On a lighter note. Since everything around here has been soooo heavy. I like to hear the reasons "Why you love this man?"

I love my husband with all my heart! God gave me someone to hold me, someone to love me, and someone I could make a life with. He is the father of my child and the joy in her eyes ! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> I see it when he looks into mine, how much he does love me. How making a mistake should make him a lesser man. Oh and when he holds me. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="images/icons/blush.gif" /> He makes me feel he doesn't ever want to let go. And has proven that still today. My heart feels with tears when I miss him and feels with tears when we finally get to hold each other again. I thank God that he has brought him back to me and will be the wife that God intended for me to be. I will love. honor, and cherish the man God gave to me like no other can and he will know this!
So remember the man you fell in love with! He is still there, he maybe lost, or he may not be sure where he is, but you know he is still there, under all the pain and fog, you still love this man! And remember why ! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
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Delighted that God loves me!
Delighted to have wonderful a support group
Delighted that I do remember the man God gave to me
Delighted that w/God I can change and grow!

Why do I love my man, w/ all that he has put me thru???

Cuz I have put him thru some stuff 2 & he still loves me, cuz he can still make me smile even now, cuz when he loves me I know he has loved NO other woman this way, cuz he still can me make feel so special, cuz I am still his "baby girl".

I love this man cuz he is still the man that God gave 2 me, MY special gift, he is still my greatest protector, he is still my earthly refuge. He is still the man God placed in my life 2 b my husband 4 life & I truly believe one day in God's time -- not mine he will b that man again, once he returns 2 his first love - God. He will then truly return 2 me his wife, not the mother of his child, but the lover his soul, second only 2 God of course.

Sunny thank u so much for reminding me y I fight so hard 4 my marriage & my MAN!!!! He is flawed & so am I. He has made mistakes & so have I. I get so caught up in all of the negatives around me that I 4get about the good & the positive in my life & the good plans that my God has 4 me <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> .
The man b4 the fog

OK BBG you gave me chill bumps! Hug that man and hold on to him!!!!
Sis by the Fire
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Thanks for reminding me SunnyD and BBYG.

I sometimes wonder myself--I don't really love who he is necessarily right now but I love the man I married and man that still smiles at me as BBYG said. You know what I also know he still loves me as well--he can't see and I don't believe for a minute that he doesn't--I think he is trying to convincing himself that he doesn't.

I love the father of my son and man I almost lost to a medical crisis once before and I'm not willing to give up that easily on something I love and has been a cherished part of my life for 10 1/2 years.

Thanks again because I look at myself somedays and think that others must think me an idiot but you all understand.

Oh thank you guys. Youare soo right

Why I love him.

HE an dare are both flawed but if we have made it this far than we can make it further.

I love to just look at him. I love the fact that no matter what I do he can tell me it will be alright. I love the way he smiles at me, knowing that I can NOT stay mad at him long. Love the way he touches. Love him, because HE only HE has made me the woman/mother I AM today and I thank him for that.

Damn, see konw you make me want to go home and tell him that. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

He is going to tell me I am soo sappy but he will be happy and he will give me love

How I do love him - let me count the ways!

Like its been said before - he always has a way to make me smile. I was first attracted to his sense of humor and contagious smile. He has a way of brightening my day/life.

I am proud of him in so many ways. Despite the recent events in our life, he is a good person. He has always been one you can count on. He has made mistakes, but haven't we all. One mistake is not any more unforgivable then another.

He is a great father and husband. He is a great big brother and was a loyal and dedicated son to his dying mother. He has been a rock to so many people in his life.

But mostly, I love him because he completes me. I do not feel whole without him and my heart still burst with the love I feel for him. I thank God everyday that he has preserved this love for him. Just makes me believe that it is not over. We have always been able to sense how each other feels and even complete each others thoughts. He is truly a part of me and I believe with all my heart he is the one God intended me to spend all my life with.

He is my life and the very breath I breath. Without him, I feel empty and lifeless. For better for worse, he is my everything.

<small>[ August 17, 2004, 03:13 PM: Message edited by: KrisM ]</small>

Why do I love this man? Hum? Let me count the ways: I lvoe him because he chose me. He chose me to be the mother of his children. The woman he wanted to share his life with. I love him because he takes care of me in more ways than one. I love him because he sees that the fridge is never without any food, that the yard is always maintained, that we have a roof over our heads, and a bed to lye down in. I love him because he still even to this day is concerned about our family/kids. We never go without. I lvoe him because even through this storm he does not talk about a life without me in it.

