EnigmaXOXO Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 Okay… at the risk of some embittered chauvinist on this site demanding that J turn in his guy card, I’ll share some of his nice guy secrets anyway. Just this week alone: He left a little “I love you” note on the front seat of my car. Made a CD for me and left it on my desk just because he knows how much I like her songs. Trying to wiggle out of a week-long fishing trip with his Dad because he’s worried about getting bored so far from home and not being able to contact me on his cell phone. Don’t know of many women besides myself who have to actually encourage their men to take a well-deserved vacation from home. Last night, treated me to dinner just because he felt bad about me spending all week in the kitchen cooking for my daughter’s bridal shower. Helped me with EVERYTHING this weekend without even being asked. Even seemed to enjoy pitching in and being a part of it all. In spite of my “That’s okay, I can do it myself” overconfidence, he already knows (without ever saying) that sometimes I just can’t handle things all by myself without him. We both worked from home today, and instead of just one hug and kiss “hello”… I’m up five and counting! My Gawd… how I Love, Love, Love that man!!!!
Rorschach Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 Garsh, I need to get me a women so I can do all these things and have her post about me. ahhh one of these days.
Author t0ri Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 Melody, he sounds like he was an amazing man. I'm glad you experienced his love, and sorry you lost it too soon. ((hugs)) Rest peacefully, Michael! Nice to see some good parts of relationships on this site!
Stung Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 Melody, I remember when your husband passed, the thread was gut-wrenching. I'm so glad you have such lovely memories of him and your time together. The line about the dog made me laugh, as I had a similar thought when I was throwing together my earlier post. I have 3 cats, have had 'em since before I met my husband--all 3 were young streamlined feline punks back then, they've mellowed with age but have seen some expensive health problems pop up in the last 2-3 years. We set aside a big chunk of money for our honeymoon and half of it ended up going to emergency veterinary services, drastically changing our honeymoon plans; another big chunk disappeared right after our son was born, also to the emergency vet. My poor husband did NOT want to deal with a hormonal post-partum new mom freaking out and endlessly crying over her dead cat, so he coughed up 2K and we spent the first two weeks of our newborn's life also struggling to give a pissed off sick cat IV fluids every few hours, on very little sleep and in between exploding diapers, while I was recovering from a c-section. What a nightmare ! Recently one of the cats stupidly ate a baby toy and had to have surgery to remove the toy and 5 inches of intestine--my husband, without a word of protest (in fact it was his idea), finally cleaned out his cluttered walk-in closet I've been refusing to set foot in for 2 years so the cat would have a place to recuperate safe from the others, and he didn't even complain when the cat started banging on the closet door trying to get out at 4 in the morning, waking everyone up (although he did make a face and put his pillow over his head). My husband, btw, is very much a dog person--but he knows how much I care about my cats. That's love, folks.
Star Gazer Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 My list is literally a mile long, but here's a good example. I used to be SUCH a city girl, but have grown quite comfortable in the 'burbs. At times, I daydream about someday living out on a ranch - if only so that I can have the adorable border collie I've always wanted who'd have plenty of space to roam. I'd love to buy a piece of property, and make it my own by designing and building a house on it. The other day, BF was staring off into space. I asked him what he was thinking about, and he said, "I'm thinking about how to go about buying a piece of land, and where it should be." Me: "Huh? What for?" Him: "So that we can start working on that ranch you always wanted." I'm just always in this thoughts, thinking of ways to make me happier than I already am, as if that's possible.
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