what is the nicest thing a romantic partner has done for you?

[BrickPoet]

bought me flowers

I have asked for this every Mother's Day and birthday for years. So jealous!

Had a vasectomy so I didn't have to endure more medical procedures.

What would happen if you just booked yourself a night away ?

Not for me exactly, but the morning after our first date I dropped him back to his place (yes ok he stayed over!) and the first thing he did was put some food out for the stray cat in his neighbourhood. I'm a huge lover of cats and that absolutely melted me.

Too many to count really but I remember after my (hideous) first birth he was first in line in the morning when the ward opened armed with a platter of smoked salmon, cream cheese and a bag of still warm bagels.

Took my London marathon medal to be framed with my name underneath. Doing the marathon was a massive undertaking as I’m disabled and I was gobsmacked he had thought to do it.

@BarrelOfOtters it would be absolutely fine. I'm free to do whatever I want (within reason obviously) I just don't because I'm always so caught up in how just I am.

I have no complaints really, I could do it. It would just be nice if someone did it for me.

Reading all these in floods of tears... Just beautiful. Nice to hear there are some good men out there.

I’ve got tears in my eyes too.
What a lovely thread. It’s making me want to do nice surprises for my man, but, sadly, I’m a bit lacking in imagination.

Little thing but it's stuck with me always.
My sister died when was 21 in 2018, I had a photo, candle and flowers in our living room but moved house and hadn't got them back up, vase had broken in the move etc. Told him I was sad I didn't have them and that I'd get them back in the living room. Went out to work a day or so after saying this, and came home to her picture in its frame, a lovely candle and a beautiful bunch of flowers in a pretty vase in the living room. It really meant a lot to me. He's a good'un

These are lovely

This was a lovely thread to read.

I met my soon to be DH 3 years ago. He works away. I always get flowers when he's away. If there's a birthday/event whilst he's away he will hide cards and presents for me in the house to find on the day.

He tells me he loves me several times a day.

When he's home he takes the load of me.

More importantly, he's very aware of my previous abusive relationship and my insecurities and for the first part of our relationship I struggled to let my walls down. He was patient and reassured me even when I didn't think I needed it.

I miss him terribly when he's away, we get married in 5 months. Before he went away in Jan he bought me the most beautiful sapphire necklace for my something blue for the wedding for my birthday

Woke up at 5am and went out to beautiful hillside and wrote 'I love you' in sticks. Took me for a walk later that day to surprise me. Was really sweet.

One Valentine's Day, XH covered this with photos of our 25 years together and filled it with my favourite chocolates.

As romantic as it was, i knew there was something wrong when I got it, as he never did Valentine's.

Low and behold I found out about his cheating a month later.

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Defrosts my car at 7.00 in the morning even when I’m going to work and he isn’t.

I didn't feel great this evening. He dud everything.

When I had cancer and was bedridden he carried me to the shower, undressed me, held me up under the water and washed me, dried me, dressed me and put me back in bed - every day. With never a word of complaint. I am fully recovered and our marriage is still going strong.

We hadn't been married long, when during the night, after dh had undergone his last chemotherapy session earlier that day, I received a phone call from the hospital to say my dad was dying and to get there ASAP. I was a rubbish driver at the best of times but I completely went to pieces and was not capable of driving to the hospital. Dh, who always felt rough for a few days after chemo, immediately got out of bed, drove me to the hospital, collecting my distraught mum along the way. He then went back to my parents' house and waited there till morning so that when my elderly nana, who lived with my mum and dad, woke up, he'd be there to explain what was happening to her and she wouldn't wake up to an empty house. We've now been married 25 years and we've had some tough times, especially since he now has many health issues and I'm his full time carer. He's never been one to spoil me with flowers, gifts etc but it's the memory of his acts of kindness and support towards me over the years, that is the glue that holds us together.

Many, many years ago, when I was a poor student, I saw a book in a bookshop window, a beautiful big hardback history of architecture. I said something like "look at that lovely book". Next birthday he gave it to me. I forgotten all about it. But he remembered.

So wonderful to read so many beautiful stories. It fills me with hope and a open heart for the future man in my life 😍

Many years ago, before it all went sour, my husband was living in a country where they had amazing street food. I’d lived there for some years, and really missed it. When he came home on leave, he stopped off on the way to the airport and bought a load of street food for me. He packed it in ice and carried it in his hand luggage. When he finally got home, he heated it up for me and gave it to me for supper.

Changed my pads for me after I gave birth and helped me go to the toilet (I was so unwell with sepsis at home but we didn't know what it was at the time).

We haven't been married for long (7 years) but with having kids that consume most of our energy where we have to put our romantic side in a different compartment most of the time, I can't think of anything specific but DH did pass the orange peel theory and we do small acts of kindness for each other such as whoever gets up first will make the coffee for both of us. He also does small but hearty gestures like bring a ice cold drink when I was stuck bf on sofa or whilst on holiday if he's asked If I wanted a drink and I said no but he will still bring me something in case I changed my mind by the time he is back from the bar.

I also would like to add just like pp, that he helped me in the toilet with my first bowel movement after giving birth with 2nd degree tear and helped changed my pads.

I'm heavily pregnant right now with my second and dc spilt his Ribena the other day on our beige carpet and I said I'll tackle it in the morning once I buy carpet cleaning products as we didn't have any at home and was too tired to deal with it and the next day I woke up with my decaf coffee made by DH and the carpet scrubbed spotless where dh had spent ages scrubbing it without the products. He isn't the domesticated chore DH type but he has changed a lot since we were first married and has actually grown.

I was outbid on an auction prize to have an after-hours party at a local independent bookstore. He called the owner - unbeknownst to me - and persuaded them to give a second party and paid royally for me. It was so unexpected.

These stories completely bring a tear to my eyes.