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What small things does your SO do to make you feel loved?

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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    We all have things we do for our SO or that they do for us that make us warm and fuzzy inside. For me, it's when I get snuggles. We'll be sitting on the couch and DH will snuggle his head on my shoulder or something and it makes me melt a little on the inside. He also will randomly catch my attention and seed me kisses. Like, we will be just hanging out on our laptops or something and he will stare at me until I look at him and go "Muah" at me. He's been doing it since we started dating.

    What are some cute/sweet things your SO does?

     
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    SimplyChic11    December 30, 2011  

    Rolls over and hugs me in the middle of the night. Or kisses my cheek. Also, sometimes he cleans my car or the house without me asking him. It's SO nice to come home to that! 

     
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    MissBoPeep       New England

    He stays up late to clean the house after I go to bed when he knows I don't feel like doing it, so when I wake up in the morning I wake up to a clean house.  It makes my heart smile.  :)

     
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    Bostongrl25    December 2017  

    He makes my lunch and dinner every day during the week! He even measures the portions for me, because I am working out hard and tracking everything I eat.

    He leaves silly notes for me in our bedroom, and I find them randomly :)

    He gives me foot massages when we are watching tv at  night

    Love him :)

     
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    fireNice    December 2012  

    Awww... What a great thread!!!  

    Mine texts me throughout the day sending me kisses & love messages. I love it!!! 

    He's also my snuggle bug when sitting on the couch at night & I've felt him cover me with blankets in the middle of the night.  : )

     
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    missfrillycoat    September 15, 2014   San Diego

    He does a million tiny things. But at night he always goes to sleep well before me (I'm in school- lots of hw). When I finally get to bed, he'll reach out for me in his sleep and make this happy noise and pull me to him and continue sleeping. It's wonderful.

    Those nights when I don't get to sleep until 4-5 in the morning, he'll usually padder out with this sleepy look on his face and tell me it's time for bed. He waits for me to turn off the computer then takes me by the hand and walk me to bed, just to make sure I get some sleep.

     
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    elysion    August 17, 2013   Chicago, IL

    So much!  The one that makes me smile the most is when he washes the bottom of my feet when we shower together, because in his old shower I used to slip ALL the time, so he takes care to get the soap off... such a little thing I love that he remembers.

     
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    abbie017    March 16, 2013  

    He comes home with "no reason" flowers for me all the time because he knows I love them! 

     
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    WantToBeM.E.    October 4, 2014   Long Island, NY

    Things that he does without realizing they're sweet....walks me to my car door when it's icy, drives me/won't let me drive in the rain or snow, calls me if I leave his house and I didn't text him that I'm home safely in a matter of 10 minutes...when my old car broke down on my way up to Saratoga from Long Island, he left work immediately and drove his truck and trailer with his car on the trailer, and met me 3 1/2 hrs away to take my car home on his trailer, and give me his car, then drove home the same night..that was a biggie. He also always plays with my hair. :)

     
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    shalynnmarie    December 1, 2012   PA

    he texts me T.O.Y thru out the day ever since we were dating... (it means thinking of you)

     
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    Moja Milosc    September 24, 2011  

    Aww I love reading these!

    My hubby makes my dinner for work every night, and puts in lots of snacks and just way more food than I could ever eat. He gets my work badge out, packs my bag for work, gets me my coat and starts my car for me :)

    I don't think my feet have touched snow since I met him, he always plows the driveway and shovels a path for me before I go out to my car.

    But I agree with PP's... the half asleep middle of the night snuggles are the BEST!

     
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    Mrs Sarah McK    October 10, 2010   Harrisburg, PA

    Specifically, I had a really bad day yesterday...I couldn't hold anything down, was super crampy, and had a horrible headache. Without me knowing, he grated some almonds into my favorite vanilla ice cream for me, and curled up with me to watch Community. 

    He's not really one for traditional romantic gestures (I think he's given me flowers all of twice in the 5+ years we've been together), but he goes out of his way to make sure I'm comfortable and happy...like sewing up a rip in my favorite coat (he was a parachute rigger in the Army, and had to spend 3 weeks learning to use a sewing machine), or grating almonds into my ice cream, or driving to the 24-hr grocery store 20 minutes away to get me migraine medicine. 

     
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    imalittlebirdie    May 24, 2014  

    I lost my scarf the other day when we were on the side of the road.  He actually went and drove around looking for it, found it, washed it and gave it back to me. 

