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What’s the most thoughtful gesture you’ve received? Talk to Cadbury and you could win a £200 voucher to spend on a thoughtful gesture for someone special NOW CLOSED

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AngelieMumsnet · 16/10/2015 16:12

Cadbury Milk Tray are keen to hear from Mumsnetters about the most thoughtful gesture you’ve ever received from a partner.

Cadbury say “The Milk Tray man is back! He’s a caring and daring type, thoughtful yet thrill-seeking, and as ever he’ll go to any lengths to deliver a box of Milk Tray to that special lady. So we’d love to hear from Mumsnetters about the lengths someone has gone to deliver a thoughtful gesture for them.”

Has your partner ever gone the extra mile to make you feel special? Have they surprised you with an out of character romantic gesture or gone above and beyond when it came to thinking of a treat or birthday present for you? Maybe they whipped up a special dinner with all your favourite dishes after you'd had a hard day at work? Perhaps they came along with you to see your favourite band, even though they’re not so keen? Perhaps they’ve done something that to an outsider wouldn’t seem like a big deal, but meant the world to you.

Whatever the gesture, Cadbury would love to hear about it!

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £200 Love2Shop voucher to spend on a treat for someone special.

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What’s the most thoughtful gesture you’ve received? Talk to Cadbury and you could win a £200 voucher to spend on a thoughtful gesture for someone special NOW CLOSED
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purplepandas · 23/10/2015 07:59

I recently started a new job and DD was on a late shift. Got home, sorted DC out etc and eventually made it upstairs to our bedroom. A bar of salted caramel choc and lovely note was waiting for me. Agree it is the small things.

Firewall · 23/10/2015 09:03

My OH makes me freshly squeezed orange juice when I'm feeling low in energy. Lots of little things such as before I say I'm going for a bath I'll find he has already collected the things I need and they'll be in a neat folded pile in the bathroom ready for me :)

FarelyKnuts · 23/10/2015 09:44

Could Cadbury's be any more heteronomative?? Is the milk tray 'man' springing forth from the 1950's?
Sorry. Lovely stories from people but the twee description in the OP and presumption that every romance is a straight one is a bit vomit inducing!

CMOTDibbler · 23/10/2015 10:26

I've been working away for a week with work, very full on days, inc over the weekend when it was my birthday which was a bit miserable as I didn't even get a meal with people that day due to the schedule.
I came home yesterday and dh had made me a birthday cake, a trifle (which I adore, and as I'm gf you can't just buy) and had made the bed up with my favourite sheets so I could go and nap (long haul flight home) in lovely fresh sheets

BonjourMinou · 23/10/2015 11:21

I was exhausted from dealing with toilet training our toddler. My DH arranged to go into work a little later so I could shower in peace and have a break from the fraught mornings for a change!

It's the little things

Grapefruit8 · 23/10/2015 12:42

We've just found out that unfortunately we have lost our first baby. I am resting at home before going to hospital on Tuesday to see if I will require surgical intervention. My partner has been my absolute rock over the last couple of days. This morning he nipped out and came back with cake and a couple of new books for me to read to keep me occupied, plus new comfy knickers. Those ladies unfortunate enough to have miscarried will know just how helpful this is. He has brought me painkillers, rubbed my back, held me whilst I sobbed. Nothing has been too much trouble and although I know he's hurting himself he's put me first and has done everything he can to make me comfortable. I would not have survived the last couple of days without him.

justshootmenow · 23/10/2015 14:29

He always makes sure there is fuel in my car, I have never ever put fuel in my car.

Tiredmumno1 · 23/10/2015 15:15

My Husband went above and beyond to make our recent wedding so special, it was one of the best days of my life, and I will never ever forget how emotional he was seeing me looking the way I did, it was beautiful.

He gives me butterflies even after nearly 14 years Smile

Behooven · 23/10/2015 16:12

For a very special birthday, my dh took all my family (about 20 odd of us) out for a meal, arranged a beautiful hand made cake delivered at the table,then all back to ours for a party. It was just brilliant!

duckbilled · 23/10/2015 16:50

Adjusting to life with a newborn and toddler. Dh is my hero at the moment. He sorts out the baby in the morning so i can have a shower and get ready, and when i come downstairs he has made me breakfast and a cuppa. Such a everyday thing but it means i am ready to face the day and feeling much more confident.

xxmissbrightsidexx · 23/10/2015 16:50

My OH is incredibly thoughtful, one Valentine's Day he bought me a beautiful Chamilia bracelet, each charm on it meant something, he carefully chose by himself & it was a very unique gift. I do appreciate the small things too, like when he offers to cook even though he's been on a long shift at work, or leaving me a note with flowers. He's fab I love him to pieces xx

liamell · 23/10/2015 16:56

I actually received a booklet of chores that I can cash in whenever I wish... "Let me do the dishes for you today"
"Let me run you a bath"
"How about a lie in tomorrow"

So thoughtful and I love them :)

FancifulFeathers · 23/10/2015 16:57

I'm very lucky, OH can be quite thoughtful.

