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Most of the time whenever dinner's done, I'll tell him to come make his plate...but recently, I've been making it for him & also making his drink. And in the mornings he's up @ 445 for work so I try to make sure I have his lunch ready for him :)
My FI hates Mondays (like everybody does), so every Monday for the past few years, I get up early and make his favorite breakfast. Every other day he just grabs some cereal or a pop tart, but I always make sure on Mondays he has a big homemade breakfast.
both of those are very sweet! proves that the way to a man's heart is his stomach :) I would LOVE to do the breakfast thing, but I'm not a morning person at all. And b/c I'm really not interested in my job (understatement, unfortunately) it's hard to wake up early. maybe i'll use that as a motivation factor to get my day started earlier..
I fix the sheets on his side of the bed. I duon't know why, but every night he manages to make the fitted sheet come off and half the bed is missing sheets. Before he gets into bed, I fix it for him every night just 'cause I love him and want him to have a nice cozy bed to crawl into.
When he has a rough day I go to Baskin Robbins and get him a pint of bubblegum ice cream.
I make sure he has his lunch prepared and ready to go in the mornings.
Right now my FI is working on his PhD and in the medical field, he has to do the same rotation as M.D.s. He does this in addition to working full time jobs so I make sure he wakes up in the morning ...sometimes at 3 & 4 a.m. yikes....that man is lucky I love him.
For the past 6 months I have been taking the dog out in the morning and evening and feeding our 3 pets morning and night. Also, I used to get onhis case about cleaning the kitchen, but now I just do it.
Last night, he was at the office until midnight (closing a deal, fun times), so while I was waiting for him to get home, I picked out and ironed his shirt for today (so he could sleep as late as possible this morning).
I'm super duper tip-toey quiet in the morning so he can sleep... he doesn't have to get up for serveral hours after I leave. I have to get up a little earlier to move around that slowly, but it's worth it!
I can relate, Melissabegins...I fold my SO's laundry! He detests folding because it's impossible to do perfectly, and it turns into mountainous piles in his laundry baskets instead. I don't live with him, but when I can I'll fold it and put it away for him.
These days I wake up for work before him... and it's cold in our apartment. So when I leave fore work in the morning, I tuck him in with the extra blankets (they have usually fallen off the bed at some point during the night).
While we are sitting on the couch together, just watching tv, I get the lotion I keep in the coffee table and massage his hands. He loves it. His hands get so dry throughout the day (between washing them and handling paper). And it reduces stress and helps him relax.
@ Miss Chapstick: Why do men always make the sheets come off the bed when they're sleeping?!?! Lol My FI somehow manages to do that everynight as well!
When I make a meal he LOVES, I always give him my last few bites so he can enjoy a little bit more after he's wolfed down his portion. Also, it's usually "his job" to unload the dish washer, but I try to do it once or twice a week to give him a little break.
I always bring him his lunch or make sure that he has one in the freezer at work. Every day, without fail. It makes me feel better knowing that he's eating something not stupid and that he doesn't have to cross the street in the cold to go to subway!
I made him a 3 course meal last month, I love cooking with him so I'm always keeping an eye out for recipes that I know he'll love. He loves his food, as do I :)
I normally don't wear much make up (i.e. just mascara) or do anything with my long, unruly curly hair. So I've started to put a little make up on and make an effort with my hair. He's asked me why and I've told him so I can look nice for him. He's worth the effort of spending an hour with a set of straighteners or an hour and a half with some funky curlers to see the look on his face.
He suffers with feeling low/depressed in the winter months. I spent extra on him at christmas because one of his presents was my whole budget and more. I got him an alarm with a massive dimmer bulb in and it simulates the sunrise. He's feeling much better for being woken up by it rather than his alarm screeching in the dark in the morning before the sun's up. I know you said little things in the question, but that £80 is nothing to have a happier bunny for 6 months of the year.
I have fingerless gloves with a flap that cover the ends so it looks like mittens. If he's forgotten his gloves I let him smush his fingers into the flappy bit to keep them warm when we're holding hands.
I'm the same with the laundry! I always make sure everything is right side out, including his socks, which I make sure are matching! :)
I also get his dinner plate ready for him and get him a drink.
I always lightly scratch his back
Massage his neck when he is driving
Before we lived together, I always got him groceries when I went shopping. Not like a whole shopping list, but stuff I knew he needed.
I don't cook the way I used to before we lived together because he's such a pick eater even though I miss putting chesse and onions in everything.
