To really appreciate my DH after all the horror stories here?

[MamaOfTwos]

Not a TAAT but inspired by all the women who's husbands/partners are selfish arseholes. I was reading several threads this afternoon and told my DH just how much I appreciate him. We share all household and baby responsibilities and he's respectful and thoughtful. I don't want to sound like I'm boasting, but I'm genuinely feeling incredibly lucky to have met such a wonderful man. So this is raising a glass to all the wonderful men out there who are brilliant partners and fathers

Mine's dreamy

Lovely thread. Let's hear more stories. Mine is great too. Just celebrated 25 year wedding anniversary and he's as nice as ever, so thoughtful to others and kind.

Adore mine. Feel lucky, loved, respected and wanted.

He's an amazing dad, a brilliant DH of nearly 20 years and during a recent spell of illness (me) has once again proved to me that he's a fantastic, selfless and reliable partner. I loves him and appreciate him, and I tell him regularly.

My DH encourages me to read mumsnet as I always end up telling him I appreciate him after reading some of the horror stories on here.

Mine is fab too. Regularly pick up my phone to text him only to find he's just messaged me.

Sometimes I feel sad about being long term single. Then I come in here and thank my stars.

The reason I'm single is because I won't put up with this shit. I'd rather be alone.

Arf rainy.
I would like to say same but me saying good things about stuff like this seems to jinx me

Arf rainy.
I would like to say same but me saying good things about stuff like this seems to jinx me

Rshard lol....!
Me and my husband seem to be in tune but we are completely like 2 perfectly interlocking pieces.

I think he has made me a better person.

Ooh just remembered something.

3 years ago we bought a new car. I went to pick it up from dealership when it was ready. Driving home, feeling smug etc, as I pull up outside the house I manage to someone stove in the side of the new car hitting the neighbours car.

When my husband got home, he took one look at car, saw me in tears, and said to me that he didn’t care one tiny bit, and why was I getting so upset about something so unimportant? We then got in the car, drove to the panel beater, and it was fixed the next day. No recriminations (not from him at least, I was raging at myself), and never mentioned again not even in jest.

Sorry one more and I’ll shut up.

2007 we went on a friends walking holiday, I was extremely unfit (plus ca change etc) and somehow found myself at the bottom of Sugarloaf in the Brecons about to climb it at the steepest point. I just stood there looking up and thinking I’m going to actually die and without a word my husband walked over to me, took my heavy pack off me, and carried both his and mine up he hill, to make it easier for me. I knew he was a keeper at that moment.

I’ve outed myself now I think but it was just so memorable.

Mine is gorgeous too.

Looks after the kids better than me, found common ground with our teenager I just yell, has endless patience for quite dramatic 3.5 yo DD.

Oh, and puts wine in the freezer when I have a bad day.

Here is for good ones

My late DH is a was rather than an is. He was a great man, fab husband, wonderful dad.

DH can sometimes drive me up the wall with his epic untidiness and gadget obsession, but he is definitely one of the good guys.

I've been training for a new job for most of this year and he has fully supported me every step of the way. It's meant I'm not at home as much so he's taken over all my usual DD taxi duties, and there's a lot of them.

We've been together for 26 years next week and I still can't help but smile when I hear his car pull on to the drive.

I love that Other Girl.

When I met my dh I already had dc. . He says he felt privileged to have been able to join our family. He appreciates every dc, makes effort to be a good role model to them all. He is the best dh and the nicest man I have ever known. He has the patience of a Saint. And a heart of gold.
So so lucky.

My dh is a lovely guy, a great dad and a pretty good dh. We are very yin/yang which works for us.

He's certainly not perfect, but then if I'm honest nor am I.

Love these!

I feel the same when I read threads like that, op. My dh just rocks. We've just been away for our 20th anniversary and it's been brilliant. I told him he's the best person I know, full of honesty, integrity, courage plus he's hot he always goes the extra mile to help others. I'm chronically ill and he's always just got on with sorting everything out, doing far more than his fair share with the DC, and always cheering me on and loving me through the hard times. Love the bones of him and I appreciate him so much.

I feel the same. His laziness drives me mad sometimes, but then I read about other men on here and think, 'oh you're not that lazy actually'!

I had HG when pregnant, he did all the cooking, cleaning and everyday told me how grateful he was for what I was going through.

One of my fave things to do is send him to the shops when I'm hungry/bored and dont know what I want. He always comes home with a load of treats that are somehow exactly what I was after! He is always so pleased with himself as well, it's very cute!

I love my DH to bits. He is the the kindest soul anyone could ever meet. He is currently watching a film with a glass of red wine in one hand and ticklng my feet with the other. Life is good.

When DC3 was 4 weeks old I nearly died and spent a month in hospital. He kept it all together, caring for our newborn baby - night feeds, & nappies plus our 2 other little DC's and worried himself silly over me. I will never ever take him for granted - he really is my hero.

Mine's lovely. We've been together almost 30 years and he 'gets' me like nobody else. I wouldn't change him for the world.

Sometimes MN makes me very sad, there are a lot of women having to put up with some dreadful men.

There are also a lot of women putting up with men who aren’t actively dreadful, but are just a bit incompetent (can’t look after the children, the house etc)

I’m passing on to my DD (and DS) advice that my own mother gave me “you get what you settle for, so don’t settle”.

I had lunch with some friends today. One friend, a SAHM was saying she’d been offered a school hours part time job. Both her kids are in secondary school and she really wants to do the job, it’s interesting and she’d be good at it. Her husband has said no as he’s worried she won’t stay on top of everything at home.

Another friend pipes up and says she had to say no to a once in a life time work jolly to South Africa as her husband didn’t want to try and manage the school drop off and work etc (like she does everyday).

Literally lost for words.

londonista WTAF? I'm lost for words too!

@londonista I hope you said something!!!