I may be confused about this whole thing, but I love him because he said yes!! I know that he does love me even through this mistake he has brought or inflicted on our family. He just has no way of getting his / our life back on track. I love him just BECAUSE! I love the way he looks when he is driving me and thekids in the car, I love the way he feeds them when they are hungry, and the way he snuggles with them in the bed while watching TV. I love the father that he is and the man that he wants to be - I LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE LOVES ME!!

I don't know if we'll make it through this but there is no doubt that I LOVE THIS MAN!!

JT

Amen JT ! I am right there w/ you. There is a reason for our madness and a reason God gave us each other.
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What a great thread!! See??? There is plenty of good in your marriages. Plenty of solid foundations to keep building on!

I love the way he loves me. He makes me feel like the most important person in the whole world. He makes me laugh and smile. We still have tons of fun together. I love how he worries about his wife and kids when it is stormy out. I love how he holds me when I sleep and kisses my neck in his sleep. I love when he wakes me up in the middle of the night to love me. I love when he calls me every morning at 7:00 just to say he loves me. I love when he goes to bed at night and I am not in the room he calls out and says "time for bed," then waits until I come upstairs to turn out the lights. I love the way he looks in the morning. I love the warm safe feeling in his arms. I love the way he smells. The way he kisses. The way he moves. I love the way he smiles!! I love his thick dark hair. I love his triceps all strong and hard, but able to hold me so gently. I love being alone with him at home, with the kids gone and the way we use that time!!!! I love the way he builds a fire for us to cozy up to.

I love everything about him, from his handsome face, to his rugged body, to his sweet toes.

Okay JT--that was great--why can't they see we have a good foundation and plenty to build on as Lynn so pointed out. Sorry guys but it makes me want to cry--my heart aches and I feel exactly what KrisM said--he completes me and I do not fell whole without him.

Does he feel the same?

OMG A MUSHY THREAD!!

Why I STILL love my husband.

I fell in love with him for his generous heart. I fell in love with him for his simple ways. I fell in love with him for the knack he has of making me laugh and laugh hard.

Even through our most trying and painful times, he loved me. As odd as that sounds, I don't think he ever meant to hurt me, hurt us the way he did. He loved me at his worst and at his best he loved me more.

I love my husband today because he didnt let us fall. He believed in us when I had given up.

Ok too much for me...

Thanks for the cry...Needed too...

Well, I am kinda upset w/ my darling today but that does not mean I don't love him. LOL

procrastination + conflict avoidance = upset W <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/mad.gif" />

But on a good note, I know I can be mad @ him BUT still love him to death!

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He was charming when I met him & he still is.......(oh & watch out girls because both of our sons seem to have inherited his same charm! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> )
He has the cutest dimple when he smiles (as does youngest son), it can melt your heart & your resistance! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> LOL
He has humbled himself more than any other man I have ever known to make things right which has only added to & developed a strength of character I had begun to doubt he had.
He has an amazing work ethic that means a lot to me & makes me feel secure.
Oh & like lynn said------he knows how to use those strong biceps too!!!! gotta love those muscles!

I read in a book that to say you love someone because meant that it was 'conditional' & if they weren't those things or didn't do those things then you would not love them anymore?

I don't know if I agree w/ that or not but I do know that when I was given the choice NOT to love him anymore & to have a life w/o him, it was NOT what I wanted. I couldn't imagine myself living my life w/ anyone else. (although, there are, admittedly, a few famous & rich men that could be in the running! LOL j/k <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> )

Seriously......my H is the man I chose & wanted & he still is. When I met him----I wanted him, I went after him & I got him. And I intend to KEEP him forever!

It also helps that he claims I am the best thing that ever happened to him & he has no intention to ever risk losing me again!

See KT we are not perfect but there is a reason why God and only him keeps us together. I hope everyone goes home and hugs them up tight and maybe just maybe tonight will be the night everyone will give it to GOD and let him handle these people we so dearly love and admire. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> sometimes we may not "like" them but we never stop loving them!
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" /> Sunny D