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I want you to gush about your DP/DH

91 replies

holygold13 · 04/08/2016 23:16

Tell me all the big/little things he does that makes you realise how lucky you are!!! I wanna hear them all!!

My DP always gives me the pizza slice with the most cheese Grin

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babyinthacorner · 05/08/2016 11:10

Frrraaan - he slept in the car to be closer to you?! That's just adorable!

My DH also makes me laugh more than anyone else I know.

He thanks me for doing things around the house without fail.

He puts me and our family before anything else - almost fell out with his best friend after he was incredibly rude to me once. All sorted now, thank goodness!

He's brave (incredibly stubborn!) and is not afraid to take risks - completely the opposite to me!

Not something he does, but he's absolutely GORGEOUS. Gets a lot of attention when we're out, but genuinely doesn't understand why. Often makes me catch my breath when I see him unexpectedly Smile

CarlGrimesMissingEye · 05/08/2016 11:10

Grin it's great. He just presents them to me!

Norwolf · 05/08/2016 11:14

He works nights sunday to Thursday. I work days. Every weekend for the last one and a half years he had travelled 120miles one way just to see me on Friday and Saturday befite going back early Sunday to get ready for work. This happens even when am working on the weekends as I do 12 hours in a day, and he has never failed not seeing me. On days when im working, He makes sure he does the cooking and Makes certain that when I get home, all I have to do is shower and lots of cuddles Grin
He is amazing in every other way. And I know he is the one

Dowser · 05/08/2016 13:29

8 years in and 1 married.
I'm so much happier with my second husband than I was with my first.
I get tea and omelette every morning...he even continued cooking while in the middle of a stroke.

We have differences of opinion and a few rows, nothing too major.

He does such kind things to make my life easier.

He's just tried zipping me into my summer dress ( unworn, bought last year and I've obviously put on a few pounds since then)

Bless him. He even sucked in his breath. It still wouldn't go up!

Dowser · 05/08/2016 13:36

M making hima cake this afternoon ;-)

thestairs · 05/08/2016 14:08

I'm Chinese. He from a small country in West Africa. My Chinese parents disapproved him SOLELY due to his skin color. My mother give me TREMENDOUS pressure, force me to chose between her and my dad, or him (my husband). When I married him my parents completely cut me off.
But I have no regrets married him. He is an awesome husband. He treats me really really well. He loves me in every possible way that he can.

And he over-protective of me, and he's corny. But I married him so I just have to adapt to his corny ways and quirks. His quirks it live-able, it not like he bully me or anything, lol

-- Eversince I married him. All I have to do is cook him dinner (he loves eat Chinese food), and help wash dishes. And be his wife.
(All he ask me for is cook him dinner so he have food to get when he comes home from work. And ask me to be his wife).
After dinner he the one that clean the kitchen; after done clean the kitchen he help with the dishes too. He finished up the dishes for me after he done clean the kitchen.
He do laundry. He do cleaning around the house, do maintenance. He do all the vacuum, mopping, sweeping, take out the trash, housework things he do.
He the one that scrub and clean the toilet bowl. Never once he let me clean the toilet or clean the bathroom. He specificly said things like clean scrub the toilet, cleaning toilet/bathroom it that is the husband job, he wants to be the one that do it.
NEVER once I have to clean the toilet/bathroom, he do it all. Heck, even buy toilet paper is he bought.

---- He won't let me do laundry, in our house he is the one that do laundry. He said he 'wants' to do our laundry; not just his only but do mine and his together.
He said he doesn't want to see his "wife" carry heavy laundry, and said doing laundry is his jobthe husband job.. He make the bed, washing bed sheets comforters blankets. He wash our clotheshe do laundry loads, washing and drying. And he sort and fold the clean clothes put it in the baskets, and carry it to the bedroom for me.

