What does your sweetie do that makes you smile?

[Aurelia]

Hello ladies,

I was reading some older posts and came across a thread devoted to reminding ourselves of the cute/sweet/romantic things our men do for us. It seemed like such a nice refresher from some of the angry/frustrated/impatient/confused/desperate things that get talked about here (me certainly included). So I figured I would bring this idea up again... Remember, we wan''t to be with these men forever... now I''m curious why?

I''ll give you a few...
-my honey comes to visit me at work (we''re in the same hospital), arrives out of breath after running up the 8 floors and says "I had 2 minutes free and wanted to kiss you" (that''s SO much better than a phone call, or even a planned lunch!)
-he leaves notes around the house for me to find at random moments when he''s away on business (a simple ''Missing you'' cheers me up enormously when he''s been gone a few days!)
-the sweetheart bakes me strawberry rhubarb pie (my favorite!) even though he can''t eat it (he''s allergic to rhubarb!)

okay, that''s enough from me... just wanted to lighten this thread up a little : )

Aurelia

 

[IrishAngel7982]

I can''t think of a million little things right now (there are infinite things) but I wanted to give your thread a little love.
What does my sweetie do that makes me smile?
~he tells me how much he loves me
~he tells me he misses me every day
~he tells me I''m beautiful when I ruined our night out downtown (the first time he had come back home since moving to jersey) by catching strep and spiking a 103 fever and couldn''t get out of bed...instead of having a good time he made me tea, went on a quest to find tylenol, and barely slept that night because he was so worried he woke up to keep checking on me all night
~the way he looks at me makes me melt
~he dreams about me and our wedding/future all the time
~he makes me feel like the only woman in the world, especially for him
~he is my best friend
~we share a ton of mutual interests, but also share our differences
~looking in his eyes shows me how much he loves me
~he takes care of me in every way possible
~whenever he calls or I call he is so excited to talk to me

That''s all I can think of for now...all I know is he''s perfect for me

and it''d be a lot more perfect if he were back home!

 

[biokatie]

Grabbing at my belly! I hate it but it makes me smile!

Picking a flower from the garden while he is waiting for me to pick him up (we usually take my car...since the gas $ in the truck is horrible!)

 

[ephemery1]

Awww, cute thread! He...

- entertains my cat every night for at LEAST an hour playing her most favorite wand-game

- genuinely enjoys hanging out with my dad and little brothers (he's an only child so it's a novelty!)
- took my best friend's spin class just to offer her moral support

- goes out drinking with his frat brothers and I hear back that they spent most of the evening talking about their wives/fiances

- refers to our future son (as in, years from now... I'm definitely not pregnant!) by name regularly

- gets super-excited about cooking dinner and arranges everything carefully on the plate like a nice restaurant would
- drives everywhere we go, no matter how tired he is, because he knows I don't like to
- openly admits to the genius of the Gilmore Girls, and watches it even when I'm not around

... and that was all just this past week!

 

[Dee*Jay]

My own happy hubby does so many things that make me smile, but the thing that gets me the most are the voicemails he leave me "from our dog." I''ve saved some of them for years! The dog "sends me e-mails too" but the phone messages are the best.

 

[aquarius_ser]

here''s a few of mine:

* left his entire family, quit his high paying job, and moved over 300 miles to be with me after only 1 yr of dating long distance
* puts a nickname on the end of all the things he says like, I love you Princess or How was your day Precious/Sweetie
* gets the table ready for dinner every night, utensils setup perfectly, then does the dishes afterwards
* when he''s cutting the grass and takes his shirt off, I wonder how I ended up with someone that was so HOT

 

[jcrow]

does it matter that i''m a BIW not a LIW?
hope not, here''s a short version of my list.

randomly i''ll come home to a perfectly arranged (cut stems & in our favorite vase) bouquet of flowers just because he saw them and thought they were too lovely not to bring home.

in the middle of the night, he''ll go down stairs and get me cold water when i wake up thirsty.

when i''m not feeling well he does all that''s in his power to make me comfortable and feel better.

everyday he gives me short little bursts of unexpected massages- whether it''s a shoulder, or foot, or whatever.

