Wife returning home

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Hi ladies,

I'd like to get some ideas from a female perspective.

My wife has been away for a few months but is due back soon (it was for work, our relationship is still great).

I'd like to do something special so that when she walks through the door she can see that I've made an effort and have missed her.

However, apart from flowers and making sure the place is clean, I'm not really sure what else to do.

Any ideas would be gratefully received

How about cooking her favourite meal and a nice bottle of wine?

If it was me.....
Bed made with clean ironed linen.
Bathroom with my favourite products.
Favourite meal with wine ready.
Table set with best china.
A couple of scented candles lit.

Make sure you are well groomed and wearing nice clothes.
All the little jobs I asked you to take care of have been done ( I'm looking at you DH..)

if it was me, i would want to be met (if a plane journey was involved) and taken for breakfast/lunch somewhere lovely. If not and she was coming straight home,, then depending on if you have children, either her favourite tea planned for that night and wine or reservations for somewhere nice to eat later.
Would definately want CLEAN BEDDING - she'll probably be looking forward to sleeping in her own bed and nothing beats clean sheets :)
You - Look presentable, clean, fresh, not in work clothes, unshowered.
If she's been away for a while, she'll probably just be looking forward to getting home and being with you/kids - and if you've got kids, get them to put up a welcome home banner and ballons to make it special.

Nice meal
Candles by the bed
Massage oil and lots of kisses.

Hope you enjoy your evening

Thank you all. Meeting from the plane is a given, but hadn't thought of candles. The meal will go down well too as I'm not a bad cook.

Thanks for your prompt replies and ideas

I'm echoing everyone else but would add, the clean fresh bedding/ sheets and make sure they're her favourite set.

Ask her about her trip and actually LISTEN to what she says.

Hope you have a great reunion.

Have a nice time OP. Your wife is a lucky lady

Sounds like you already have it in the bag.
Than you can spend all night discussing strange threads on mn.

I just wanted to say that perhaps a meal at home would be better... if she has been away she is probably fed up of eating out and would love a home cooked meal, in the comfort of your home rather.

You sound amazing.

Enjoy the reunion OP.

Ooh lovely.

As already said, spotless house, clean sheets, home cooked meal, favourite wine and use of the remote all evening.

And maybe her favourite movie for afterwards with snuggles on the couch.

I second having the place really clean, employ cleaners if you haven't time to manage it.
i remember coming home after a work trip and having to get the hoover out straightaway and noticing the cobwebs.
And yes, yes, to lovely clean bedding!

Making sure the house is very clean, making sure to wash the baseboards, all the edges, etc, and fresh bed linens. Perhaps getting her a lovely set of comfortable pajamas that are washed and ready for her to put on. Have fun!

Would you like to marry me? I will happily go away for a while to enable a special welcome.

I'd also add the most important part of this.

DO NOT mention everything you've done. Don't dance around like an excited spaniel going 'look how tidy everything is! I did that FOR YOU'.

Just keep quiet. She'll notice, but drawing desperate attention to it will take some of the shine off. You're doing it for her, not for cookies.

Make sure the laundry is up to date. There's nothing worse when coming home from a trip to try to load your washing into the washer to find it and/or the laundry basket already full.
She has probably had a laundry service where she's been away, but might well have some in her suitcase she'll want to unload when she gets sorted.

Frankly, when I've been working away (shorter periods but still) I don't care how clean the house is (within reason!) and you can keep your candles...
All I want it sex against the front door as soon as it's closed.

Do you have a single brother?

Also, to follow the meal make sure following the meal you do the washing up, the second most frustrating thing when arriving home (after a messy house) is the expectation that it's immediately her job to take over.

You sound lovely though, so I'm sure you got this!

Do not pester for sex but appear desperate this is the hardest tight walk to negotiate, we're tricky

Eh?

Surely you know your wife better than we do?! What would she appreciate?

I'd hate to come off a plane into a massive fuss! I'd probably want to cuddle, sleep and be left alone for a while TBH so planning candles, massage, meal, flowers would just make me feel stressed and like you required some kind of performance from me! It really, really depends on what your wife is actually like.

If you have kids then you should all eat together. Just a simple meal and some wine or beer or her favourite tipple. Other than that, a clean and happy house.

Fresh sheets would be delightful along with clean kitchen.
Other than that, just yourself looking glad to have her back and being cool with whatever she wants to do (chill out/eat or not eat/talk or just sleep)