And I am sure I am, well to be honest, more annoying than most wives. Then they just do something so sweet you remember why you married him. Well there are many thing but this is just so sweet I had to share.
Someone we know and love infected us with a nasty cold. We are not sure who, only that since we were both infected with the same cold at the same time we were infected while out last weekend. Anyway we have both been miserable, I have been completely sleep deprived due to his snoring.
Last night I slept very well. When I got up to work out I found out why. There was my husband sleeping on my yoga mat on the floor next to the sofa, using a sofa pillow as a pillow, and my heated throw was the only blanket he had. Throw! on a 6'2 man! I still feel like death but I can't help but smile.
So to perhaps get some positive energy on this board, what is something your husband did that you didn't ask for but was just amazing?
TGIF!
what a sweetie! aw, that's just really nice.
i got home late last night from dinner in the city (and riding the metro, something my country bumpkin little old lady self finds angsty) and mine had fed the horses so all i had to do was change blankets and let them out, and did the dishes.
small things, but sweet.
:) khairete
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Such a nice post! Yeah, the kids in my 3rd grade class I've been subbing for and have another week of subbing for have given me a sore throat. I'm so bummed. And I'll probably end up giving it to my husband. Poor guy. We both just over the last bout...
The last thing that he did for me that was really sweet is actually something he DIDN'T do. Someone I've been really kind to and given a lot of time and effort to helping screwed me over, and my husband didn't say to me "I told you so." Gotta love him...
That's sweet!
On days that I subbed or was busy all day, my husband would take me to dinner so I didn't have to cook.
He also did a lot of thoughtful things throughout the years. Treasure every day, the good and the bad.
My dog is terrified of loud noises. Last night we had a terrible thunderstorm, and the poor hound was on the couch between us, trembling. The old man took a 20+ pound dog into his lap, curled up into a protective Groot-ball around him and held him and whispered baby-talk to him until the storm was over.
He had to retire after a heart attack, but he still gets up with me every morning and makes my coffee, packs my lunch, and feeds the critters while I take the dogs out to potty.
I love this post!! What a sweet story!!! I had a similar moment on Wednesday night. I work late every Wednesday so my husband flies solo those nights. When I got home, I found him crashed on top of our 9 yr old's bed with his long legs hanging off the end. My daughter looked all cozy right in the middle. It looked so cute because he is a really big guy and seeing him sleeping in that tiny twin bed made me smile. When he came to our bed later he said,"She woke up upset over a bad dream. I wanted to stay until she fell back to sleep." That's my guy!!!
My husband is an amazing absolute sweetheart!
He surprised me with our first mini van when I was 5 months pregnant.
He was wonderful up through labor and delivery and then stayed home with us for 6 weeks before going back to work - taking us to doctors appointments, helping with cooking and laundry, taking care of our son when I was too exhausted to move, etc.
He often brings me flowers for no particular reason and I'm so lucky to have such a great considerate guy!
He's a great Dad and our son is learning so much from him.
Any future daughter in law is going to have as wonderful a husband as I have!
That is a great story...apart from the colds (sorry to hear about that). My DH does amazing things for me all the time. He does the grocery shopping and most of the other weekly errands. He makes sure my car is gassed up for the week every week. After my father passed away in 2010, leaving my mother a widow living alone in her quad level house, he took on her honeydo list by going over there every Sunday and taking care of the garbage and the light bulbs and helping her tote things in from the car and laundry up and down the stairs. Did I mention she is 79 and lives in a quad level house? That's another posting altogether.
Anyway...I kissed a few frogs back in the day and was rewarded with an amazing man who does for everyone else before he does for himself and spoils me rotten, which he knows I know but doesn't dwell on it. So I guess it's not just one amazing thing but the day to day teamwork and partner we've both grown to count on. And don't get me started on what an amazing dad he is as well. Well, I pretty much gushed over this topic. I think I'll call him and tell him I love him. Thanks for the bright thoughts on a dreary, Friday, Michigan morning. :-)!!!
I hope you all recover quickly. S.
I'm in bed with the worst cold I've ever had. Husband cleaned house, took care of daughter, went to store to get me NyQuil and Gatorade and actually MADE DINNER. He looked up a recipe, followed the recipe, and made a delicious meal. First time in 25 years! Feels good to be taken care of.
I can't think of something AMAZING right off the bat. My husband takes care of me when I'm not doing so well, and to me - that's just the most amazing thing ever. It's every day ... and it's just the norm now, but I still think time to time how awesome he is to do it. For example, yesterday my husband took me into the city for one of my medical appointments. It's his time off - and where I can't drive, he does this for me. Never once has complained. He goes and gets a coffee and sits there in the cold when I'm late coming out.