 

[robbie3982]

What a great thread!

My honey...

...Is always massaging me
...When I have cramps he rubs my belly
...Gives me lots of kisses
...Is always making up silly nicknames and songs for me
...Is always so considerate! He never comes home late without calling
...Tells me that I''m sexy
...Brushes the hair out of my face
...Wipes my tears away when I''m crying
...Always takes the garbage out because according to him, that''s a boy thing

(He has yet to call any chore a "girl thing")
...Would do anything to make me happy

 

[Aurelia]

Oh Goodness JCrow, of course it doesn''t matter if you''re not a LIW or BIW... and men, feel free to join in too!

I just wanted to start something more positive and about appreciation. That''s all

I had a lot of fun reading the older thread, and figured others might enjoy it too. And it helps US remember the good things our sweeties do!

So keep throwing ''em out there - I''m loving this!!

Aurelia

 

[snogirl17]

i dont have enough time to list everything he does to make me smile... but there are just a few things that stand out..

when he kisses my forhead when he thinks i am sleeping or when we are cuddling.. it is a instant smile on my face.

when he will write random love poems and emails them to me while i am at work.

when he comes up behind me while i am doing dishes or putting away laundry and gives me a hug and a thanks.

and the number one thing that makes me smile, my heart skip a beat and my toes tingle is when he just says... i love you.

 

[IrishAngel7982]

I thought of a couple more!

~He rubs my feet every time I see him
~He tells me after a night out with the guys how lucky he is to have me
~He loves to make breakfast/lunch/dinner for me whenever he has the chance
~He won''t leave me alone or hang up the phone if I''m upset (about anything, usually something incredibly stupid)
~If I''m crabby or really irritated and say ''I''m sorry honey it must be pms'' he says ''No honey, you never get pms you''re just having a bad day'' I can''t tell you how good that makes me feel
~He cuddles me whenever he can...holds me until I fall asleep...and gives me little kisses when I''m sleeping...this is my absolute favorite
~He tells me he loves me every day!

Can you tell I can''t wait to see my honey next week! 8 days!!!

 

[bee*]

My favorite thing that D does is getting my retriever to give him the high five. I adore my dog and the fact that he does too bodes well for our relationship.
He also tells me that he loves me everyday and last night when we were talking about e-rings, moving out and all that he just said that he doesnt care about anything else and that he justs wants us to be with each other everyday. I thought it was really nice.

 

[anchor31]

He makes me smile all the time... I smile just by thinking about him! I smile when he takes my hand to look at my ring, when he puts it back on my finger every morning, when he tells me he loves me, when he says he can''t wait to marry me and calls me his future wife.

He makes me smile when he cooks for me (he is a formidable breakfast maker I tell you!), when he says and does silly things, when he takes care of me like when I had this horrible indigestion at 2 o''clock this morning (we had dinner at his parents'' last night and I think she tried to poison me

), tucks me into bed and insists that I call in sick for the day. He makes me smile when he does sweet, thoughtful things like driving me to work last Saturday morning even though he could have slept in.

He makes me smile when he has those mecanic engineering technobabble-filled discussions with my dad, serious talks about the future with my mom and playful banter ones with my brother and sister, and when he compliments my grandmother on how well she knits.

I smile when I nuzzled his neck and breathe in his aftershave, he smells so wonderful! I smile when he dresses up just for me. When he tells me I''m beautiful and sexy even when I''m wearing torn jeans and an old t-shirt on Sundays.

I could go on, and on, and on... I LOVE MY FIANCÉ!!!

 

[sk8rjen]

Wow, he does lots of things that just melt my heart, but a few important ones include him playing games with my sons (and bringing them new ones all the time!), bringing me ice-water at bedtime every night b/c he knows I can''t go to sleep without it, back massages, cuddles on the couch, kisses and hugs any time, and of course, telling me he loves me!