He so neat.. He sort and fold our laundry. When done washing drying. He sort, fold the clean clothes into the baskets. Heck, even my bra and underwear, and socks he still sort and fold.
And he carry the baskets to the bedroom for me.. He said he just wants his 'wife' to help put clothes in the drawers, and hang it up in the closet; and help iron some clothes if needed.
When it laundry days, he always make sure he have laundry done for me before he go to work. For example, today he work; yesterday he will get laundry all done, or early in the morning he will get the laundry all done.. He won't let me carry heavy laundry. After he get laundry all done, he always carry the clean laundry baskets to the bedroom for me.

------ He always carry everything for me. He doesn't let me carried a bag of grocery, or carried laundry. He just won't let me carried anything heavy, at all.
Everything on the kitchen shelves, he purposely put it all within my petite height reach. I'm 4'11" (4 feet 11 inches) , sorry I'm in USA so I use U.S measurement feet and inches.
He doesn't want to see me climb on a tall chair to change the dead lightbulb on top of the ceiling, he thinks I'm gonna fall.. He said If the ceiling lightbulb dead when he not home, use the table Lamp instead; and wait he get home from work, and he'll change it for me.
He make it clear he doesn't want to see his 'wife' climb on tall chair--to change the light bulb on top of the ceiling, or for whatever reason.

He always been protective like this, from acquaintance to friends to dating to married; he always help me carried my supermarket bags, carried my laundry, help fix my car, help me change the lightbulb, etc..
He said he wants to be the one that carry my grocery bags, be the one that change the lightbulb for me.
Perhaps he over-protective of me, but as long as he around, he carry everything for me. He carry everything, like everything. All I need to carry is my purse, lol

--- I love love the Denim jeans at Express in the mall. But the price is pricey it $85 a pair, (it probably not alot to others; but to a girl like me who work minimum wage jobs all my life, $85 for a pair of jeans is pricey). Sorry, I'm in USA so I use $ in USD.
Last time we went to the mall, he generously bought me five pairs of Demin jeans at Express, (I only want one pair but he bought me five). I guess he knows how much I love those jeans, so he bought me 5 pairs.

Everytime whenever we go shopping. He said buy clothes buy shoe, buy whatever I like; and he just pay.. He said he wants 'me' to chose. He thinks it best that I chose. Because if he chose, he doesn't know if I like the style or if I like the color. So he said I grab whatever I want, and he pays.
He knows I'm frugal, I guess he knows if he doesn't buy it for me I won't buy it for myself.. I'm grateful that he is generous, but I don't want to go to the mall with him anymore. I know he generous with his money but still, I don't like to see him spend money like that. He work hard for his paychecks, it doesn't fall down from the sky.

Well, two weeks ago he was able to get me to go to the mall, lol
I saw a pair of shoe I really like but it pricey. I said when it go on sale price I will buy it. He said No, he said he buy it for me regular price.
He end up bought me 5 pairs of shoes. Well, to be exact: it 2 pairs of shoes, 1 pair of ankle boots, 1 pair of high heels and 1 pair of sandals.
It me that choose all the 5 pairs, he let me freely chose it because he doesn't know what style I like, or whether if the shoe is comfy when I wear it or not. So he lets me chose, and he just pays.
He really generous.

I use this Foam cleanser face wash, it cost $55 a tube--it a Japan brand and it come in a small size tube, (I thought it pricey consider the tube size; but it a must buy item, no way I'm using a different brand).
Everytime my husband see my facewash almost run out, he always bought 2 new tubes for me. I get endless facewash supply from him, lol
A month ago, he saw I only have 1/3 of the tube left, so he bought 2 new ones for me.

I am very frugal, I always buy things on sale price and on Clearance price. But he said No. He said he make enough money to buy me things regular price. So let him buy it for me.
I told him it waste of money, but he said it not because he bought it for me--his 'wife'. He doesn't think it waste of money when what he bought is bought for his 'wife'.

-- He make the best potato salad, and stuffing. It something in the taste of his food that it taste sooo good, (I ate countless of potato salad and stuffing. And none can match up to the taste of his).
He very nice to me. Last time while eating dinner, I told him suddenly I have craving for his potato salad--it was just a random sentence I said while eating on the dinner table.. Because of this one sentence I said; after he finished his plate of dinner, he went straight to the kitchen and make the potato salad for me.
He didn't even hesitate for a second, after he finished is plate of Chinese food, he went straight to the kitchen and make the potato salad I said I was craving for.

