is parked about 5 min walk away).

its a nice luxury

Holds my foot and massages my toes while we’re watching tv .

He loves me unconditionally (coming from a narcissistic family where im the unloved scapegoat,that means a lot)

He makes unlimited cups of tea (id live on diet coke if he didnt)

He's always got my back (I was sexally assaulted at work about 2 weeks ago and I messaged him 'get here NOW!'he was running through the door within 6 minutes)

He let's me have 100% control of the remote

He does more housework than I do

He does the bins-i fill them,he empties them and puts them out

He drives me everywhere (I can't walk in a straight line,id be lethal if I learnt to drive)

He's not romantic in the slightest but I dont really care-he cares in the way it matters

Makes breakfasts, butters bread/toast, peels veg, grates cheese, mashes potatoes, puts air in tyres, brings things in from the car boot, puts clothes into drawers and wardrobes on holiday, hoovers stairs, goes into the loft, shed and garage - and does all things morning related. I can’t stand doing any of these things.

The list of things that I do in return is just as suited to my skill set so we’re equal really 😊

I’m so so sorry @BeepBoopBop. Thinking of you today.

mine is my unfailing cheerleader. He thinks I’m awesome and beautiful and lovely. He makes me see I’m a decent person and I love him for it.
Completely unconnected to him of course, but my car hasn’t run low on any form of fluid etc in the 3 years I’ve had it! It magically polishes its glass and lights too. Just like the log basket never empties and the water in the fridge never runs out! DP can also light a fire with will power and 3 splinters instead of me using 5 firefighters, half a stack of kindling and an entire newspaper 😂. He indulges me constantly and says things like ‘of course we can get another spaniel’. Every night I fall asleep with him hugging me and it’s the most wonderful place to be in the world.

My morning coffee 😍 and always does the dishes ⭐️

Ironing.

My DH is quite excellent in many ways but he would NEVER let me be in charge of the remote!! Is this the final frontier for feminism? I would say so…

Takes the bins out- there is nothing more revolting than bin juice IMO

Sorts out the recycling. Our local council has a stupidly overcomplicated system that I always seem to get wrong

Gets things down from the loft and on top of the kitchen cupboards

Carries baskets of washing up and down the stairs for me.

Tea in bed and he usually drives if we have to go on a long drive. I hate driving and can't function without my early morning tea in bed.

OP mine is also a milk story. My DH loves milk and I cannot stand it. My DH will now drink low fat milk or fat free milk because I can’t stand full cream milk. He even refrains from drinking milk because I can’t kiss him because it smells on his breath. Such a good guy.

I have rubbish eyesight and sometimes struggle to put my earrings in so DH does it for me.

Some people would be squeamish about that, I couldn't do it for someone else, but it doesn't bother my DH.

Oh, and my very elderly mother adores him because he'll happily cut her fingernails for her.

He brings me a cup of tea in bed every morning.
He does the letting the dog out for a bedtime wee last thing every night.
He is a brilliant spider catcherer.

If only it were that easy...

Unloads the dishwasher.

does the last night kid taxiing.

My sister can’t stand garlic. Her husband won’t eat garlic either so he doesn’t smell of it when he’s around her.

Spiders
Bins
Cat litter tray
Dishwasher servicing and cleaning of filter
Research for things I can’t be arsed to do i.e. YouTube videos on how to fix dishwasher
Getting things from attic
Cutting the grass

Doesn’t argue with me 😂Boring but dependable,sorts out the bins ,walks the dog when I cannot be arsed , visits his very elderly Mother with dementia every week and generally a good egg .