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If your husband wrote this about you, how would you feel?

156 replies

CupOfNiceTea · 09/02/2022 13:44

”After 18 years of marriage and 3 kids she’s still the sexiest woman to walk on this planet. Her hair is fucking amazing, her boobs and ass are hot as fuck, she’s amazing curves and the sexiest legs. This morning around 3:30am she went to the toilet and came back and grabbed my hand and we held hands while sleeping. She’ll always kiss me goodbye or welcome me with a kiss (and our teenagers go ewww lol), and I love pampering this woman. She loves me blow drying and brushing her hair, shaving her legs and doing her nails. I’m always so happy when she’s around, I’m so in love with her.”

What is your reaction to this?

OP posts:
violetmonster · 09/02/2022 17:15

Also if a man offered to shave my legs I'd be a bit confused frankly, can't see myself finding it a fun sexy activity

Pluvia · 09/02/2022 17:16

Are you a man, @BellatricksStrange? I've read several of your posts and they strike me as being written by someone with a male pov.

MarshaBradyo · 09/02/2022 17:18

Is a teen fantasy / troll on other site?

Sounds bad

Rosieposie101 · 09/02/2022 17:18

It's lovely really. Written with rather crude language in parts, but ultimately he's explaining his love for his wife. He's talking about how much he's attracted to her as for many this spark goes after a while but it hasn't for him. It's sweet. I'd think it was cute and be pleased and embarrassed in equal measures if my DH wrote this!

user1481840227 · 09/02/2022 17:19

@violetmonster

I suppose if the point of the post is that he finds her sexy then that's why he's talking about it and it's a good thing he finds his wife sexy but why does anyone else have to know? Seems like something that's totally unnecessary to share
It's a common and popular thing to do on reddit so he probably read some of the 'spouse appreciation' posts and decided to share his own.
LondonQueen · 09/02/2022 17:21

Cringe.

duvetdayforeveryone · 09/02/2022 17:26

@CupOfNiceTea

Found this on marriage board, not MN. People in the comments were all loving this. I just couldn’t believe it. It’s so shallow, has nothing to do with who his wife is. Started thinking is this all there is to marriage. If after 18 years all he appreciates is looks and some hand holding I would be so dissapointed and sad personally.
I bet it isn't true. A woman wrote it pretending her husband wrote it.
LlamaLucy · 09/02/2022 17:26

Jesus Christ, there’s no pleasing some people! This is all 100% positive, I don’t see the problem, whatsoever. Hand holding all night shows a real connection, still finding someone attractive after 18 years shows romance, commitment and faithfulness, their grooming and hair brushing etc shows their closeness and intimacy. It was posted on a marriage board - so it is entirely appropriate. However, copy and pasting it, and saying how disappointing and sad it is, is not very nice or understanding. I hope the original poster doesn’t see this post, he may be quite hurt and disheartened.

Live and let live.

We can learn a lot from each others’ relationships - I find this post refreshingly candid and honest. He sounds like a very romantic and loving husband. It is not all about sex/aesthetics. He said he loves to pamper her, he’s happy when she’s near, he’s in love. It’s wonderful!

There are posts on mumsnet about lousy husbands who never even acknowledge their wives, let alone brush their hair! You've posted this purely to poke fun at someone else’s post.

Rossnagoose · 09/02/2022 17:26

@Ploppingperp06

Sounds sweet - guy finds his wife’s body attractive - and that offends some people? Wow.

He’s no poet but then again he’s not trying to be. Also think your judging the entirety of how he feels about his wife by one post and calling him shallow is very unfair - he may well be able to say more he likes about her as a person or he may well feel more but be unable to express it - most people, both women and men aren’t that great at expressing the entirety of their feelings, especially in one short message.

Honestly only bitters would have a problem with this.

Or people who think that his description of his wife sounds uncannily like a blow-up doll.
LlamaLucy · 09/02/2022 17:30

@violetmonster

I suppose if the point of the post is that he finds her sexy then that's why he's talking about it and it's a good thing he finds his wife sexy but why does anyone else have to know? Seems like something that's totally unnecessary to share
Yet, we people with far less happy situations find it quite acceptable and necessary to share all their doom and gloom. I find his post refreshing, it’s nice to not be reading someone begging for advice about yet another useless spouse.
roastingmichael · 09/02/2022 17:34

The thought of a man brushing my hair and shaving my legs gives me the massive ick. I've never found being infantilised by a man gives me the horn.

