Five top reasons why I love my DH

[BettySuarez]

1. he makes me laugh on a daily basis
2. he puts up with my erratic sex drive coping with total lack of sex for weeks on end to needing it 3 times a day (without -much- complaint)
3. he's a much better cook than me
4. rarely brings up his PHD as doesn't want to embarrass me about my one level -in home economics-
5. pretends to love the dog as much as I do even though he is really a cat person

Sweet.

1. He knows just what to do to make me laugh
2. He loves cuddles just as much as I do maybe more
3. He views our relationship as a partnership and puts that in to practice
4. He believes in me and has supported me through studying and is proud of me
5. He gets the most gorgeous crinklies around his eyes when he smiles at me

In reverse order

1. Because I can't divorce him I have been saved from impulsively marrying the next worst thing
2. He's never stabbed me to actual death
3. Or dismembered me
4. He lives in another country and I never have to see or talk to him
5. We made two beautiful children together

Arf!

1. Because he completly understands me and I love him

Aww

Ok my go

1 Because we make a great team and try to move forward.
2 Because he loves me UNCONDITIONALLY
3 Because he has a beautiful back and shoulders and the smell of him makes me drool
4 Because he is a brilliant father (no thanks to any parental models)
5 Because he is so very kind

I should probably tell him all of that more often.

yeah rite...

1. He is emotionally very intelligent.

1. He can cook, clean and is great with the kids.

1. At the same time he's great at DIY, fixing things, making things.

1. He is handsome and clean.

1. He manages the finances so I don't have to.

1. He always "reaches out" in the relationship - we can talk about anything even in a rough patch. He'll never leave me. He never sulks and always apologises/accepts an apology.

1. He understands that I am chronically tired with toddler and newborn and have v low libido. He is v frustrated and would like to feel that i really desired him , but he makes a lot of effort to get me in the mood even tho it takes me ages to warm up! I'm always glad he did.. But sex is the problem area for us right now..

He is great, if DS (10 weeks) turns out like him I will be pleased.

1. He is the most tender man I have ever known
2. He fancies me, and wants me close to him all the time
3. He gets me, he puts up with my moods, and is hyper with me
4. He is the most unselfish man sexually - always satisfies me before we satisfy each other/or he satisfies himself.
5. He has had a shit *really abusive childhood, and his strength from that shines through

I can't imagine him not being in my life

1. He is a fantastic father
2. He loves me no matter what
3. He makes me laugh all the time
4. He is my voice of reason and keeps me grounded
5. He still fancies me after all these years and wants to be near me always.

Dp here(civil partner)

1. she is kind and thoughtful all the time 2)seems to love me no matter how much of a cow I can be
2. is a brilliant mother too our children 4)makes me laugh everyday, we talk for hours, we do things as a family
3. works her butt off so we can afford for me to do my degree and be a sahm

And I get breakfast in bed everyday....in fact today was her lie in day and she got up, made the kids breakfast, brought me a cup of tea in bed.....then got back in for her lie in

1. He is the most competent and efficient person I have ever met. There is literally nothing he wouldn't try his hand at and do a good job. I admire his practical abilities so much and love him for his independence and resourcefulness.

1. He is kind. Kind to me, kind to our children, kind to animals. He shows his love through doing more than saying.

1. He is intelligent and interesting and I love to talk to him.

1. He is skinny and geeky and just so gorgeous.

1. He gets all the references in old Half Man Half Biscuit songs.

I love this thread :)

What a lovely thread, it's natural that MN is used for offloading and advice when DH/DW/DP's are being foul or the partnership is breaking up, but it can feel sometimes like no-one has a happy loving relationship!

Keep'em coming!

LadyGahGah can you clone your DP for me please?

1. He is kind and thoughtful and loving. Even though he seems like a brusque northerner
2. He is funny and makes me laugh several times a day
3. He sees me as an equal partner. We have shared childcare, work and house drudgery equally for 23 years.
4. He is a brilliant cook and is in charge of cooking
5. I even love his faults.

Might need to wake him up for a snog now :)

It is interesting to see commonly repeated qualities. Respect, sense of humour are high on the list

1. He's a wonderful father, and lets me sleep a lot at the moment even though he's knackered from work and frequent night wakings (2 yo non-sleeping DS, and 19 weeks pg with DC2).

1. He not only makes me laugh, but also regularly falls about laughing at my jokes, so makes me think I'm v. witty and clever :o We have a very similar sense of humour, despite totally different backgrounds.

1. He has shown me how great sex can be! and looked after me after my breakdown when I finally told him I'd been raped (before meeting him). It took me a LONG time to feel comfortable with him, and he was always steady and never pressuring, and just waited for me to be ready.

1. He makes me feel safe, and loved, and secure.

1. He hates the same people I do :o And lets me complain about them at length, sometimes even joining in!

bossybritches22clonign would be fab!! If I had a spare one......

Cloning

1. He has a brilliant sense of humour, often making me laugh myself silly and laughing at my jokes in return, even when I think they're not that good. He also loves playing childish games like tickle fights when the mood strikes me, even though he's spent the whole day working and is tired.

1. He's always willing to listen to my point of view and take it on board, even when it's completely opposite to the view he holds and is willing to change his own point of view.

1. He knows just what I need to make me feel better, especially when someone dumps on our non-traditional relationship and understands that sometimes, only chocolate will do.

1. He makes me feel safe, like a ship coming into its home harbour.

1. He's a brilliant dad and even better cook (well, he'd have to be considering I've burned boiled eggs before now). He engages with the DCs and tries to challenge them at every step so that they reach further and higher in order to beat down his arguments (which often ends up in a tickle match between them all while I referee).

5B. He just bought me a kindle for my birthday tomorrow

1. He is super clever and I can talk about anything with him, knowing he'll understand.
2. He is very, very kind and thoughtful.
3. He is funny and witty
4. He has beautiful eyes [shallow]
5. He enjoys playing with the children and doing family things together.

What a lovely heart warming thread!

Just makes me realise what I dont have.

Oh Becaroo

But hopefully it will make you realise that somewhere out there, there will be a wonderful man for you xx

My turn:

1. He let's me be me and loves me unconditionally
2. he makes me laugh everyday (normally before 7am which is a miracle!)
3. he's thinks black&white which is good most of the time (other times he fails to see grey areas, arrhh frustration!)
4. he's good with money (making and managing)
5. he supported me during the rough times, specifically ivf journey