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bobcatsteph
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s/o what are your DH/BF raves?
bobcatsteph
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Re: s/o what are your DH/BF raves?
DH gets up in the morning with both kids so that I can sleep in until he goes to work. I probably get an extra hour, and it makes his routine extremely chaotic, so I really appreciate it.
He compliments my cooking
He doesn't care if the house is a total wreck when I can't/don't feel like getting to the cleaning on any given day.
he knows when I'm upset - I don't even have to say anything, he'll just give me a hug, which is usually what I want/need.
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DH totally respects that being a SAHM isn't a cakewalk and actually says he thinks MY job is harder than his job. He works a lot of hours, but always comes home and helps with whatever I didn't get done during the day, AND takes his turn with the night feedings as well. Did I mention he also gets up with DS when he wakes early so that I can have a little more sleep before starting my day?
He's awesome.
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He does most of the cleaning..the only thing he doesn't do is laundry
He does DD's baths and gets her ready for bed
When she was little, he would get up at night more than me
He's on board with my healthy eating and not having junk in the house
He supports my weight loss efforts and tells me I look good at any size
He's an awesome dad..he's funny, he plays on the floor with DD, reads to her, teaches her things, etc..I LOVE watching him be a father
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BF is sweet, ever so patient with me, a fabulous cook, really really great at cleaning, has helped me SO MUCH with all of the house staging I've been working on for the last 3 weeks, and talks with me through everything all the time. He's so so wonderful with all of my friends' children, and it makes me smile to think of how he'll be later on with our own. He can see one look on my face and know to bust out a bottle of wine (and vice versa).
He really makes up for a lot of my shortcomings (like I can be a messy packrat), and I make up for his (I am super duper social). I don't have a lot of rants about him either, but I guess we're still early in. :P
Aww, I like you bobcat. Thanks for doing this post. I found out this morning that another one of my friends is headed for divorce and it made me really sad for her, but very grateful for my DH and our relationship. I know it can feel good to vent about the "issues" sometimes, but I think it's definitely important to take time and appreciate too.
My DH helps out with chores so much and makes dinner almost every night. He gives me a massage whenever I ask, and on days that I complain a lot, doesn't get impatient but continually expresses sympathy. "Oh, she's at the end of her pregnancy. Of course he's being this way", you might say. Well, he was like this even before the pregnancy. He's really just wonderful and I could go on and on, but it would be too annoying!
Here's a really cheesy part that is a good finish: I have a "My husband rocks" shirt. He recently bought a "My wife rocks" shirt and is planning to wear it to the hospital when I'm in labor.
He still surprises me. We went on a mini-date last Saturday that was one of the funnest we've been on in a long time. We had delicious food at a cool restaurant downtown. While we're sitting at the tables, having a drink, and watching the thunderstorm ... he busts out his iPhone to show me some kids that he thinks are "sooo cute!"
What? Who is this baby loving man? What kind of guy sees pictures on Facebook of a long-lost friend's page and thinks they are so sweet, he can't wait to show his wife? My heart melted!
He's been in love with date nights lately. He just wants to be alone with me so often, it's sweet!
Also, he's really picking up so many chores around the house. I might complain about how he does them, but I'm still happy that he does them! He does his own laundry, he's started making his own meals when I'm tired or busy, he does dishes, he takes out the trash, he cleans his bathroom (and my toilet
. It's great to have the help!
* I wanted to add that a big part of this is how proud I am of him, and the man he's turning into. We got married young. I was just shy of 24 and he was 25. I've watched so many of my friends force their boyfriends or husbands into "growning up" and having babies before they were ready. One friend even told me that I needed to "make" him stop drinking and going out because responsible adults don't drink
. Anyways .... I never felt the need to rush him into anything. He's 27 and yes, we still go out to bars at least once a week, and we still spend money on fancy cars, and go to parties, and have waited to have children.
Now that he's making these decisions on his own - to eat healthier because he wants a healthy life for his children, to cut back on our spending because we need to plump up our savings for a baby, to quit drinking so much because he's enjoying remodelling our house and spending days at the dog park, etc, to coming to me and being the one to bring up having children ... I can't tell you how amazing it is to see him making these decisions on his own because he *wants* to and not because I told him to.
Mine is super romantic. He tells me all day long how pretty he thinks I am, how smart, how perfect he thinks particular parts of me are. He writes me notes and puts them in my purse. When I get to work, I log onto gchat and he says (for example, today), "Hey baby... I miss you already." He makes up silly songs in the car about how much he loves me. He makes me feel so pretty that sometimes I pass a mirror and surprised that I am not as pretty as I feel. Its amazing.
He is also super smart. Scary smart. He challenges me and talks to me about issues and is really good at his job. I am so proud of him and so glad I have someone who *thinks* about things.
DH knows I've been slammed with sessions to edit lately and he's been SO helpful in the evenings. I usually cook dinner after my run, but he cleans up Will, bathes him, gets him ready for bed, and rocks him all by himself. Then he usually goes and cleans up the kitchen and picks up the house so I can work.
I really can't complain about him - he's too good to me!
