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Nice things

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 15:36

Most of the threads on here are sad and dis-heartning. I know we have all had the usual "why we love our boys" threads but what has your chap said that has been nice lately?

Mine said the other night while we were lying in bed "you get under my skin" for some unknown reason I was really chuffed. We were cuddling when he said it and he has never saidd that to me before, it was really nice cos I know he meant it. I have had messages recently saying "thanks for a nice weekend" he is away sometimes during the week so that means a lot as I try very hard to make a happy home for us and so does he.

Need some nice things to cheer up the end of Easter. Tell me...

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EndangeredSpecies · 05/04/2010 15:39

He hasn't said anything in particular but did bring me flowers for no reason all last week... that must be the third time in ten years.

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 15:40

awwww! thats cool!

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FabIsGettingThere · 05/04/2010 15:41

My DH just brought me the guinea pig so I could have a cuddle. He is nice 100% of the time and is always doing things for me.

thisisnotwhoyouthink · 05/04/2010 15:43

Not something he has said as such as he says lovely stuff all the time..

My hubby is on his way home form doing the shopping..and he is bringing me a kebab..As I am having MASSIVE preg cravings, he is THE BEST HUBBY IN THE WORLD!!

Gay40 · 05/04/2010 15:43

Random acts of loveliness.
My gf won about a million brownie points one day when I was about 3 miles from home on my motorbike, which broke down on a country road. I rang her up crying, she drove round and without saying much else, told me to drive home and get the kettle on.
She then pushed it alone for about a mile until by a miraculous coincidence a motorbike dealer in his van offered to take her and the bike home.
And she has never once complained about it.
That is what I call proper true love.

MrsMeow · 05/04/2010 15:49

This will probably sound really odd, but I'd just got out of the shower as DH got home from work a couple of weeks ago, and he gave me a kiss and said "I love you without makeup" I don't wear much make up, admittedly, but I do have huge confidence issues and never feel very attractive, especially not bare faced. So for him to say that, it really meant something, even more than the "I love you's" do.

Strange I know, and quite hard to explain.

I love him to bits though, he's the sweetest person I've ever met (and has just sent me a video clip of him pretending to sing Don't Stop Believin', just to cheer me up! Nutter )

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 15:52

Mine spent an hour yesterday in our DD bedroom playing mermaids with our 6yr old and now he is horsing around on the floor with her as I am typing this. He is fab!

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nickelbabe · 05/04/2010 15:53

my OH is currently upstairs sawing pieces of wood for my raised bed (garden), and yesterday he was outside diggin with me, even though he said (while he was digging) that he hates gardening and can't understand the point of it.
I told him that he could go inside if he wanted, i didn't mind, but he said that he would continue.
he said it without an ounce of grudging.

nickelbabe · 05/04/2010 15:54

in a similar vein to Reality's: my OH also waked me with good morning gorgeous (but not a drink becaus he's usually asleep too...)
and he makes my lunch almost every day.

when he has a day off, he gets out of bed and makes my breakfast.

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 15:55

I am going to miss mine when he goes away again tomorrow till Friday. Not long I know but I hate it, will never get used to it.

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MrsMeow · 05/04/2010 15:58

Ladyscratt I know exactly how you feel. My DH works away a lot as well, but it's rarely pre-planned (he's a HGV driver) so I never know from day to day whether he'll be home that evening, or away all week.

It's hard isn't it? I know what you mean about never getting used to it as well, DH has done this job for 10 years and I still struggle!

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 16:06

Its poop! mines an engineer and he has just started a new job, 1st day in and they sent him away overnight and then we had easter break and now tomorrow away all week. Looks like a longterm thing too. Previous job he went abroad for up to 3 weeks at a time and I was working FT too!

Hey ho! I usually bury my nose in the mills and boon while he is away to keep myself occupied and get my soppy fix.

He is cleaning up the dishes now from dinner!!

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ameliameerkat · 05/04/2010 17:36

My DP is a complete darling . At the moment I'm working full time and pretty much studying full time too, which makes for a grumpy and stressed meerkat a lot of the time . And he looks after me, cooks my dinner, tries to cheer me up, buys me chocolate; I couldn't ask for anything more!

EldritchCleaver · 05/04/2010 17:47

2 weeks ago: "I'd forgotten how good-looking you are".

Nemofish · 05/04/2010 17:58

Cooks Xmas dinner every year.

Wanted to stay at home to look after dd while I retrained in a new career.

Did all night feeds with dd as a baby.

Asks for very little, but gives a lot.

Mind you he is shite at diy, but hey no-ones' perfect.

TrillianAstra · 05/04/2010 18:01

DP gave me a lovely hug this afternoon, it made me go all swoon.

Gay40 · 05/04/2010 18:35

Booked an entire weekend away for my birthday, and took care of all the details (childcare, where to park), leaving me with nothing to do but pack my own bag.
Bliss.

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 18:52

Gay

Sounds like yours is a complete gem. They all sound like it, nice to hear these things, makes you feel better knowing that not all partners are monsters.

Even after 14 years together, he still makes me feel all funny inside.

One look at those shoulders and arms and cooooooo! I get all shudders. My fav bits of him!!

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StiffUpperHip · 05/04/2010 18:58

Asked me to come look at something on youtube... was Natasha Bedingfield's These Words. Chuffed me no end.

bradsmissus · 05/04/2010 19:00

I was promoted in December to a job I have been working towards for 10 years. DH has been nothing but supportive and encouraging all the time and keeps telling me how proud he is that I worked hard to get where I wanted to be.

The last 6 months have been hard work, stressful, I was full of self doubt in the run up to my promotion (I have known since Jan 2009 about the job but waiting for boss to retire). He has put up with me being stressy, moody and sometimes downright nasty to him.

He is the most wonderful man ever and I just realised that I need to tell him that! Thanks for starting this thread ladyscrat!

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 19:05

I think every once in a while, if you make a little special effort to make them happy and it doesn't go un-noticed, that some relationships can be made better by doing these things and for us to recognise the little things they do to make us happy too.

Getting stuck in a rut and just remembering the bad stuff gets everybody down. No relationship is perfect and never will be but if you love eachother and the foundations are strong, it is worth working at it.

To me it is the little things that count.

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RumourOfAHurricane · 05/04/2010 19:06

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TrillianAstra · 05/04/2010 19:08

Quorn Fillet? I think you might win there...

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Ladyscratt · 05/04/2010 19:10

So thats the secret! (Ladyscratt sets off to tesco for some quorn)

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