Fairylightsongs · 09/02/2022 17:35

@MissMaple82

Why the F Does he shave his wife's legs!?!... I'd feel embarrassed to F##k
And wash and dry her hair,,,like a sex doll 🤮
5128gap · 09/02/2022 17:35

I'm counting down to the post telling us we don't like it because we're jealous of gorgeous women whose husbands love them. Grin

Rossnagoose · 09/02/2022 17:36

@5128gap

I'm counting down to the post telling us we don't like it because we're jealous of gorgeous women whose husbands love them. Grin
We've already had it -- apparently we're 'bitters'. A bit like 'haterz'.
Original poster
CupOfNiceTea · 09/02/2022 17:37

@5128gap

I'm counting down to the post telling us we don't like it because we're jealous of gorgeous women whose husbands love them. Grin
There has already been a comment about being bitter.
OP posts:
Blushingm · 09/02/2022 17:37

I'd love someone to write that about me

5128gap · 09/02/2022 17:46

Oops missed that then!

TheLoupGarou · 09/02/2022 17:47

Holding hands all night is super clingy

PinkPansies · 09/02/2022 17:51

She loves me blow drying and brushing her hair, shaving her legs and doing her nails. I’m always so happy when she’s around, I’m so in love with her.

I probably shouldn't say this but...this comment above, combined with the way OTT comments about boobs, ass, curves, legs...it makes me wonder if he's in the closet tbh.

I mean seriously, who you trying to convince hun? 😂

tkwal · 09/02/2022 17:55

Can't believe someone wrote this about his wife. Sounds more like they were starting to write a (bad) mills & boon

Chikapu · 09/02/2022 17:57

Sounds like it was written by someone who's never even touched a real woman. It's fantasy crap.

violetmonster · 09/02/2022 17:57

Yet, we people with far less happy situations find it quite acceptable and necessary to share all their doom and gloom. I find his post refreshing, it’s nice to not be reading someone begging for advice about yet another useless spouse.

But as you say it's people asking for advice. This is just a post for the sake of posting

Maybe it's more of a thing on Reddit and in which case I will continue to avoid that sort of forum as clearly it's not for me!

HulaChick · 09/02/2022 18:00

I'd be really pleased to think the attraction/ sexual element was still apparent after 18 years &£ would be happy if my OH had written that! Just coz he doesn't mention any other aspects of personality doesn't mean he doesn't recognize them too but was just focussing on the physical at that moment in time. Surely every woman wants their man to tbink they're hot & sexy? Attraction & sex are both key parts of a relationship - it was those elements disappearing from mine that (partly)caused my divorce. A bit of physical appreciation does wonders for your self esteem.

opinionminion · 09/02/2022 18:43

Shaving her legs washing her hair Confused

SitwellStandpoor32 · 09/02/2022 19:44

Oh for goodness sake the hate for men on MN never ceases to amaze me.
There are a ton of posts on here from women complaining about their husbands not finding them attractive anymore and/or no longer wanting sex. So obviously some women do find attraction important in their relationships. Now here’s a man explaining how much he’s still attracted to his wife after 20 years and everyone on here is calling him a perv!
Some of you may not find physical attraction important in your marriages but a lot of people do.

And his post wasn’t mean to be some long drawn out detailed explanation of his love for his wife and her personality. It’s a short post on Reddit in the marriage subreddit with the tag spouse appreciation.
I find it a lot more weird that the OP was so affected by it that she felt the need to copy and paste it and start a thread about it for everyone to bash his post and call him a perv and talk about how he must only see his wife as a sex doll!

And what’s wrong with him washing and drying his wife’s hair? Obviously she likes it and that’s all that matters. Would it be any different if he was giving her back rubs or foot massages? No, it wouldn’t. Not everyone’s relationship dynamic is like those of you on this thread.