To tell you how I feel grateful today for my husband

[Jenneypops]

I'm not gloating, he's not perfect and we have our bickers, he can be lazy and has the memory of a toffee apple. But I was just sitting here thinking he's a good egg and it's nice to share that feeling.

This weekend he tidied the house yesterday morning and told me to have a lie in because I had a bad headache Today he done 2 loads of washing went and done the shopping, picked up my prescription, brought me home my favourite food magazine and some of my favourite biscuits. He then cooked a lovely full roast dinner and done all the washing up afterwards. We don't have children so he could have just done the minimum and enjoyed some free time. He's just asked if I'm feeling better would I like to sit together and enjoy a film.

Oh and he didn't kill me for buying some ludicrously expensive chocolate on Friday 🤣 hope you are all having a lovely Sunday either enjoying your own company or with friends and family.

Lovely to hear all these positive experiences with husbands /partners.
I don't have any experiences to share in that department ( not a complaint, just a statement of facts),
Thank you for sharing

Quite!

The OP’s husband has a good’un because it’s her doing all the daily chores usually while he sits back and laps up praise for taking it all on, on a rare day she’s ill. She deserves BETTER.

Actually I do get thanked every single day for doing everyday things like cooking. Not just by dh, by dc as well.

In some relationships we like to thank each other for the little things we do for each other, even if they are 'normal'.

I wasn’t talking about you or anyone personally 😂 I was talking about on here.

Good!
I'm also content and grateful for my husband (20 years and counting).
🍀

Good god!

'My husband's alright really and I feel quite content'

'No he's not! He's a totally useless bastard! You've been brainwashed! If you're happy then you're wrong! Leave him, leave him now!!!'.

Seriously though, good for you OP, and I'll be passing off 'the memory of a toffee apple' as my own phrase if that's OK.

Im willing to bet a few of the sour Conner’s are coming from women who don’t have supportive husbands/partners themselves

My DP is very good with chores and cooking and has taken care of me quite a lot during periods. Somehow I don’t feel the need to put OP down that she also has a nice man.

There is nothing to suggest he isn’t always nice and helpful, she just wants to appreciate him, bloody hell.

I’d be feeling pretty good if I’d done all that for my partner, so I don’t know why you are getting so many negative responses!

She’s already with a man who’s looking after her so why should the bar be higher? Im really not getting this sentiment

Of course posters come along to try and rain on your parade. We can't have a good word said about a man on MN can we.

He sounds a real winner @Jenneypops

Ahh this is lovely. Sounds like your DH recognised you needed some time to rest and took on the majority of the load to allow that. I hope your headache has lifted and you can both chill out tonight.

I wish you hadn't put this on here. As I feel you are going to come back, read some of the comments, and it is going to take the shine off it all. And it's a real bloody shame. As it's lovely.

@Sog2 a man is literally doing just the basics and is getting so much gratitude…
some of you really do settle,rather than be unmarried

I think it's a lovely post. Unfortunately it's not the norm on here. I don't think it's a low bar. Sounds like he has been busy.

In comparison my dh has driven disabled ds to a party 50 mile round trip. Bought, cooked and cleared up a roast for five. Made our bed. Put two loads of washing away.

I have cleaned the fridge and taken dd to a mates 2 miles down the road. I think my dh has the low bar today. He's not perfect either.

Geez some of these responses. I certainly don’t spend my entire weekend doing chores, good for others if that’s the norm for them. Your DH sounds like he’s got a lot done this weekend while you got some needed rest and sometimes it’s the little things like bringing you your favourite magazine and biscuits that’s thoughtful. I’m glad you’ve got a good ‘un.

woman is happy in her relationship and appreciates her partner and that is low standards? Talk about a crab in a bucket.

Again, we don’t know how much each of them do, how much each of them work. They don’t have kids so they probably split things. All we know is that today, Hes taken on all of the chores and looked after OP.

Do you know this to be true?
She has said he did it all today. Everybody is assuming he never does anything rather than them normally being equal partners and today he has done it all without OP having to expend any energy on it. He has just got on with it. And in recognition of how many men are shit and don't, she is grateful she has a good one who doesn't need 'managing' and asking to do 100% instead of his usual 50%.

I think it's a lovely post. Unfortunately it's not the norm on here.

It'd be far more normal if people didn't queue up to jump on the OP's of posts like this.

I've been on MN 15 years and it's never been any different.

Some people are all over the 'My DH is a bastard' threads, but seem to positively despise nice appreciative threads like this.

It’s a fair assumption to make because it wouldn’t register to OP as anything unusual unless it actually is out of the ordinary, or be noteworthy enough to make a post about on here.

Sorry but no one should be in a position where they feel grateful just because their man isn’t a ‘shit’ one like you read about online.

Good for both of you, and wish you many more years of happiness.

My son got sacked earlier this week after 10 years hard graft for my brother in law for sick leave /last minute days off over last 6 months due to girlfriend break up etc etc.
BIL is withholding payment in lieu of notice and although I know that in alot of ways my DH -who is step dad of 12 years- could wring my DS neck, has has spent hours pouring over the handbook and contract, drafting emails and referring to ACAS.
We also sat my sisters dog for hours as her his back had a bike fall, and spent time with my mum who has dementia and has has an off day- after taking the grandkids out for Breakfast and park as DD is under the weather.

it was supposed to be a chill day where I caught up on work and he went out to catch some photos of a rare train he likes/go on a hike.

I could not love him more tonght.
good egg x

He sounds lovely. Sorry that other people have to spoil that for you x

FOR your partner? You both live there. Just normal stuff that needs doing in a house by both people.