My father was like this - the silent kind man - no great romantic things but always there. I feel so blessed to have found a man like this. As it turns out, I met the very type of guy who would be awesome in a situation like this we found ourselves in.
I think it's great to share positive experiences! Sounds like your hubby is considerate also! My husband can be cranky and snores also .. he's not a total peach whatsoever. But it is good (especially when married a long time) to remind yourself of the good things they do for us that are just kind. Thanks for the post! have a great day :)
It's not quite what you are asking but - I was at a girls' night last night. One of the other women commented that she was so happy that her DH did the grocery shopping for the 1st time ever (other than small, pick up 1 or 2 things errands). The other women started commenting on how impressed they are, because their DHs have never done this, etc.
I sat there feeling very grateful that my DH doesn't hesitate to be a full partner in all the responsibilities in our house - cooking, cleaning, laundry, and yes, even grocery shopping.
J., what an uplifting and positive question!
My husband is the quiet type - very funny but in a reserved way, a man of few words. Maybe that's because he's a writer and doesn't need as many words to get his point across!
I'm always running around, juggling and multi-tasking, but he takes his morning breakfast preparations really seriously. I grab a quick but balanced breakfast with a high quality nutrition shake and maybe a piece of fruit and half a muffin or bagel. Then I'm on the computer. He is about 1-2 hours behind me, but lo and behold, he will show up at my computer with a little fruit salad he just made. Not just what I grab - an apple this day, a pear that day. No, he's got cut up apples, pears, melon, grapes and pineapple, maybe some clementine sections, and berries season, in a bowl, with a fork and a napkin. Just a little gesture but a sweet one that took time.
Why is this important? Beyond the normal reasons, he's had some mysterious issues with high blood pressure and irregular heartbeat for the last 5 months. It hasn't made sense because he has none of the other factors or symptoms they usually see (like his arteries are totally clear of plaque, and he has no shortness of breath while he runs 25 miles a week - not your typical heart patient!), and it's taken MONTHS to get to the bottom of it. We finally got an interdisciplinary team who worked so hard to diagnose and test and rule out....finally they found a very rare tumor (non-cancerous) that actually secretes its own stress hormones and has been beating up on his heart for probably a few years. He had surgery last week and I really missed that little bowl of fruit - I realized how much that little gesture has meant to me. He's bounced back pretty quickly and although he has pain (the tumor was pretty deep in the body), he finds it important to be in the kitchen each morning trying to create his little bowl of love for me.
Mine has become "the house mouse" as he says. He takes care of the kitchen clean up and the dishwasher and such. Makes me coffee in the morning for work. Sees me off and does his own things while I am at work. I get calls from him at work to see how my day is going and for little things -- kind of "just to hear your voice" kind of thing. He wasn't always this way but after having his surgeries he has changed much for the better. Work is not possible and he is now "retired" as he says there is always tomorrow to finish what was started today.
So to prove a point you just keep wishing and saying a prayer and one day it happens. I enjoy his company now and we have "adventures" weekly. It could be the fence falling down, or the fuse becoming missing from our new to us vehicle while said vehicle is locked. I know and he knows that one day in the near future he will not be here but he wants to make up for all the wrongs "the other guy" did. I still love him and more now that before.
the other S.
My husband is the rock & the glue of our marriage, especially since I've gone back to school. He holds down the fort @ home during the week, & still does things to make it special when I'm home on the weekends.
He leaves little chocolates & mints on my pillow @ home for me to find when I come to bed, & then packs a "supply" hidden in my backpack for me to find during the week. He lets the dogs sleep in the bed, which requires him to bathe them weekly due to his allergies. He cooks dinner AND does the dishes!
I know I am so lucky to have such a selfless person in my life, and it makes me always try to do things for him to make up for it. :) T.
I never asked my husband to be the intelligent, caring, and committed person he is. I am so thankful for who he is as a person. He works hard to support us, helps me with so many things, is willing to take care of business without a lot of fuss. He is loving and caring as a husband and father (and cat dad). I don't know what I'd do without him.
Good job Mr. S. Also good on you J. S for appreciating the little things.
It seems like everyday my husband does things I don't ask for. He is by far one of the nicest people I ever met on earth. It seems like he is able to do and fix everything. He helped my son (relieved mama the other day) to get his car already to go to a new job -which was not far but would be through extremely freezing cold weather and he made sure it was already so he wouldn't be stuck in the freezing cold on the way home (son will be on second shift). And queer as this might sound to people,I had a doctor's appointment scheduled which I didn't really let on how terrified I was (girl checkup-I survived uterine cancer). He took off work and took me to the appointment! Here was one shakey mess who didn't have to drive. wish I could put a smiley emoticon here.And btw it was all good news! Seems like I could go on and on. Having been married to someone else years ago who was emotionally unavailable I cannot tell you how happy I have been to spend my life time with him.