    Yesterday I went to go get bloodwork done and the hospital is.... "special". They stuck the needle in the valve in my vein, and it HURT but i sucked it up.  I now have a sexy big ass bruse the size of my fist on my arm.  They did not even give me a bandaid.  They gave me some tissues and scotch office tape. SERIOUSLY.
    I then had to go get my oil changed before I went to work, and I called my FI to tell him of my adventure. 15 miniuts later he shows up at the car place with a box of bandaids and a box of chicken mc nuggets.

     

     

     
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    Missido    August 4, 2012   Ontario, Canada

    I love this thread! Great idea @zippylef:  Smile

    SO is such a generous man. Some of the things I love the most about him... He makes my coffee on the weekend! And he makes the best coffee too...  I also love when I catch him randomly looking at me with admiring eyes.  Or when he kisses my forehead out of the blue.

     
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    Ms.Dachshund    October 1, 2011   Maryland

    Always lets me have the parking spot closest to the house. Whenever I pull in the driveway it makes me smile because I know if I was him and got home first, Id be taking the better spot lol! We have some great guys ladies :)

     
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    Missido    August 4, 2012   Ontario, Canada

    @Moja Milosc:  Your hubby sounds a lot like my FI.  He's always doing that extra stuff like getting the ice or snow off my car and shoveling out the driveway.  Sweethearts.

     
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    My SO gets up and leaves for work much earlier than me, he is out the door at 5 and I wake up to get ready at 6. He gets ready quietly in mostly dark, he sets the room temp so it will not be cold when I get out of bed since I insist it is very cold when I am sleep and best of all he turns the keurig on for me! He also said if it snows he will clear my car if I wan le sigh.

     
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    jpalm13    December 21, 2012  

    Brings me coffee in bed on Saturday! Its impossible to get me up on the weekends

     
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    takemyhand    July 27, 2012   Ontario, Canada

    @zippylef:  When I am having a bad day, FI will bring me home a treat-- usually flowers, my favourite candy or just make me a great dinner. It is amazing :)

     
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    missfrillycoat    September 15, 2014   San Diego

    @Moja Milosc: I definitely did an awwwww

     
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    bigcitybee    November 1, 2014   New York City

    I whole-heartedly agree with you all on the "middle of the night half asleep snuggles"!

    My SO and I are in a long distance relationship at the moment, even though he travels to visit me a lot. But ever since we started being long distance, he began writing me weekly love letters! He is the most special, loving, caring, thoughtful man I could've ever asked for!

     
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    Caizn    August 2, 2014   KCMO

    Mister rarely does things like this (at least without me asking or for a reason such as an arguement), but a few weeks ago we were doing terriblely with money. We had run out of headache medicine and I had a splitting headache. I was cranky about work. I was worried about money. We had like two bucks in the bank. I told him I just wanted to nap and what did he do while I was half sleeping? He gathered up all the old video games he never plays and turned them in for like $40. He got me medicine and we even went to Chipotle for dinner. Much needed stress relief!

     
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    Baccara    August 2012  

    When mine gets up for work in the morning, he carefully covers my eyes so I won't be disturbed when he turns on the light.  Then, before he leaves, he tucks the blankets around me and kisses me goodbye.

    He always, always walks me to my car.  If it snows, he scrapes my windows.  When I leave, he flashes the "I love you" sign.

    Last week was a stressful week, especially in regard to wedding planning.  He rolled over and hugged me in the middle of the night, half-asleep, and whispered, "It'll be okay, baby.  I love you."

    He likes to hold my hand, but drives a stick shift.  Whenever he has to let go of my hand to switch gears, he gives it a little squeeze.

    When he's on Reddit, he saves the cutest pictures for me.

     
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    village_skeptic    June 16, 2012  

    Makes my favorite foods when I'm really stressed. Back rubs, scalp massages (aka the best thing in the world), and just little excuses for physical contact.

     
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    village_skeptic    June 16, 2012  

    Makes my favorite foods when I'm really stressed. Back rubs, scalp massages (aka the best thing in the world), and just little excuses for physical contact.

     
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    Moja Milosc    September 24, 2011  

    @bigcitybee:  That's amazing! Just think, your grandkids will be reading those letters someday. Beautiful.

     
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    Miss Sorbet    October 1, 2011  

    He makes my coffee for me :) and puts away the clean laundry!  I HATE hanging/folding clothes!

