What small, dull, mundane things make you love your DP?

[OilBaron]

I don't mean big things like him being a good father or a loving partner.

I mean little things that just make you think "I'm glad I stuck with you" and "life would be just a little bit worse without you doing XYZ" a couple of times per day.

For me...
My DP is freakishly good at making up rhymes and limericks on the spot. They're always rude and very often offensive about people (including me and him) and really make me laugh. Life would be much duller without his impromptu poems.

DP is also amazing at making cups of tea. He's a scientist so I don't know whether it's many years of lab work measuring things out and stirring things but his teas are fantastic even though he's not been in a lab for about six years. Life would be considerably worse without his tea-making. Even I can't make tea for myself as well as he does.

What about you?

@SBTLove

Can’t cook but for some unknown reason is a poached egg expert 🥰

Snap!!

My DH buys me a Bounty every now and then just for no reason!

Older DD is nearly 12 but he still throws her around like a toddler and they're both giggling away, she loves it and I love their relationship (which I never had with my DF....)

We laugh every day.

Animals, old ladies and small children instinctively trust him.

He gets in all the parcels and runs doorstep interference generally.

He can identify any film score within a few seconds of it starting to play on the radio.

He makes me a herbal ‘sleepy tea’ every night and brings it to me in bed.

We are both gamers and if I get to a bit I am finding really frustrating, he will do it for me.

If we are sharing some sweets he will eat all the orange ones because I don’t like them.

Brings me coffee in the mornings before I get up. Regularly says or thinks the same as me with really random things, like constant shared jokes no one else would get.

Such a wholesome thread, thank you 💖

DH makes me a hot chocolate every night and reads aloud to me (he does all the voices too!)

He hides chocolate in the shed so that if I fancy some but I’m sad because there we have none in, he will be able to surprise me with it.

The way he cuddles with my cat is so frickin’ cute

@NoraEphronsneck
How odd 🤣 he had to watch youtube to make an omelette🤣

He strims my allotment - and no that's not a euphemism.

He brings me a cup of tea in bed every evening and every morning without fail.
Just that little act of care makes me so happy.

My DP puts up with my mad dog obsession, we have five, he walks them all 3 times a day because I’m disabled with extremely dodgy dislocating joints all over, he shops, he thinks of things to eat when I can’t, he picks up both kids any time of day or night, even though they are 22 and 18, he fixes things when I think they are ready for the bin, including our car, all our neighbours who are elderly love him dearly and in lockdown, he was doing supermarket runs for them twice a week at least, that’s why I have been with him 30 years now, don’t get me wrong, he can also drive me crazy with some of his ways but I wouldn’t swap him for anyone else (apart from maybe, Adam from Corrie lol).

He's an awesome cook. And will often ask what I want to eat and rustle me it up.

If I happen to mention on an evening I fancy wine/gin/chocolate/ crisps he will go out to the shop and get me it. Even if I don't actually want him to go get them.

If he's at the supermarket he'll always bring me home something he knows I like.

if the kids are looking for me which is every five seconds, he’ll try and sort them out first so i’m not constantly hounded.

he always makes sure there’s diesel in the car as he knows i hate going into shops.

he’s just so lovely

@GolightlyMrsGolightly

He has a habit of stroking my arm or my neck every time we sit together or are lying in bed in the morning. It's so, so soothing and relaxing, I absolutely love it. I would actually pay for him to do it, but he does it for free

He makes sure there's always loads of chocolate in the house.

He really loves our stupid and annoying cats. One of them was unwell a couple of weeks ago and he was so worried and upset, it was sweet.

He makes me laugh every single day.

Randomly gets me little presents for no reason.

Comes home with a cat riding his shoulders (cat is waiting for him at the gate), also chats to the cats when he’s alone with them, I’ve heard him from another room before. He claims not to be a cat person.

Decides to cook pancakes on a whim so every so often he’ll just bring me an unannounced plate of pancakes (I like pancakes).

If I’m tired and grumpy he will let me be tired and grumpy and not try to fix it. But will give me space and probably make something I really like for dinner.

On Valentine’s Day we both got each other (different) cards with the same sci-fi pun on it.

He is sometimes bemused by my view of myself - eg I was recently frustrated because I couldn’t figure out how to do something on a spreadsheet and muttered “Agh, I’m too stupid for this” and he replied so quickly with “no you’re not, you’re so smart."

He is amazing with our nieces and nephews, he plays with them, suggests taking them places and they love him.

He does random dances to cheer me up / distract me if I'm stressed.

He indulges my love of Christmas while pretending it irritates him. He doesn't really like Christmas but he hangs extra lights up for me when I'm out and will chuck on a Christmas film randomly. He'll huff (in a jokey way) about how spoilt I am / getting my own way but refuses to turn it off.

If he ever goes to Sainsbury's he brings me jam donuts because I love them from there

We're both working from home, pretty much next to each other in the back of our living room. Every night, I unplug the extension cable that powers my work stuff to plug in my phone charger. Every morning, when I come down to work (later than him) he has plugged it back in for me.

It's a silly, tiny thing, one of many things he does for me, but the casual thoughtfulness of it made me happy when I realised the other day.

He tells me I'm gorgeous and beautiful inside and out.

We live apart and when I stay with him he always cooks because he says I work hard enough all week. He works but doesn't have children living with him all week.

Makes a cracking cup of tea and has it waiting for me when I come downstairs in the morning - we are both still WFH, but he starts earlier.

When I was so very unwell after being in hospital, I couldn't even bend to cut my toenails, so he did it for me. That was 3 years ago, and it stuck

I tend to go up to bed earlier than he does and he comes up, tucks me in, and kisses me on the forehead

He takes on all responsibilities for house work and the dogs because I simply don't feel like it.

He spoons our dog and is a good dog father

He fixes my bikes and texts when I get home to check all is running ok.
He always gives me a thumbs up on Strava, even when I've been cycling slowly.
He encourages all my ambitions - even schlepping up Wainwrights in the Lakes and patiently teaching me how to navigate.

He makes my tea exactly right, better than I can make it for myself.
He always hugs and kisses me when he leaves or I do.
He chops veg with beautiful precision. It drives me nuts when we cook together because he takes more time than I would, but I love it.
Sometimes he hooks his little finger with mine.

@Thesmallassassin
It's a silly, tiny thing But it's those silly, tiny things that make all the difference and exactly what I meant when I started this thread... these are all so lovely

He runs the perfect bath. I am rubbish at this, it's either too cold or too hot but DH gets it just right. He runs all my baths now and makes sure there's a dry towel for after