This is a POSITIVE 101 thread.

Nice things about your marriage & your spouse.

What is one of the romantic things your spouse has done for you?

I posted this on another MB forum .... but I thought

"What the hey .....?"


What's wonderful about your wife/husband?

I can always sum it up with a song, too;

My H is making continuous efforts to show his love and care. I know he plans his actions well ahead.

I had my most romantic birthday last summer when I actually felt I didn't deserve it, that he was spoiling me

I have my new favourite wine from THAT night - when we have something special ahead I always look up THAT wine from THAT night, and we have new candlesticks from THAT night and so on.

I'm also very glad that our teens are now very used to the new rules in the house - that mom and dad have their date nights, sometimes more often and more spontaneous than usual, and that they respect that.

I'm happy to realise that marriage can actually be fun and romantic whatever the rest of the world thinks. Poor creatures... And I'm very pleased that we do not let each other to grow lazy again, that we are both high-maintainance in the best sense of the word.

Although I have declared that I do not want surprises, that he has to discuss them with me beforehand, I actually love his surprises, he is very talented in that, these moments are very lovely. Go figure, but I think he has actually bothered to get me know better than myself.

Mine is very handsome and he's good in bed.

Everything! But, then again, I'm a newlywed......

My husband is a wonderful, nurturing Father. Watching him care for our babies & children makes my heart flip sometimes.

He is wonderful for showering me with attention & affection-even when I don't always deserve it.

My husband is being wonderfully patient & gracious with me as I go through the Sexual Aversion exercises.

RC

My H often surprises me. For example, recently he told me the "best SF he ever had was the time we conceived DS24".

AM

I hope DS24 knows that!

Mine sends me naughty texts all day and calls me several times.

He is cute and great in bed

He smells GREAT!

He fixes everything in our house, and if he can't fix it he calls a repairman without me ever having to ask

He pays all the bills and manages our money

He changes my oil, buys my tires and gets my car work done

He is very TALL!

My wife is AMAZING!

She puts up with me

She is the best darn cook I know

She cares for our children better than any mother I have ever known to care for their kids

She is blonde (dirty blonde) and hot!

She makes my lunch for me to take to work

SHe works 3 days a week

WHen she gives me the "look" i can not help but melt and become butter in her hands

SHe loves camping! (working on getting her to go hunting)

SHes my best friend

Shes an advocate of MB

Shes kind

Shes very intelligent

She takes care of our finances and squirrels money away like crazy (then tells me the numbers later and reminds me to fill up my tax free savings)

I could think of so many things ... but I will leave it at that.

This is Mr Pep's response.

"She bought me a Mini Cooper."

Zooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm
Love with a turbo charger !

I'm the planner and organizer of the two of us, but this past summer DH planned a beach trip not long after my friend passed away. It was wonderful and very sweet and romantic of him.

In our day to day life he's an amazing man who treats me like a queen. He manages all of our money now and we're saving. I'm getting laid off soon and he's secured a temp position with his company on the road. We're seeking a second opinion on having children and he's made it clear we need to do that together, he wants to be there. Our marriage is amazing, I never knew that it could be like this.

DS24 believes he was brought b the stork OR found under a cabbage leaf in the garden.

Mr. AM's response to the question: "AM sprays the pillows with pillow mist before we go to bed every night."

AM

My dh thinks the world of me. He tells me how awesome I am every day. He is so gorgeous that I am a blubbering idiot each time I watch him while he sleeps. He is an incredible man and I thank God DAILY that I have him.

But you're missing the opportunity to embarrass DS24 for the rest of his life by not telling that story!

When my husband travels for work he makes a point of stopping at fabric shops and buying quilt fabric for me. His taste is totally different from mine, so sometimes he brings me some really interesting pieces that challenge me, and I like that. And sometimes he buys things he knows I like to collect.....most recently he got me 3 yards of cherry fabric to make a rockabilly sundress!

Saw this thread the other day and made a mental note to return and post to it.

Recently, my wife and I conducted the "10 Things I Appreciate About You" exercise. This is what I wrote her:

Ten Things I Appreciate About You (in no particular order):

1. You are a beautiful woman. I have always judged beauty from an inner perspective, and you have beauty to spare in this regard. You are proud, you care about yourself, and this shows in your outer appearance. There are only certain areas in physical appearance that you can control (healthy appearance, cleanliness, dress, etc.). In these areas you do an outstanding job of culturing your physical appearance and I am always giddy and proud to be seen with you, especially when you dress up. You are my favorite accessory. You always make me look much better no matter what I�m wearing!

2. You are intelligent. You handle difficult tasks and difficult people in a very effective manner. You show a strong sense of reason and logic in your approach to things and usually make very effective, well-thought-through decisions.

3. You are a very caring person. You show a lot of empathy to others and your scope of caring is wide and deep. It seems there�s no one too separated from you to qualify for a dose of your caring.

4. You are an outstanding mother. You show our kids a lot of love and affection. It�s only been recently that I�ve been able to understand how critical your show of healthy affection is for our boys. Now that I have an understanding of how important this has been for their development, this is something for which I will be eternally grateful.

5. You are the perfect economic partner. Your attention to detail is the perfect complement to me and has directly resulted in us rising from literally having nothing, to being solidly placed in the upper middle class.

6. You are the lover of my dreams. When you give yourself to me totally, physically and emotionally, I am more happy and satisfied than I ever imagined I could be. It�s sad that I have nothing but mere words to express to you how you fulfill me.

7. You provide a perfect emotional balance to my life. It is primarily through you that I am able to relate to other people at all. You could never overestimate how important this is to me. Without you, I would likely be a hermit.

8. You have a very even-keeled temperament. Again, this is the perfect complement to my rather excitable nature. You act as a very comforting, stable influence in my life.

9. You are an extremely patient person when it comes to dealing with other people. You accept other people�s faults without judgment. This makes people feel very safe with you.

10. You came back to me emotionally. Though we grew apart, seemingly pursued separate agendas within the same household, and grew resentful, when our relationship hit critical mass, you quickly made the decision to fully come back to me. This proves to me that, no matter how bad you thought things were, you never gave up on the dream of us. That�s an awesome testament.

I love this thread !

I'm one of the weirdos that likes my wife for her perfections, but I LOVE her for her imperfections. As such, my list might be a bit different.


I love the way her right eye wanders when she is tired...

I love how she burps(!) loudly(!) every night after dinner, but will still blush and get embarrassed if something else slips out in front of me...

I love how she makes up her own words sometimes...

I love how she will cry from a song or commercial (see "loves to cry" in the Brad Paisley video)...

I love that she loses control of her vocal volume when she has something to say that should probably be said quietly...

... and a few things that aren't forum material!

HHH

Wonderful list !

My husband is very sexy.
He bears a resemblance to Walter Matthau (according to MelodyLane, expert in all things).

My husband, the sexy Walter Matthau look alike with a singing voice like Mel Torme.

I love that crazy guy.

The "Velvet Fog."

(Not to be confused with the fogginess we read about here!)

My wife is my best friend. She has a good job and looking forward to retiring in 2 years so we can spend more time together. She was also my first real love (her 15 me 19) I don't know why her dad let me date her at that age. We are now 54 and 58 and still very much in love. I can look back and see how I about threw all of this away. Whenever I am in bed with this woman I get the highest high that I could ever get from any drug. I am addicted to this woman and have been for almost 40 years.

The quote says:


Marriage Builders reality.
Go for it.

Miles better than Socrates on the issue;

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."