Some newer things just happened in the last couple of days that belong on that list! Yesterday, he looked at my finger at back at my face, finger, face, finger, face until I realized he was looking at my finger b/c I had taken my ring off to do dishes and hadn''t put it back on --- once I did, he smiled and said "better."

Day before yesterday, he brought me bridal ****

And then told me to try to not go through it all at once! (yes, he laughed at himself for saying that!)

jen

ps I feel like we''re back in that "honeymoon" period again now that we''re engaged!

 

[fisherofmengirly]

This is a cuteness thread!

I love so much about my boy. He makes me smile every day, multiple times. Even when we''re in a rough patch, he makes me smile. The way he reasons makes me smile. The way he calls just because he''s thinking of me, the way he sings silly songs to me when I''m cranky, the way he knows what to say when I''m missing him, the way he loves his parents and family, and the way he''s adopted my family into his heart.
I smile when he gets so excited about being in a new place and seeing what God has created for His children. I smile when he opens up and lets me me into his head, I smile when we pray together. I smile when something so sweet overwhelms him and makes happy tears come to his eyes. I smile when I see him playing with my puppy and kitty. I smile when he sends me a letter just because he knows I love to get mail. I smile when I think about our first kiss. I smile when I think about the first time he told me he loves me. I smile when I think about our trips to Niagara Falls, and to so many beautiful places. I smile when I think about the way he looks at me, as if he''s just in awe. That gives me the happiest goosebumps! I smile when he drags his atlas with him everywhere he goes, and when we develop film and 2/3 of the pictures are of me or the skyline.

I smile when I think about him, pretty much. He''s a blessing of happiness and joy.

 

[RoseAngel04]

He makes me smile for endless reasons, but here are a few...

*He supports the decisions I make. Even if he may not like them, he's there for me.
*He's my biggest fan, when I've had the worst day, bawling my eyes out, he reminds me that things will get better and life will go on.
*The way he kisses me makes me smile.
*Him holding my hair back while I'm getting sick..and then telling me to lay back down while he cleans up my mess!
*When I'm asleep in his arms while we're on the couch, he is so uncomfortable, but won't move for he doesn't want to disturb me.
*How I'll catch him watching me when I'm cooking for us..or doing random things
*How he'll look at me with appreciation when he knows that i've gotten extra dolled up for a special night w/ him
*How he still loves me when i'm in sweats, hair looking boo boo, no make-up, and it's that time of the month. (I swear he has a 6th sense for this. He can tell by the tone of my voice when it's this time!)
*How he'll give my princess pup a lot of affection because he knows that I love seeing her w/ her Daddy
*He makes me smile when we look back on memories from when we first got together..and how we acknowledge how much we as a couple have grown.
*He makes me smile when he calls me just to tell me he love me...or email..or text
*How he gets so into baseball games and will yell at the TV when the umpire makes a bad call. (We're HUGE Yankee Fans!!)
*When he cooks for me! I swear mean are better cooks than women!
*How when I'm cold he'll hold me to warm me up
*How we have our own language with each other...it's adorable and so uniquely us!
*He makes me smile just being HIM! Everytime I see his picture @ work on my desk a smile. Every time I hear his name I smile. Every time I see him I smile...just the thought of him makes me smile. And he REALLY makes me smile when we talk about our future together..ah

and the list goes on...but this will do for now!

 

[galeteia]

Lots of them have already been mentioned (e.g. I love you, footrubs, and cooking) but I thought I'd add a few:

-He wakes up when I'm having a bad dream, brings me out of it, and soothes me back to sleep, all without waking all the way. My mother told me that you can tell if a man really loves you by how he treats you when he's asleep.

-He asks after my health in a very specific way (sparing y'all the TMI) and does so unflinchingly and with tender concern.

-The first day he's in his new apartment he goes out and buys a plant/tree, knowing I dream of our little apartment-to-be being filled with plants, so wants to start the collection early so they'll be huge and lush by the time I get there.