     
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    inspiredcreationsbyhaley    August 3, 2013   Tampa, FL and Portland, OR

    He hides little notes for me around my house (when he visits me) and/or suitcase (when I visit him).  We are LDR, so it's wonderful to find the notes in the days/weeks/months after each visit.  Some are funny, some are sweet, some are much deeper/romantic.  They never fail to make me smile :)

     
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    kate169    May 21, 2011   Virginia

    He leaves me notes that say funny things (sometimes from our cat haha), buys me little gifts, surprises me with flowers, etc. He also will go out and buy me tater tots at sonic at midnight if I say I'm hungry for them. He way nicer to me than I deserve!

    Also, last year he bought me an Easter basket from our cat with Harry Potter and a bunch of other stuff in it...hahaha.

     
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    kate169    May 21, 2011   Virginia

    Oh I almost forgot...when I fall asleep on the couch he carries me to our bed and tucks me in.

     
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    He hugs me everyday when I get home from work.  He also cleans the kitchen after supper unless he has to run off, but he trys to make sure I know that he appreciates the cooking I do for him. :)

     
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    GroovyHippieChick    October 20, 2012   My Happy Place

    he puts a new bar of soap in the shower for me, he opens cereal boxes, etc, for me.  I have really weird skin and I get awful paper/box cuts when I try to open things. 

    my favorite thing is that his arm reaches all the way around me to the edge of the bed when we sleep.  I feel very safe and loved.  

     
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    bakerella    September 11, 2010   Toronto, ON

    This is really silly, but when he gets up from the couch, he always asks if I need something while he's up. It's very sweet. He'll refill my water bottle or get me a snack, it's just very thoughtful. He also always clears up our dinner dishes since I'm the one who usually cooks, and that's always very nice so I can put my feet up and relax. He sends me texts messages during the day that just say "Love!", and when he's home (and actually sometimes in public but he doesn't realize he's doing it), he sings little songs about how much he loves me. It's very silly and cute.

     
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    BayStateBride    September 1, 2012   Cow Hampshire (wedding in MA)

    FI can tell when I'm overly stressed or down in the dumps, and when I get like that he says "Do you need a hug?" and even if he gets out of work late at 10:30pm or something he will make it a point to stop by and just hug me.  We don't even say anything, he just wraps his arms around me and suddenly I feel like I can get through it. 

     
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    Gemstone    July 2011   Cincinnati

    He kisses my cheek at random times. He greets me with a hug when I get home from work. If he's out at the grocery store to get things for dinner and he sees something random he knows I'd like, he brings it home for me. On that note, I drink a ton of milk and get grumpy when there's none in our fridge (so yes, I'm an infant), so he always makes sure to pick up more if it's running low. Before we go to sleep, he kinda tucks me into bed/makes sure I'm all covered up. I could keep going. Lots of small but meaningful things!

    What a great thread. :)

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    Awwww. I love all these stories. Sounds like we have some real winners. No wonder we married them/are marrying them. :)

    Keep them coming, bees!

     
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    Juliepants    June 2, 2012   Ontario

    Too many things to list!  The other day, he packed me some strawberries for a snack to take with me to work.  He cut a few of them into hearts and snuck them in there.  Cute!

     

     
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    treacle      

    this is such a cute thread!

    my SO brings me cups of tea on weekend mornings to wake me up. if we're sat on the sofa watching tv and not talking, i'll often get a text that says 'hey you' or 'i love you' which is really sweet.

    neither of us are overly romantic so when he occasionally holds my hand when we're walking it makes me go all fuzzy inside as if we're newly seeing each other again.

    but my fave is this. we have a routine most nights where he'll say "shall we go watch s**t in bed?" and we curl up, load up some comedy on the laptop or iPad and fall asleep together.

    it's the little things :)

     
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    ShellVee    July 2012  

    Back rubs, kissing me on the forehead when we are snuggling, taking me out for dinner when he can see I am stressed or tired (he isn't big on cooking).

    I was going thru a really bad personal situation last year and after coming home late I walked in to see candles lit, mediation music playing and my FI sat me down gave me a glass of wine and a cheese/cracker platter and THEN gave me a full massage. It was hard to not cry :) 

    He often just randomly will massage my legs, feet or hands thou almost absent mindedly when we are watching tv.

    He'll play with my cats - doesn't sound big but he is allergic and so by playing with them it means he is constantly having to take antihistamines haha.

    And most of all he also has a hug and a kiss for me when he leaves for work in the morning and when I get in :) 

     
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    hanzabelle    February 25, 2012   Australia

    oh there are lots... but one of my favourites....

    we always fall asleep holding hands.

     

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