He said he make it anytime for me. He said if I like to eat the food he make, he will make it everyday for me.

He make the best BBQ Beef Brisket (southern style), he make it the best!
There times when I have craving for his BBQ Beef Brisket, lol.. But I know Beef brisket it not the same as potato salad, it take hours and hours to cook for the beef to tender. So if I can't shut down my craving and 'must' eat it, I wait till the weekend when he have half a day off from work then ask if he can make it for me, he never say No.

He work 12-14 hours a day just so I can live a comfy life without have to worried about money.
I can't be unreasonable. So when I want to eat his Beef brisket, I wait till the weekend when he work less hours, and he will make it for me. He never hesitate. He said he very happy that his wife likes to eat the food he make.

---- Well, this is an embarrassing one, lol
My husband he likes to kiss my butt cheek whenever we in bed together. Clothed or not, underwear or short on, he still like to kiss my butt cheek. He do it every chance he gets, lol

I have the bad habit of sleeping on my stomach. And I lay in bed on my stomach sometimes playing on my laptop/phone. Or just lay in bed on my stomach.. Whenever he see me lay on my stomach, he would kiss my butt cheek. Or simply as when he walk in the bedroom and see me laying flat on my stomach.
To me it just sooo awkward! I told him it embarrassing. But he said he have nothing to be embarrassed about that he kiss his "wife" butt cheek, that his reasoning.

We got married 18 months ago, and he still do what he do.
He still give me the reasoning that he have nothing to be embarrassed about that he kiss his 'wife' butt cheek.. I just dunno how to response back to him when he give a reasoning like that.

He very respectful. He doesn't bite, doesn't slap, doesn't gropes, doesn't spank my butt, not even a light spank.
He just simply put his lips on my butt cheek and kiss it, a gentle slow kiss type.
...when I get dress, sometimes I look at my butt in the mirror and I keep wondering why he likes to kiss it? Is there something wrong with my butt? lol

It random kisses, he do it randomly. When he around don't let him see my butt, or else I know exactly what he gonna do, lol
ugh.. at our age we not young anymore; I'm 31 and he 30, it kindda embarrassing.
But I know this is his way of show affection. So I do try to adapt to "his" way of affection, I let him do it.. I giggles. I giggles and sometimes give him a hug. He was sooo happy that I enjoy it and that I appreciate his kiss.

---- In the cold winter time; my hands and feet get freezing, like very very cold.. He know this, so he rubs my feet and hands; when we in bed-he always rubs my hands and rubs my feet.
We did tried to turn on heater; but when the heater stays on, after a while I get bleeding nose.. He knows this so he doesn't want to leave the heater on, I guess because he doesn't want to see my nose bleeds. He keeps rubs my hands and rubs my feet to helps keep it stay warm.

When my hands and feet get cold again, he rubs my hands and feet again. He said he doesn't want to leave the heater on long, because he knows the heater gives me nosebleed.
ugh.. he kiss the top of my foot too, my foot dorsal. And last winter he bought me those really soft fluffy slippers so I can wear walking around on the carpet at home, in the winter time my feet get cold even walking on the carpet.. And he bought me those thick warm socks to wear in bed when sleep.

--- I have a habit of leave random things all over the bedroom carpet, usually like 5-6 things laying on the bedroom carpet.
My husband knows this, so when he walk in the bedroom, he walk in carefully. (I guess she doesn't want to accidently step on it). And he always pick the stuff up and put it back into place for me.. Never once he criticize me, he just quietly pick it all up and put it back in place for me.
I have try to not leave stuff all over the carpet anymore. It getting better, but habits died hard. ugh.. like right now I have a box of tissue on the carpet floor, and my phone charger.

Never once he said anything about my habits. But I know he is a neat-freak and a clean-freak.. I told him I'm going to try to not leave things on the carpet anymore. He said I'm silly, he said don't sweat about it, he doesn't mind pick it all up for me. He said I leave things on the carpet, he will pick it up. He doesn't see what is the problem?

