What little things does lovely DH/DP do for you? (balancing thread I'm reading toooo many EA/DV threads)

[merrywidow]

He comes to lay on the bed to cuddle me and chat

He doesn't lovely things that often, but when he does they are very lovely. Like coming home from work to fnd the living room all lit up with candles (and most importantly cleaned ) and a bottle of wine with a glass waiting for me. Just 'cause he felt like doing something nice

Or winning me an ipod Nano a few weeks before x-mas and not saving it for a x-mas present.

And he takes the children out of the house when I am threatening murder.

Has just been out into the garden to collect the now-crispy washing I left out.

Put my snuggly warm pink cashmere bedsocks he bought me actually on to my feet for me.

Brings me tea in bed, massages my shoulders, strokes my head, buys me flowers, carries my bags, cooks pasta and sauce out of a jar Italian cuisine, supports me properly in everything I do and really properly listens, proofread my entire PhD, plus he is an all-round superstar when I have a migraine.

Mine highlights my hair and when I was heavily pregnant and had bad SPD he cut and painted my toenails for me.

What a delightful thread

Mine brings me a cup of tea in bed every morning and makes me a cup of camomile tea at bedtime (drinking it now).

Buys me flowers every week

Takes DS out for breakfast on sat or sun mornings so I get a lie-in

Buys me Emma Bridgewater mugs as he knows my tea tastes so much better in them

Tells me all the time that he loved me and fancies me. (Must remember to book him app at optician._

Gives me foot massages. No small thing this as they smell of eight year old stilton.

Has put up with me through four difficult pregnancies, births and ppd.

Has coped for years with me struggling with depression and never complained.

Have been married for almost 19yrs and are happier now than we were when we first met. Don't tell him enough how much I appreciate him.

if it's a cold night, he takes it upon himself to sausage-roll me in the duvet.

Dries my hair for me EVERY time I wash it - I love getting my hair brushed more than anything!
In the past 6 years I think he's not dried it about half a dozen times.

Warms my side of the bed before I get in, even if he is not coming to bed yet. Cleans the inside of my car. Keeps my boobs warm when we are watching tv together .

at your hair-drying Dh sacharissa. hoping to train ds up to do that!

Mine does the boob warming thing too!

Cooks amazing dinners for me every night.

When he is going to be away from home, he cooks extra food so I don't have to.

He wakes up earlier than I do, prepares my breakfast and comes to wake me up with a kiss.

Tells everyone else that I am wonderful (and then I have to live up to it!)

I love this thread

DH encourages me with everything I do - even if I'm crap at it (like running my first ever 10km race... he took photos, and ran round the course to meet me at drink stations and was so proud).

Works one hundred hours a week on average (not joking) in an incredibly stressful job which allows me to stay at home with the baby, and doesn't care if I ever go back to work, as long as I'm happy.

Thinks I have the best arse on the face of the planet, and can not walk past without squeezing it. Which is at times flattering, and also insanely irritating.

Every single meal I've put in front of him is 'only gorgeous', even if it's just baked beans on toast.

He hid all of his paediatric text books when I was pregnant so that I wouldn't read them and freak out. And, more hilariously, anticipated their discovery and put post its on the front saying "Hillee - do not read this, it's for your own good!"

Opens every door for me and always walks on the street side of the footpath.

Finally - he moved to the other side of the world so I could have babies in my home country, and be near my family. Admittedly the weather is better out here and he does love to surf...

I will bore you no longer.

Genuinely does at least 50% of the household chores without being prompted.

Spend hours rubbing my feet when we are watching TV.

Loves lots of affection- kisses, cuddles etc all the time without expectation it will lead to sex.

Is great in bed!

Texts me from work most days to say he loves me or to tell me I'm gorgeous.

Is supporting me financially whilst I finish qualifying.

Spat my coffee out at cunnilingus!!

My dh does all the DIY round the house, all the cooking, most the cleaning .

He tells me I'm gorgeous even though I'm getting a bit decrepid and lardy, he went over the road to speak to the neighbour whose car I hit because I was too mortified to do it myself. Listens to me when I rant about my mother and gives me excellent, emotionally intelligent advice for a blokey bloke.

Is younger than me and rather hot (I know that's not what he does for me but I'm showing off now).

Tells me how beautiful and wonderful I am, and how lucky he feels to be with me

Buys me magazines, especially if they have free sample bottles on the front

Cooks for me every day, does all the ironing and washing, most of the cleaning, all of the shopping

Rubs anti stretch mark cream into my pregnant belly, thighs and hips every night

Lots of things too numerous to list really

Emails me when he is away telling me how much he can't wait til he gets home.

Reads to me in bed

Tucks me up in a blanket on the sofa then goes to the shop to buy choc and wine.

Gives me a lie in every day he's home and is amazing with our 2 boys.

, what a fab thread x

Truly appreciates how hard it is staying home with the baby - oh and after a really rough night, he took the baby for a walk and left me to have a lie in, later in the day i went to change baby's nappy - beautiful new silver bracelet waiting for me on his changing table (apparently a gift 'from the baby').

Strokes my head, back and arms every night before I go to sleep

Takes DS out to the park each weekend so I can study/relax

Cooks amazing puddings - home-made syrup sponge pudding is the secret to a happy marriage

He says in a lovely voice

" when you look up, there I'll be, when I look up, there you'll be " ( from Far from the Madding Crowd )

I LOVE it

DH has brought me coffee in bed every morning for 30 years, except when he's working away (he's in Solihull this week, so I have to get my own)

And he bought me an iPhone 4 at the weekend!

I love the way DP never questions my logic

always makes sure I come before him

always makes love to me like it was the first time

gives me his gadgets ie iPhone, satnav, cos he knows I can't afford to buy them for myself

is always good with my petulant lovely dcs

always spends a lot of time at the back of the cycling pack with me, even tho he really wants to be at the front