He did once buy me the biggest box of Milk Tray I'd ever seen but unfortunately, it coincided with the day I found out I was diabetic!

janine0187 · 23/10/2015 16:57

The latest one is hubby taking my car to the car wash first to get it validated before his even though his one needed it badly in the last few months.

barneyboy2k · 23/10/2015 17:03

Ahh Ill cry. In fact I am. I was sent on a training course with stress and exams in the middle of nowhere. On the way back it was terrible winter weather, the people kept stopping, going for food, stopping my boyfriend started getting anxious, texting me all the way home it too hours. I ended up telling him to stop messaging me. I got home and in the bedroom were about 100 red balloons dangling from the room, brand new sheets and some chocolates. He then said to hurry up because id missed the booking at giovanis, my favorite restaurant hours ago. My clothes were ironed. We just got there in time and they let us order. (true story)

HannahLI · 23/10/2015 17:09

After I had my baby and he was just a few weeks old a very kind friend came and vacuumed my house and did the ironing. I didn't ask her too, she just appeared one day ready to work. It is one of the kindest things someone has every done for me, I was just not up to to doing it after giving birth and she did it with such humility and grace. It really touched me.

ISeeIt · 23/10/2015 17:11

I'm currently suffering hyperemesis. DH went out last night when I was sleeping to collect every thing he thought I could possibly stomach (based on my last pregnancy) and then cleaned the house so that I didn't have to. Meant the world!

Moogdroog · 23/10/2015 17:15

My DH, on the very odd occasion, has been known to warm my side of the bed for me. That's about it though really though, but mustn't grumble.
I had an ex who was the showering with surprise gifts type, but then again, he was also an utter cad.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 23/10/2015 17:16

The first gift my dp ever bought me was a biography of Oscar Wilde and a Frys Peppermint Creme. I think I knew from that moment that he was a keeper!

marsiettina · 23/10/2015 17:19

In the beginning of our relationship, I was at university and my now DH worked and lived somewhere else. Well, I always seemed to leave any papers due to last minute. I had a paper due at 10am and was finishing typing at 1am, then the whole thing got deleted. I phoned my hubby hysterical and he came round at 5am to type up all my notes, even though he had to go straight to work after. That's when I knew he would do anything for me!!

darlingred · 23/10/2015 17:28

Recently my DH sent a bouquet of flowers to my workplace for my birthday. It wasn't a special birthday but it was a lovely gesture as I was struggling with returning to work full time after maternity leave.

shazzarooney99 · 23/10/2015 17:30

Mines was this week, my mother died last Friday and my partner is not in the slightest romantic, so i nearly dies of shock when he bought me my favourite choccies which are of course milk tray, however i was a little dissapointed to find out the turkish delight have dissapeared.

moominnewbie · 23/10/2015 17:41

me and four of my mum friends set up a volunteer group in our village to raise cash for the village play park - over the course of nearly 2 years it took many hours of stress & headaches going through application forms for grants, writing letters to local businesses, volunteering at events to get donations etc etc, anyhow, we were successful and got our cash and now have a fab park. unbeknownst to us, our hubbys had got together and organised a really lovely treat that none of us knew anything about until the actual day. The kids were farmed off to grandparents, we were told to dress glam and wait at an appointed time and place to await our 'escorts'. Our hubbys turned up in DJs (!) and took us on a mystery dinner date! It turned out that at each of our houses, they had prepared different parts of a meal - cocktail aperitifs, starter, main, pudding then the cheese course. It was a wonderful night (I think at one point there might have been some trampolining - there was definitely LOTS of booze) and very memorable!

Hopelass · 23/10/2015 17:47

The mornings when DH spontaneously takes DS downstairs to entertain him while I have a lie in. Like others have said its the little things that sometimes matter more than grand gestures.

TwinderelmoBeth · 23/10/2015 18:21

My wedding proposal was supposed to be very romantic. It was on Christmas morning after we had opened all our presents and watch our son open his. My DH had one last one for me which I opened - it was a pendant necklace with an inscription that I said "awww" and then put it down to carry on looking at our DS gifts. DH asked me if I had read the message and I said "yeah Mommy and Me how cute" to which he told me to read it again. On closer inspection it actually said MARRY ME... In my shock I turned round to see him on branded knee with a ring - and a look of exasperation on his face that my new found illiteracy had Pretty much scuppered the moment. Luckily I said yes and we can laugh now. Ooops