DH is just a gem! He is hands-on with DS and never complains about things that need to get done. He puts up with my crankiness and existential crises with grace and kind words.
He works so hard and is currently working 40+ hours a week, going to school to finish his BS (and has a 4.0, I might add), and is a full time, hands on dad and great husband. I couldn't be luckier or prouder of him!
I didn't post in the rant b/c DH has been a lot better lately. Not as much video games, he's been doing P90X so that takes up some of his free time, and he's been better about not being such a slob.
It might have been all the sex he got when we were in NOLA....maybe.
Usually I am the one to put DS to bed because I nurse him before. Last night I'd had a few too many sips of my margarita, so we decided it was best to feed with the bottle. As I was about to sit down with DS, DH walked in with the boppy in hand & insisted that HE was going to do it because he wanted to spend some time with DS.
So, basically my lovely husband is smitted with our son, loves to make up songs for him (the diaper-changing song goes something like "weiner, weiner, ***" - delightful), and is always willing/wanting to play with DS.
I could go on for days about how awesome my husband is. He's smart and funny, he's incredible attractive and in uh-mazing shape. He loves his boys and "takes over" w/ them whenever he is home (does Tommy's dinner, both of their baths, stories, tucks them in).
My favorite (for today): he makes my coffee every morning and then another cup for me at night. And the sweet part is, Jack will sometimes comment about Jon making me a cup of coffee and Jon will tell him, "That's one way I show Mommy that I love her." Yep. He wins.
Yesterday he spent the entire day cleaning the house, mowing/edging the yard, went to home depot, bought me a new hibiscus plant to replace the one that froze to death this winter, and fertilized the yard. I called him on my way home all grumpy because I had to sit through a horrible faculty meeting as I was having, what I thought to be, fairly regular and mild contractions. When I got home he had dinner all ready and on the table. I felt horrible that he had to eat at the table by himself while I laid in bed because I was worried about the "contractions".
1) He makes me a more rational person.
2) He wakes up with the dog every morning and lets me get that extra 30-45 minutes of sleep.
3) He greets me at the door when I come home from work and kisses me hello.
I bought these right before the wedding. My plan was to make him wear his while I wore mine all day the day after the wedding and I knew he'd do it, but was expecting he'd give me a hard time and some eye rolls. So I put mine on on Sunday morning and walk out and he said "where's mine?" I happily whipped his out and he immediately put it on. We walked around the hotel, went to HEB, etc. in our cheesy matching shirts. Sweetest man ever. (Pardon the day after wedding tired face.)
I know I'm just a newly wed and the novelty of an awesome husband will wear off, but so far he has been more gracious and loving and supportive and helpful than I would even have expected. He happily takes care of all the things that I hate to deal with. I can't wait to see how he takes care of our family in a few years when we decide to expand.
I had always lived alone before the wedding (with the exception of a bad roommate Freshman year of college that scared me off living with others) and was worried about how I'd adjust to having him there all the time, but it's been awesome.
Thanks for this post!
Jon and I celebrated 5 years this past January (which I know isn't long at all), but I can say w/o question that I find him to be even more awesome today than I did on our wedding day.
Just sayin', the novelty of an awesome husband won't necessarily wear off
No! It won't!
DH and I talk all the time about how we are even more in love now than we were the day we got married. And, I didn't even think that was possible. It gets better and better, and we still get really excited to see each other at the end of the day.
DH bathes LO every night. He tries to make me do it, but he is just. so. good at it!!!!!! I love that he does it.
Also, DH was so great to take Friday off and be home all day Saturday with a sick boy (double ear infection) who wouldn't nap anywhere but on DH...so I could go to the prom (and all the goes along with it). I owe him big for this one!!!
I know I'm late on this, but just really wanted to jump on the "Awesome DH" bandwagon.
My DH is an amazing, hands-on, patient father. When we're both home with DS we have to "fight" each other over who will feed/bathe/tuck him in/play with him, and we usually end up doing it together. He works incredibly hard at work and is great at his job and well respected by his employees, and works even harder at home. He does ALL the yardwork/pool maintenance and lot of the daily household stuff like trash, dishes, laundry. He LOVES to cook, so I rarely get a chance to cook anymore. He does so much for us that it makes me always try to be as good of a wife/mother as he is a husband/father, even if all I want to do is be lazy and selfish and lay around all day. I like that he (inadvertently) makes me strive to be a better, more productive person. I also love that he is fiscally responsible and even saavy, and because of that, we are in good shape right now. If money management were left up to me and the way I always handled my finances, I'd be having us live paycheck-to-paycheck with no savings and nothing to show for it!
Oh, and he's super thoughtful and romantic. Last week was our anniversary, and when I mentioned (a couple days before) that maybe we could see if my co-worker's daughter could babysit so he and I could go out for drinks, he told me he had already taken care of it! He had lined up a babysitter, drinks with friends and a dinner reservation without me even having to ask or tell him to! He had wanted to surprise me, but the man can't keep a secret to save his life (he usually gives me whatever Christmas/B-day gifts he gets me, as soon as he buys them instead of waiting until the day of, because he can't keep it a secret!).
Ok, I'll stop now.
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