--- He very protectove of me.
I can be quite clumsy, not all the time but sometimes.
Last time I accidently dropped soda cans, and it exploded all over the kitchen.. Being multi-tasking that I am, I try carried
4 Coca-Cola cans in one hand. I dropped all 4 cans, it exploded. It spills, fizz and splashed all over the kitchen floor.
He didn't get mad, he said let him clean it up. He doesn't want me to slip and fall, so he said I go watch TV in the living room, and he clean up the kitchen.

Another example of my clumsy habit.
Last time I dropped a big glass cup in the kitchen. The glass break into many pieces big and small, and the tiny pieces glass shattered all over the kitchen floor.
He didn't get mad, he said he does Not want me to touch the broken glass pieces. Because he worried that the broken glass pieces might cut my finger if I pick it up; so I let him pick it up and clean it all up.
ugh.. the broken glass pieces sure does look sharp, but he use his fingers to pick it up. Since the broken glass pieces shattered all over the kitchen floor, it was a mess. But he won't let me help him, he wants to be the one that pick it up and clean it up.

---- He worries and secure everything from emotionally to financially; everything I have right now is he gives me. Because of him I get to live stable steady and comfy life.
He work 12-14 hours a day, just so I can have a comfy life, so I can live a comfy life without have to worried about money.
We in California, USA. And California it High cost of living, everything here is freaking expensive.
Here every household there got to be one person who work their butt off just so their wife and kids can have a comfy life.. But I miss my husband, I wish he didn't have to work that longgg hours, but in order to live a comfy life, work longgg hours is just how it is in California.

Eventhough he secure everything already, from emotionally to financially. He pays Rent, he pays ALL the bills. Everything I have right now is he gives me.
But he still want to see me well taken care of. He gives me money everytime he gets pay.
He gets pay 6 times a month. His full time job pays weekly. And his part time job pay bi-weekly. And everytime he gets pay, he give me money. He put cash money in my hand, he said it mine, my 'spending money'. Spend it on whatever I want, buy whatever I want/need.
But I don't need anything, because he already give me everything. Everything I have right now is he gives me. Pretty clothes and shoe I wear is he bought for me. The fridge is full of meat, too much food in our house, it all he bought. All the things in our house, to all the bills he pays. Everything is he pays.
I don't see why he needs to give me money, but he still do.
I told him I put all the cash money he give me into a saving account, I open a saving account just to put in the cash money he gives me in there only. When we have a baby, we use it for baby expense, or save it for baby-college.

Welp, it getting super long, lol.. But I feel very blessed to have him as my husband. Despite my Chinese parents competely cut me off after I got married. But I have no regrets married him, no regrets this life time.

IsItIorAreTheOthersCrazy · 05/08/2016 14:14

DH (together 12 years) is just lovely.

I have written before about our fertility problems / treatments. He has been amazing while I've been a hormonal banshee, simply continuing to be supportive and positive when I couldn't.

He cooks a beautiful steak and always gives me the best one.

He is amazing with our nieces / nephews.

He will randomly come up to me for a cwtch if we haven't had much chance to be affectionate.

When I was ill a few years ago, he just quietly got on with working, sorting finances, cleaning the house and looking after me.

He has my mum wrapped around his little finger!

He is very funny and always on a mission to make me smile.

Every single morning, he puts the alarm on to snooze and cuddles me in bed until it goes off again. Apparently it sets him up for the day.

He also drives me absolutely bonkers but I love him really!

