AIBU to brag about my wonderful husband?

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So today is my 40th birthday. Told my husband as we have a 2 year old i dont expect him to push the boat out like i did for his 40th (we were childless with a lot more disposable cash lol). I told him I would be happy with a card and a nice meal.

Well I have to say he has definitely gone above and beyond.

I woke up to a coffee in bed and a lazy start while he got up with our little boy and took him to nursery.

When I finally got up I was greeted with a lovely bouquet of roses, a bottle of wine, some of my favourite coffee pods, a.new dress with shoes to match (to wear tonight) and 2 beautifully written cards.

Now he's cleaning the kitchen while I relax on the sofa! He's a good egg! swoooon

Happy birthday OP have a lovely day

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Listen love.
Just because you put up with shit husbands and low standards doesnt mean that those of us who dont have to smile sweetly and say oh how lovely.
Nor does it make us bitter. Or any other rediculous man excusing shit behaviour low standard accepting insults you think cover up for what is women taking any old shit from basic men.
You lot are embarrassing to women who expect and get, better.

We hear about so many bad husbands on here its nice to hear about the good ones like mine. Happy Birthday OP.

I have to wonder how happy the people who have to come on threads like this and drag someone down over something they're pleased about really are.

It's absolutely marvellous that your husbands make you coffee daily and clean the kitchen, but if you need to piss on other people's celebrations your life is clearly lacking something.

OP happy birthday, I hope you have a truly lovely rest of your day!

As you don’t know one single thing about my life, my partner or my relationship.

Your own posting history consists mainly of your fretting about which European resort to go for your 25th anniversary.

How would you like it if a bunch of people replied to those posts of yours and said “Oh come on, why do you have to wait for a big anniversary to go to a fucking beach resort? And why is the mental load of researching it falling to you? Your husband must be shit. Raise your bar, your standards are really low if the best you can do is a package holiday that you have to arrange for yourself. I get better holidays than that without having to wait for an anniversary.”

Because that is the equivalent of what you did to the OP.

God almighty, I feel really fucking sorry for you if this is how you have to resort to spending your time now your kids have flown the nest. Get a life.

What a nasty piece of work you are, awa’ and boil yer heid

😂😂 💯 love this!

Brag away, OP, he sounds lovely! My DH hasn't done anything particularly wonderful today, beyond being his normal, cuddly self, but the sun is out for the first time in weeks, which has raised my spirits no end and I just wandered into his office and said, "God, I fucking love you!" We have been together 30 years and we've had our ups and downs but I have never doubted that he loves me and has my back, even when he thinks I am wrong. He always thinks of how to make me smile. A good partner is a blessing. Ignore the trolls, there is something seriously wrong with people like that.

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Fuck sake some of these replies were just tooooo predictable!!! Nothing like raining on someone’s parade. Hope you’re having a lovely birthday op. Enjoy 🎂

Absolutely bang on.

There are some terminally unhappy people on MN who just can't stand others having what they don't.

Why do some posters feel the need to piss on the OPs happiness. She wanted to share how she appreciates her husband and by all accounts it sounds like he's made her very happy!

Have a great birthday OP, I just turned 40 too!

Listen love.
People who talk down to other's in this way, usually have very unhappy lives themselves.
This is coming from 43 years experience on this planet.
People with happy lives never really feel the need to put people down or make themselves feel superior to anybody else.
You sound quite bitter and also like you hate both men and women equally. Very strange.

LTB.

Buying you clothes, telling you what to wear? Very controlling.

And why isn’t he cleaning the kitchen the rest of the time too. Why only on special occasions?

Sorry op but where exactly is the effort then if he already does all this stuff? I’m struggling to see it.

This is so true.

The happier I am in myself and in life, the happier I am for other people.

My friend's daffodils bloomed last week and I was ridiculously happy for her! 🤣🤣

But it's not normal for alot of people.
Why spoil a nice moment.
Happy Birthday OP.

Jeepers thats pathetic that you searched my history.

Oh dear another bs post where you are wrong.

Happy birthday OP.

It's good to hear a story about when a husband gets it right.

Married for over 40 years to my wonderful DH, He's always brought me a cup of tea in bed as he's an early riser & I need a cuppa before I'm capable of speech. 😩When we were younger & he was doing lots of sports, he would go out for a run while I got the DCs up. He would then do their & my lunches while I got them ready for school & got myself ready for work. He's always done at least 50% of the housework, laundry etc as he had his own catering business & worked split shifts so would have a swim & come home between shifts to clean the house & do anything that was needed (including preparing veg, potatoes, or often making a cottage pie, casserole or whatever for tea) while I was at work.

You protest too much against what we are all saying.
We can see you are bitter even if you can't.
Just carry on spreading the love. Just for the record, I think I speak for us all when I say that we are not jealous of you and we feel very sorry for your poor husband.

You said it sweetheart! ‘I get coffee every morning and flowers for no reason’ Perhaps you’re making it difficult for yourself to understand!

You see, you’ve come on here giving it the big I am to anyone who’ll listen, but instead have made yourself look really silly! If you’re going to have digs at people then telling others, especially @BauhausOfEliott(who I know from experience on other threads actually posts comments far intellectually superior to any of yours here), about their lives, then you’d better make sure they’re both correct and add weight to your points. Currently, you look ridiculous and you might (though I doubt it) set a high bar for your ‘men’, but you don’t seem to set a very high one for yourself.

I must be a miserable fucker as my first thought is, so what? AIBU isn’t the place to showcase normal day to day stuff, it’s quandaries, confusions and opinions.