Tell me something you really love or admire about your partner...

[perplexedandbemused]

Genuinely. Partners can get a lot of slack on mn, let's have a thread dedicated to some of the good bits?

I'll go first.

He's kind, and naturally assumes kindness in others. Not in an effortful way, it's innately who he is. I come from a very sarcastic family, and the sarcasm is sadly all too often meant belittlingly. But DH just lets it all slide off him. If I'm having an off day and haven't been kind, he accepts my apology with such grace and says things like 'I didn't take it personally, I know that's not who you are underneath', or words like that.

Being with him has helped me to become, and to continue to strive to be a calmer, kinder version of myself, and I admire and love him for it.

Love this!

Mine is kind, consistent, loving, patient, has taken on my two girls with absolute commitment, he's extremely clever, amazing at pub quizzes, knowledgeable, incredibly funny, great company, very principled and looked after his first wife for years before she passed away from early onset dementia. He went through hell and although able to talk about it, never goes on about it. He's a generally positive, grateful and humble person despite having dealt with such tragedy. He genuinely makes me want to be a better person.

Oh, and he's the first man to ever make me feel unconditionally loved. I am incredibly lucky to have found him.

Ok, he's started snoring next to me. I take it all back 🤣