And I always leave the last piece of pizza for him... even though I usually want it. :)
I wash his stinky, nasty, could potentially dissolve a hole through the floor gym laundry. And I take way better care of it than he ever did, Mr. Disobeys Washing Instructions.
I am out the door before he even wakes up, but I always make his lunch and leave it in the fridge along with a little message on our kitchen notepad. Just a quick "have a nice day, I love you" type thing.
I am always sure to wake him just long enough to say good bye and give him a kiss. It's so cute when he doesn't remember me doing it...he gets so sad when he thinks I forgot to. (I never ever have forgotten to)
We both play video games, and normally when he's playing I am too. Sometimes though, instead of playing (even if I want to) I'll just sit behind him and give him a little shoulder massage.
@Melissa, me too!!! I am the tornado and he is the neat one. But I right side out all of his clothes even though I don't do it for myself! :)
I can't think of anything else specifically other than running errands and making dinner (which he also does often so it doesn't count). Oh, I do put on ESPN for him when I know he wants to hear recaps. It's so cute, his ears perk right up! :)
My husband travels quite frequently for work. I've made a little game of always hiding a love note somewhere in his suitcase. He loves to find them and I love to write them:)
@MissChapstick - my hubby is the same with the fitted sheet!
well for me, every single day i make him his lunch including fresh salad and fruit. usually its crackers and tuna for lunch but i try to shake it up and i make him sushi or he'll get yummy chicken & mayo or salmon or i will bake a tiny roast beef and slice it for his lunch
i also put notes or positive affirmation cards in his lunch box from time to time as well
for valentines i go totally over the top.. to the point of enmbarrassing. one year i made home made pink bread and cut it in the shape of hearts and i baked him heart shaped cup cake and iced it pink - yes he got teased by the guys in his office but i also know they went home and teased their wives about not doing stuff for them
oh, and in winter i will put his sweatpants (the only time he wears something to bed) on the heater so they are nice and warm for him - cheesy i know but it costs me only a few seconds to do something cute
I cook! Before him I never cooked a real dinner really... maybe a few times a year. For him I cook at least once a week (when we move in together I'm going to shoot for 5 nights/week). I try to have it ready when he walks in the door (omg I'm so 50s) and bring it to him. His family never really cooked dinner growing up so he really appreciates home-cooked food.
When we're having a meal together at a restaurant, the following scenario tends to happen:
Him: Oh wow, I really like that (insert food name) that you ordered!
Me: Here, you could have more.
Him: Are you sure?
Me: Yeah. (Even though I'd rather eat it of course =p )
@reverie1281 we kinda do that too! If there's something we both like on the menu one will order one, and one the other and give each other a few tastes while we eat :)
@stringerb3, I did the same thing for my FI last night. He had a really late night at work and was really stressed and frustrated, so I ironed his work clothes. It doesn't take long, and he definitely appreciates it in the morning.
I like to send him little emails during the day at work, we usually have conversations throughout the day on email. Sometimes it's the only thing that keeps us both sane at work!
I too put little love notes in his suitecase when he has to leave on business.
I also leave notes for him in weird spots, like under the toilet seat (cause that's the first place he goes in the morning) or on the inside of the medicine cabinet, microwave, on the milk carton, etc...
We live separately so I buy him grocerys I know he likes (he does this for me too)
I like to give him "the good bite" of whatever it is we're eating--he likes that :)
And I'm always touching him when we're laying together. Whether it's scratching his head, rubing his arm, or tickling his calf.
I scratch/rub his back for like 10 minutes every night right after we go to bed. It relaxes him and puts him to sleep, which is good, because he works long hours (teaching middle school + grad school) and needs all the sleep he can get!
He pampers me on the weekends mostly, and I take care of him during the week. It's cute; sometimes I feel like we're trying to out-do each other with lovin'.
I leave him little love notes in his wallet or in his ID holder for work.
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I know there are many things we do for our SO that show that we love them, but some are more quiet or maybe even not noticed, but enjoyed by our loved one. What is one of yours?
I do the laundry at our house, and I always turn his clothing right-side out. It sounds little, but I never do this normally. I've been doing my laundry my whole life and leave shirts the way that i find them, but for him, I reverse any that are wrong, and fold them the way he likes them. His house was spotless and his stuff meticulously organized and folded when I first moved in, and I have brought the chaos into his life and house (I am naturally a tornado, though I've toned it down). The least i can do is keep his tshirt pile looking crisp ;-)