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He got me a couple of facial sheet masks and gave me them first thing this morning as something little to open with a cup of tea… Now he is off to church with his Mum and DD, and I am in bed chilling with a lovely cooling mask on my tired face, after a little party last night. He is a keeper.

My partner is probably the most unaffectionate person I know, so when he is ffectionate I know it's something he's had to think about, that's always lovely. He usually does 90% of the Xmas dinner prep but this year wasn't very well on xmas eve so I took it on while he watched films with the kids, and even though he felt rotten, he still came to help me while I was gagging over the turkey (cannot deal with raw meat) and then helped clear up, wrap pressies etc. He also got me the one thing I truly wanted for xmas which I am so grateful for. I love him :)

My OH has been such a team player this Christmas - tidying, veg, washing up, checking everyone is ok etc. He’s also lovely to my mum.

On Christmas Eve, my dh arrived home from the shops and filled my lovely clean sitting room with boxes and boxes and bags of stuff he had just picked up in the shops. There is a centre which processes newly arrived refugees which was been closed over the Christmas period. He runs a weekly art class in a community centre which is located beside another centre. He had gotten word that 200 people including children ranging from 0-17 were going to be temporarily moved into the one he does that art class for. He had gone to the shops on Xmas eve, using his own money and had bought enough stuff to fill bags for kids across the full age range. We spent all Xmas even putting bags together. Everything he had chosen was creative for example a little organza bag which we filled with a rope necklace, 2 pendant and clasps that the kids could assemble themselves, little pyramid cardboard boxes that we assembled and filled with Ferraro rocher and jellies, acrylic pens and mini canvasses, books, notepads and lots of other unusual bits and pieces. He then dropped them over to the centre with the sex and age marked on each one. He didn't see their faces, he didn't get any acknowledgment or thanks. He just did it.

He never tells me what to do and even when he disagrees he respects the decisions I make.

Why have people said YABU?😂

DP is an absolute diamond. He put proper thought into Christmas presents for me, did a 400-mile round trip to collect his mum to bring her to ours for Christmas (and does the same for my mum when it’s her turn to come to us!) and is now driving her back with me and stopping off so I can see my mum and both mums can see each other even though it’s miles out of his way- I can’t drive so all this always falls to him and he never complains. And he booked us two nights in a lovely cosy place tonight and tomorrow because he wanted us to have some time together to relax. I do the bulk of the cooking (my choice, I enjoy it) and he has been incredibly appreciative and thankful for all of it. He brings me a cup of tea in bed every morning without fail, he is always kind, he is incredibly clever and interesting and absolutely one of the funniest and people I’ve ever met.

@MysweetAudrina Wow! A 🌟 indeed. How selfless. ❤️❤️❤️

Mine helped clean the house & helped prep dinner. Kept up with the drinks orders too

I was knackered but made sure I helped him out at bedtime

My DH has just generally been so loving and attentive during my early morning sickness this past couple of weeks.

This is a lovely thread.

My husband was amazing with my very stressed family this year, including my much loved father who has dementia and can be very challenging. My husband copes with him much better than the rest of us. This Christmas has made me love and respect him even more than I did before.

And in a wider sense he helped me stop drinking and so has probably added years to my life! He's not perfect of course - who is? He makes mistakes and does daft things just like any regular guy, and he wouldn't be to everyone's taste maybe. But to me he is a fucking hero!

Mine offers to do every night shift our toddlers and brings me tea most mornings. The list is way longer, I can't believe my luck most days

Mine does all the laundry. Always has since we met almost 10 years ago. There's a long list but this one is particularly great! I really value not having a lazy partner!

Mine keeps the toilet rolls topped up in our shower room.

And makes, and clears up after, breakfast every day of the year.

Yesterday morning, just before I went shopping, DH asked if there was anything he could do while I was out, and I mentioned that the kitchen was looking a bit untidy. By the time I got back he had hoovered the whole house and cleaned the entire kitchen to within an inch of it's life. 🙂

DP notices things- whether it's a haircut, or new earrings, or a job that needs doing, or something I've made; he sees it all.

If it's something I've made, he compliments it. Likewise new clothes/earrings/hairdo.

If it's a job that needs doing he just...does it. I got so used to being 'The One In Charge' over two marriages, having to ask repeatedly for small things to be done, that it means more than the world to me to have an equal partner at last.

He also isn't afraid to be very silly, if it'll make me laugh.

And his hugs are awesome- there's a line from a song that I always think of when he hugs me tight : 'When I'm weak, I draw strength from you'. That's how I feel. That he's letting draw on his strength. Soppy, I know 😳

Been together 23 years married for 21. Loved up now as we were in the early days.

DH has a week off work and it's so lovely having him home more.

Today we tackled the house together, it's finally clean and tidy after lots of Christmas mess, he took DD 7 months to her drs appt this morning so I could sleep in and on his way back bought me a coffee, he ran me a bath with a bath bomb he put in my stocking and put DD to bed and he's ordering us an Indian for dinner.