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To ask what's the loveliest thing a partner has done for you

150 replies

Songsofexperience · 26/09/2020 22:33

Struggling a little bit at the moment. So many posters -too many- seem to have had bad experiences in their relationships. I'd like to believe there's hope out there. Please restore my faith in humanity!

OP posts:

HazelBite · 26/09/2020 23:22

Coming with me to watch Tottenham Hotspur play at their new stadium, when he is an Arsenal supporter

Weesweetiewife · 26/09/2020 23:24

Cut my toe nails and shaved my shereen in prep for up coming holiday

newnameforthis123 · 26/09/2020 23:26

@Lockdownproblems

My partner thinks he is the dogs bollocks when he puts his coffee cup in the dishwasher "for me". He also thinks hes a hero if he doesnt cheat on me (again) when some silly slut messages him.

Please please leave this man - he sounds vile.

Notlostjustexploring · 26/09/2020 23:29

We've two small children and in that time I've maybe got up in the mornings with them say 20 times. The remaining 900+ times he's got up to do breakfast etc leaving me in bed for anywhere between an extra five minutes peace or a couple of hours on a weekend day if I'm especially shattered.

I. Am. Never. Trading. Him. In.

He has his faults, as we all do, but at his core he is a kind man who puts his family first in everything.

AlCalavicci · 26/09/2020 23:31

My Dh would come and pick me up from work when ever he could , one freezing cold wet winter day when he couldn't. He got home just before me put the heating on run me a bath , poured me a drink and let me soak and warm up , he put my dressing gown on the radiator and went to our local takeaway to get our fav tea .

Passmethecrisps · 26/09/2020 23:34

Every single day he makes breakfast, packed lunches and dinner for us all. He takes pleasure in making sure needs and wants are met. He always ends us washing up and putting away as well.

MonkeyPuddle · 26/09/2020 23:34

He brings me cereal and coffee every morning.
I’m 36w pregnant and he’s bending over backwards so that I can rest and conserve energy these last few weeks.
I went for a nap this afternoon, when I woke up he’d entertained both the kids, made dinner and tidied up.
He’s good at just making me feel loved.

2toe · 26/09/2020 23:35

Lots of things but for me it’s a little thing that shows he is always thinking of me, I like a particular sweet that you very rarely see anymore, every time he sees them he buys me some.

margaritasbythesea · 26/09/2020 23:35

He has built me two gardens, one flowers and one vegetables.

When we first met, I was growing lettuces and tomatoes on the flat roof of a three storey house. There was no rail and he thought I was crazy, and also that I must really like growing things.

He decided then that gardens were the way to my heart.

I've recently taken up a hobby that requires me to buy supplies and he likes to give me a bit of his own spending money so I can stock up without worrying.

He knows I like a cup of tea in bed in the morning. On Sundays he brings me a second one even if I have woken up really late.

He's a goodun.

lurker101 · 27/09/2020 00:04

Makes me coffee and brings it to the bed every morning so I wake up nicely 😊

stayathomer · 27/09/2020 00:10

I'm a writer and I was having a bad day (had received a bad rejection) and dh bought a box of chocs and left them in at the computer with a post it saying books like mine were the reason people could get over a bad day and the world needed more of them. I kept it and it still drives me on.

stayathomer · 27/09/2020 00:11

Oh and I cant make tea or cook so he does both, never moans about it.

CatherineCawood · 27/09/2020 00:17

He can be utterly thoughtless and a bit self centered. Occasionally he pulls his finger out of his bum though. Last night 6 months of working 70 hours a week and running the house/sorting kids and doing most of the care for adhd son caught up with me and I truly lost the fucking plot.

Today he sent me to a swish hotel for 2 nights rest. Its bloody ace.

pinkyboots1 · 27/09/2020 00:22

Me and DP weren't living together at the time and I'd had a horrendous day at work, I got the bus home and as I went through the big bus station the person sat next to me asked "is he yours"? And when I looked there was my lovely DP (who is known for his shyness) waving and blowing kisses to me in front of a packed bus station... I grinned and said "yes" then promptly burst into tears, He can be a right butt ache at times but he's my butt ache x

Krazynights34 · 27/09/2020 00:27

I guess I’m the only one who finds my DH bringing my coffee upstairs every morning around 7 (or 6:30) not so appealing because I’m usually just asleep for about 2 hours by then and it’s cold when I surface about 20 minutes later..
He was amazingly romantic when we were first together- now I see those happy times as red flags - sigh

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 27/09/2020 00:34

He sends me photos of cats he sees when he’s out. He also makes up songs about our own cat and sings them to me/her.

When he was made redundant a few years ago, and we were broke at Christmas, he bought and wrapped a box of teabags, and a copy of my guilty pleasure trashy magazine, with a gift card that said he would run me a bath so I could read the magazine in it, and he would bring me a cup of tea.

Things are properly rotten just now, because he has again been made redundant, but I am 100% confident we will get through it. He’s my favourite. (Even though he is a lazy arse a lot of the time ref housewoek.)

thistimelastweek · 27/09/2020 00:39

He got me constipation medicine in Germany. He doesn't speak German so that mime must have come from a place of love.

ShopTattsyrup · 27/09/2020 00:45

He once went out at 2am to buy me paracetamol and ibrufen from the garage because my wisdom tooth was so bad it had woken me up and I was in agony.

He brings me a cup of coffee in bed if he gets up before me (which is 90% of the time).

He knew I'd had a run of bad night shifts so he went to the florists at the end of my street and bought me a tiny cactus and an apple turnover (not from the florists).

Tillygetsit · 27/09/2020 00:54

On my 40th birthday he took me badger watching with infra red glasses. He has a friend who is in charge of a woodland and knew where there was a badger set.
It was after a big family lunch and just the two of us. He'd arranged a family member to babysit and it is one of the most magical nights of my life. It didn't cost much but it was so thoughtful and special.

AcrossthePond55 · 27/09/2020 00:57

On each of our son's 1st birthday he brought me flowers with a card that said "Thank you for the joy you brought into my life 1 year ago today".

When I shattered my ankle he took complete care of me including lifting me on/off the toilet and helping me bathe & wash my hair. He helped me dress/undress and tucked me into bed at night.

When my father was dying he completely took over our day to day life so I was completely free to come and go as I pleased to help Mum and spend as much time as I could with my dad without worrying about the house and the DSs.

Gosh, I think I don't appreciate him as much as I should!

nancy75 · 27/09/2020 01:02

He buys me orange twirls

DressingGownofDoom · 27/09/2020 01:11

@Krazynights34

I guess I’m the only one who finds my DH bringing my coffee upstairs every morning around 7 (or 6:30) not so appealing because I’m usually just asleep for about 2 hours by then and it’s cold when I surface about 20 minutes later.. He was amazingly romantic when we were first together- now I see those happy times as red flags - sigh

I wouldn't like this either, my bedroom would be full of mugs!

BadEyeBri · 27/09/2020 01:20

After my grandfather died my DH tracked down a copy of the book my grandfather had written and gave it to me as my Christmas present that year. He'd gone to a lot of trouble to get it. It's one of my most prized possessions

OctopusStaring · 27/09/2020 01:23

When I was pregnant he'd walk me to and from work in the winter. I'd had a miscarriage and was terrified of falling on the icy pavements and having another miscarriage. He's my rock.
I was planning on getting the bus then train back from a city visit last year but he drove up to get me as it would be a lot quicker.

OctopusStaring · 27/09/2020 01:25

He does all the driving and never complains or is resentful that I can't drive.

Appreciates all that I do, even though I feel I don't do enough.

Does the dishes everyday. We don't have a dishwasher.

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