MatchsticksForMyEyes · 05/08/2016 14:20

DP and I have been together almost 3yrs. He thinks it is sexy when I am mardy (fortunately).
Even if I start cooking he will immediately come and do it with me and usually end up doing it all himself.
He doesn't think housework is a woman's job.
He is intelligent.
He gives me head and shoulder massages without having to be asked.
He took a day off work to look after my dc when they finished for the summer before my school did.
We love watching the same TV shows.
When he does a fry up, he always cuts the bacon fat off because he knows I hate it.
He gets really excited if we go on trips just the two of us.

lcoc2015 · 05/08/2016 14:21

Makes me laugh
makes me laugh at myself (v important)
Thinks i'm gorgeous even though quite fat
Great father to our kids
Does bulk of childcare
Does 50% of cooking
ALways makes me a cuppa after dinner
Respects me and my opinion / ideas
Is very kind and patient
Very nice to my mum who is difficult
Great at sex altho we need to do it oftener
Great son to his parents

sockland · 05/08/2016 15:00

Been together 9 years
Happy for me to be a sahm and shares all finances
Is a great stepdad to my DS and always treated all dc the same
We have a similar offbeat sense of humour and have a lot of in-jokes
Always encourages my hobbies although they have a big financial/time commitment
He's happy for me to go on weekends away with friends
We never argue about money and he doesn't question what I spend
Doesn't bat an eyelid about my past which lots of people would be judgy about
Very tolerant of my big family and loves spending time with them
He's very generous and happy to treat our parents/siblings to holidays and meals out
Has never commented on my weight gain
Does all the post-dinner cleaning up
Does all the bin/recycling related stuff
Paid for expensive medical bills when we were still just dating
Very generous in bed and makes sure I'm satisfied, never pesters if I'm not in the mood
He's very clever and good at fixing things around the house just by looking it up online
Never complains about the state of the house even though I'm fairly lax with housework
He's always happy to tag along to quirky nights out that I'd have trouble finding friends to go with but wouldn't want to go on my own

Deadnettle · 05/08/2016 15:26

Dh and I have been together since we were at school (15 years) and he is the very best part of my life.

He looks after me when I can't look after myself.
He is the one person I can be me in front of.
He is funny, kind and generous.
I look forward to him coming home every day.
He is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Oddsocksgalore · 05/08/2016 16:21

he always makes sure I have change for the bus for work.

He is just lovely.

Any minute now he will walk through the door and I can't wait to see him.

CigarsofthePharoahs · 05/08/2016 17:07

I've put him through some crap over the last 12 years and he's still here.
He's done his fair share of night duty with the children. He's taken them both out for the day sometimes just so I can have a break.
He regularly does things that he knows will make me happy but actually inconvenience him. Everything from letting me have the last glass out of the wine bottle to forcing me to have the only camping mat when our airbed suddenly went down in the night on holiday. He folded the useless thing in half and made do on the ground.
He supported me through all the shit I went through after DS2's traumatic birth. No pressuring me, just quiet support. I probably got through it a lot quicker than I might have thanks to him and I know he found it very tough going.
He aint perfect and if he was he'd probably be annoying. He's bringing in fish and chips for dinner tonight. Mmmm.

Houseconfusion · 05/08/2016 17:10

Massive supporter and enabler of my career and enormously proud of me.
Hands on dad, wayyyy more of a baby person than me, manages DS wonderfully well.
As laid back as I can get high strung.
Just so easy, calm and makes everything simple.

MagpieWife · 05/08/2016 20:15

My husband brings me a cup of tea in bed every morning to help me start the day.

He always takes my side when I complain about things - even when IABU.

He will occasionally go in for a romantic gesture - flowers at work or a surprise evening out - but not so often that I get complacent!

He's a bit too smart for his own good and much more stubborn than he thinks, but every day I think how lucky I am to have him and I wouldn't change him for the world.

DefinitelyOdd · 05/08/2016 20:26

My DP is just brilliant in general really. He is funny, lovely, makes a good cup of tea and puts up with my angry, bitter snappy rants about work.

He has just started his own business and working so hard for our future that i just go all gooey when i think about it.

He is generally just awesome and definitely my all time favorite human! I luff him!

Dowser · 05/08/2016 21:50

The cake update ..I asked him if we had pistachios. He said yes.
No pistachios when we got home.
So the pistachio, pink grapefruit and polenta cake is now a cashew, grapefruit and polenta cake.

