Haven't I got the most lovely DH?! :)

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He came home last night from work and presented me with two carrier bags. One from a local health food shop (Holland and Barrett) and one from WH Smiths.

The H&B one contained a bag of dried fruit, a bag of carribean mixed fruit, a bag of walnuts and a tub of vitamins. He'd gone in, told the lady in the shop he was worried about me cos I appeared run-down and asked for suggestions to pick me up!

The WH Smiths bag contained a new paperback, by an author I've never read before, but he read the back and thought I'd like it...which having started it already yes I do!

I've been married to DH for almost 15yrs. He's never really done anything like this before. Maybe having just had 2wks off (leave) and having spent it with me and the kids (we've got two) he's suddenly realised just how hard it can be to have kids under your feet 24/7! Maybe its also cos I tend to go to bed by 10pm and sit and read and he finds me fast asleep with the book still open lying on the bed! Or...maybe its cos I told him the other night I was completely exhausted!

Anyway....just thought I'd share my bit of 'Wow' with you all!

oh whispy the post about your dad's funeral made me cry! so bittersweet.

feel so sorry for your dd- icecream is my dd's favourite as well. good to know she's coping well otherwise. brave girl.

Hiya mama! Yes DD is ok(ish). She still gets dreadful indigestion, especially during the evening, so we have a rule that nothing is to be eaten beyond 6pm! DD2 was lactose intolerant for the first two years of her life so I'm guessing its all related, somewhere along the line!

Yes I do still have a blub occasionally when I'm thinking of my lovely Dad. Never knew losing someone could hurt so much.

Anyway life goes on I guess. xxx

Whispy...how lovely! AND he did the food shopping too! Brilliant

You all sound like you've been through it a bit so am glad that your DH is being considerate and doing nice things for you. Make the most of it and enjoy!!

Hiya Yummee - yes he has been lovely. He even came home with a bottle of wine tonight with a fresh bunch of chrysanthemums...(my fave)...bless him. The bottle has been opened (hic!) and the flowers have been added to a bunch given to me by my neighbour cos I cooked her a meal the other night! I've just had another bunch handed to me from my other neighbour cos I looked after her dog today. Aren't I lucky?!

(Mind you..that'll be it for flowers for the rest of this year...until such time as I line up all my empty vases with notes attached saying 'fill me!' for DH to notice I've got nothing in them!

whispy i wrote earlier in the thread 'pay it forward'. and as a direct result of reading your post i went and bought dd's dad a book yesterday!

we're broken up now a while, and he was a complete arse for a year. but he's trying his best now to atone for his behaviour and i've been very hard on him. it was nice to send out an olive branch by getting him the book - for no good reason, just because i thought he'd like it.

thanks for brightening up my day!

you ask aren't you lucky? you were repaid for your kindness. you get what you give (sometimes) and it seems to me that there is a lot of goodness around you. good for you!

Awwww thank you mama. That's a nice post. I'm so glad to see you've bought DD's Dad a book. What a lovely idea!

I know I am lucky to be married to the man I have. I just tend to take it all for granted sometimes. I can be so horrible to him and yet he sticks by me. When Dad died I was awful to DH. I had this stupid idea in my head that if I couldn't have my Dad anymore I didn't want any man in my life and I naturally pushed DH away. Yet he kept with me and I knew I'd go to pieces if DH did decide to leave. He's been my rock.

well he married you for better or for worse. the level of support is what you, as his wife, deserved. not that every husband (or wife) would give it.

i can't imagine the grief of losing a parent, i can only guess how much it could destroy your life.

my grandmother died last year and it was the nail in the coffin (jesus, excuse the pun ) of myself and xps relationship. things were bad and when that happened i was completely locked in my own world so they totally fell apart.

i lived with her as a smallie and she was really like my other mum. my uncles call me their little sister. i see now though that if myself and xp's relationship couldn't last through that event it wasn't as good a relationship as i deserved.

he sounds like a weirdo

southeastastra - why say that?

sorry, think i posted on the wrong thread

sorry

aw sweet and thoughtful whispy

lol at bag of biros effie

southeastastra...I'd be interested to know which thread you were supposed to put your comments on then?! Cos having looked at your threads over the last couple of days I can't see anything that would be relevant for 'he sounds like a weirdo' comment to be posted on.

My DH's facebook status at the moment is "DH loves his wife"
He can be annoying sometimes, but I have a lovely one too. :-)

Whispy : He sounds very sweet :-)