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Most attractive thing you have seen your partner do?

76 replies

OneUmberJoker · 20/11/2025 20:42

Sing a song

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Blueyrocks · 20/11/2025 21:44

Carry a huge oak desk up two flights of stairs without help. It was in two parts, but each part was huge and weighed a lot, and he made it look like carrying a cushion. Oh. My. Word. I got a thirst that evening.

Bananalanacake · 20/11/2025 21:47

My ex sent me his garage key through the post ( after we split up) without a note or anything, I burst into tears I was with now DH when I opened it, he hugged me and took me to bed.

LifeSurvior · 20/11/2025 21:48

Mydogsnicerthanyourdog · 20/11/2025 21:35

Leave the house with all his possessions. 👍

After feeling a bit jealous fed up of the smug coupled up replies that was amazing😂

Lennon80 · 20/11/2025 21:51

I bet men would be shocked if they read this thread - they have no idea that women find their softer emotional side the sexiest thing about them.

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 20/11/2025 22:45

Mydogsnicerthanyourdog · 20/11/2025 21:35

Leave the house with all his possessions. 👍

Wins the thread. 🫅

Endofyear · 20/11/2025 22:47

Being a fantastic dad - when we had our first, I was 18 and he was 21 - he bathed, fed and walked the floor rocking our newborn son, had never been around babies before but he took to it like a pro. He's just an all round lovely man who's kind to everyone, we've been married 35 years now!

asco · 21/11/2025 00:17

It took me a while to agree to a relationship and then to marriage and several months after I finally did, he made me promise, that if we ever separated that I would never stop him from seeing my two boys who he loved like his own and he promised to never stop me from seeing his son, who I adored.
I knew then I had made the right decision.

Dumbledore167 · 21/11/2025 01:08

Every day he has off (shift worker) he cleans the house from top to bottom. And he shops and he makes lovely food. I LOVE THIS MAN

Itsnaptime · 21/11/2025 01:56

I was having a bipolar episode..... He ran me a bath, washed my hair. He got me out and gently sat and brushed my hair and tucked me into bed bringing me cuppas and just held me as I sobbed my heart out

largeredformeplease · 21/11/2025 02:22

Bananalanacake · 20/11/2025 21:47

My ex sent me his garage key through the post ( after we split up) without a note or anything, I burst into tears I was with now DH when I opened it, he hugged me and took me to bed.

Why did your ex send you his garage key?

and why did it make you cry?

Crushed23 · 21/11/2025 03:58

I’ll get flamed for this and rightly so because it’s beyond ridiculous, but: smoke.

I went from thinking I could never date a smoker to getting into a serious relationship with one and actually finding DP hot when he smokes. 🤦‍♀️ I can’t really explain it, because it makes no sense. It’s like finding high cholesterol or diabetes hot. Madness.

mellongoose · 21/11/2025 05:03

Building things for our garden. (preferably with his shirt off in summer ) Also the way he plays with DD and Ddog.

Blogswife · 21/11/2025 05:33

Being totally & utterly in love with our 3 yo GD ( his step GD). She has SEN & he’s her favourite person .

Bananalanacake · 21/11/2025 06:19

largeredformeplease · 21/11/2025 02:22

Why did your ex send you his garage key?

and why did it make you cry?

Because I'd asked for it back, he never lived with me but had access to my parking space in the shared garage, I cried as it meant he didn't care, though I should have been over it as it was the end of the relationship. Dh was so kind about it I realised he was the right man for me, I guess most men aren't happy if their gf starts crying over their ex in front of them.

pockledigg · 21/11/2025 07:55

My ex was a semi-professional drummer. Seeing him on stage made me go weak at the knees. He was an excellent musician.

FamilyPhoto · 21/11/2025 07:58

Laughing like a drain at my daft puns.
Holding my hand when we watch TV.
Just knowing when I need a cup of tea.
The love in his eyes when he looks at our granchild.
Together 35 years.

queenofwandss · 21/11/2025 08:04

Attractive things- how funny he is and how he is with kids and animals.

Sexy - the rolled up sleeves and also when he wears his glasses instead of contacts. Just gets me going.

Greedybilly · 21/11/2025 08:48

His forearms when he drives/reverses.
What is it about forearms?
Also the way he just is such a 'dad' to our kids. Spoon fed water to a dying hamster one night knowing our daughter wd be gutted if it died.

Gazelda · 21/11/2025 09:21

The way he cared for his mum in her last days. It was love personified.

Devilsmommy · 21/11/2025 09:29

Donnyoh · 20/11/2025 20:46

smile

Same. When we got together I noticed DH though he found things funny, never laughed or smiled. Then when we had DS it seems like he's always smiling and laughing. I love that our DS puts that gorgeous smile on his face 😊

PrincessFairyWren · 21/11/2025 11:17

Blow dried my hen, with a hair dryer while I held her. She had been frightened by a dog and got muddy and and we washed her and didn't want her to get cold. He was so patient, it took ages because we didn't want to accidentally burn her. (It was winter and getting dark and we didn't want her to become poorly).

JudgeBread · 21/11/2025 11:24

Way, way back when we were first dating, we were on a dog walk and my dog hurt his leg quite badly. We were miles out in the countryside and without hesitation he picked up the dog and carried him miles back to the car. This was a big, heavy, squirmy, extremely muddy dog and he sort of fireman lift carried him, saying nice soothing things the whole way.

I knew then that the devil and all his minions couldn't stop me marrying this man.

(The dog was fine and recovered from his wound, and loved my husband the absolute most for the remainder of his life)

Riverswims · 21/11/2025 11:39

Mydogsnicerthanyourdog · 20/11/2025 21:35

Leave the house with all his possessions. 👍

hard relate except mine left all his stuff 🤣

Lurkingandlearning · 21/11/2025 12:20

I must stop reading because this thread seems to have set off my allergies.

CatPawprints · 21/11/2025 12:41

Cooking a stew in the kitchen with a guitar strapped to his back. He was learning a song whilst the stew was simmering. He just looked so content and secure in himself. Pottering around kitchen. Singing his song. I sat on a counter and asked him to serenade me and he obliged. Singing every silly song he could remember. Not romantic at all except that we were together and laughing and having a good time.

His smile still flips my stomach.

And this is a lovely tonic of a thread!