So, after feeling like I wanted to tear the limbs off him ( hate anyone messing my cake about) I've had to take it onthe chin.

It wont be a ltb moment!

What do you do...sometimes you just have to go onward and upward ;-)

TheSockGoblin · 05/08/2016 22:12

Ah this is a lovely thread Smile.

My partner is unflinchingly supportive. Funny as anything. Makes amazing dinners. Works incredibly hard under really difficult circumstances. Is extremely kind and good-natured. Listens to my ramblings about all sorts of weird and wonderful life stuff and never takes the piss out of me for being derpy, clumsy and having a complete logic bypass a lot of the time.

He cuddles me when i'm sad and wraps his limbs around me and strokes my head. Talks to me in his native tongue, all quietly and soothingly (he's not British).

He tries to help me with organising and doing practical things which I suck at a bit, but doesn't do it in an overbearing way.

He's also the best lover I've ever had by a long mile. He's just really open and accepting generally of me and this translates really well into bed. i've never felt embarassed or self-conscious about anything to do with intimacy when it comes to him.

He's not the best with words, with 'big' poetic hearts and flowers stuff and so on..he just loves me in this quiet, consistent and steady sort of way which also has plenty of passion running through and it makes me feel safe, cherished and respected.

He's the only person I've ever been in a relationship with when I still look at him after years and my heart goes a little funny and achey, in a good way.

All in all he's spectacular and I feel lucky almost daily to be his friend, lover and partner in crime.

[grins]

Prive120 · 05/08/2016 22:26

I love this thread! Thank you to everyone for sharing, it's just a gorgeous read.

My DH and I met almost 3 years ago and I immediately knew there was something very special about him. He made everything so easy and never played games with me. He's the only person who has ever made me cry with laughter, and the only man who has never made me cry. He's sweet and caring and would do anything for anyone. He's incredibly practical and is renovating our 1st home together by himself (which I find incredibly sexy!!)
He teases me all the time, but I never doubt how much he adores me. And yesterday I got to tell him I was pregnant with our 1st child... And he's been grinning ever since. I hope I'm half as good a Mum as he'll be a Dad as I know he's going to be his lovely amazing self.
Big love to all ❤️

BobbinThreadbare123 · 05/08/2016 22:29

I've only been with my DH for a few years, but he made me able to trust and laugh again after a poor EA first marriage. We do laugh our heads off. He is very quiet and shy with other people but he isn't with me. He always makes me a pot of tea in the morning before he leaves for work. I can't say the rest because it would take too long but taking the plunge to marry again, to him, was a good idea.

holygold13 · 05/08/2016 22:37

Dowser Haha! Typical!!! Maybe whenever they drive us crazy probably everyday we should reread this thread to remind us.

Cake sounds lovely though! Cake

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holygold13 · 05/08/2016 22:39

TheSockGoblin how beautifully written!! So happy for you both and you're awesomely lovely relationship!! Grin

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holygold13 · 05/08/2016 22:40

Prive oh how lovely!!!!! Congratulations!! I wish you and you're lovely little family all the best. How wonderful for you! Grin

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HedgehogHedgehog · 05/08/2016 22:48

My DP always makes me cups of tea. Hel go to the shop to get sweets if i ask him to even if its midnight and its raining. He always kisses me goodbye when he goes out. He always cooks dinner if he gets back from work before dinner time and also if hes off work. If im not awake in the morning and he is, he just gets the baby up and ready and takes him out etc and doesnt come and wake me up unless ive asked him to at a specific time.
When i was pregnant he got me takeaway and they hadnt made it how id ordered it and i threw it out of the window and screamed that i hated him and locked myself in the bathroom crying. When i came out hed just gone back to the takeaway place and got them to make it how i wanted and brought it back again. He gave me a hug.
Hes never raised his voice to me ever.
He messages me every day hes at work to ask how my day is going.
He did used to leave me notes about the place saying he loved me but he stopped because i told him to but now i miss it hahaha.

Puff42 · 05/08/2016 22:49

He makes up little rhyming songs with my name in it and sings them to me. Smile

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