There are so many! I'll add to the list later. He proves to me by the 'little things' on a daily basis that he loves me. His actions speak louder than words, but I'm lucky that I get both!

ETA: He calls in to vote for my favorite dancer from So You Think You Can Dance, because I'm Canadian and can't vote. Despite getting busy signals, he kept trying until he got through. That's love.

 

[bee*]

I totally agree with you Roseangel about men being better cooks. Actually thats another one that I can add to my list about D. He cooked an amazing chicken korma at the weekend and set the table with lovely wine glasses and candles etc and had my favorite flowers waiting for me when I got down to his house. It was amazing.
Last night I cooked a lasagna and it was horrible

. Really really tasteless and the pasta was hard and I just cant cook to save my life.......and D still tucked into it and said it tasted nice. It was horrible-not even my dog would touch it and being a golden retriever she eats anything and everything, apart from anything that I cook. I thought it was cute that D still tried to eat it just cos I''d gone to the effort of cooking it

 

[Fancy605]

Date: 8/2/2006 10:15:53 AM
Author: ephemery1

- drives everywhere we go, no matter how tired he is, because he knows I don't like to

- openly admits to the genius of the Gilmore Girls, and watches it even when I'm not around

... and that was all just this past week!

Me too and me too. Mine drives us everywhere, and he totally gets why gilmore girls is a good show. He'll even Watch Sex and the City with me.

edit to add:

My recent favorite thing is how we actually enjoy long car rides. We travel to see people a good bit, and we typically have a surprisingly good time during the car rides. We belt songs at the top of our lungs, we tell jokes, we speculate about the future, we kid around, we debate, we chatter back and forth about whatever. We keep our eyes peeled for one of our favorite interstate restraunts to treat ourselves to a snack. Sometimes I am a little sorry when a 3 hour car ride is over. (but not too sorry because I mean--it's a 3 hour car ride).

 

[ephemery1]

Date: 8/2/2006 10:58:43 AM
Author: Dee*Jay
My own happy hubby does so many things that make me smile, but the thing that gets me the most are the voicemails he leave me ''from our dog.'' I''ve saved some of them for years! The dog ''sends me e-mails too'' but the phone messages are the best.

Haha... oh Dee Jay, that is so great!! It''s sweet to hear all the stories about massages and snuggles and "I love yous" ..... but I love love LOVE hearing details like that.

I''m a firm believer that appreciating the "little things" is what keeps love fun and interesting and strong and growing.

 

[ephemery1]

Date: 8/3/2006 11:39:27 AM
Author: Fancy605

Date: 8/2/2006 10:15:53 AM
Author: ephemery1

- drives everywhere we go, no matter how tired he is, because he knows I don''t like to

- openly admits to the genius of the Gilmore Girls, and watches it even when I''m not around

... and that was all just this past week!

Me too and me too. Mine drives us everywhere, and he totally gets why gilmore girls is a good show. He''ll even Watch Sex and the City with me.

edit to add:

My recent favorite thing is how we actually enjoy long car rides. We travel to see people a good bit, and we typically have a surprisingly good time during the car rides. We belt songs at the top of our lungs, we tell jokes, we speculate about the future, we kid around, we debate, we chatter back and forth about whatever. We keep our eyes peeled for one of our favorite interstate restraunts to treat ourselves to a snack. Sometimes I am a little sorry when a 3 hour car ride is over. (but not too sorry because I mean--it''s a 3 hour car ride).

I am SO with you on the car ride thing... I hate to drive, but I truly enjoy being the passenger when it''s just the two of us! It''s just such nice, captive quality time... and we are often planning 2-3 hour trips to visit friends and family, so the car ride sometimes becomes the most anticipated part of an otherwise crazy, hectic weekend.

 

[SoonIHope]

Hehe one way I know my fiance loves me is that he lets ME drive! We live in NYC so we don''t have a car, so it''s veeeery rare that we rent or borrow one and are always competing for who gets to drive. And I usually win.

Also, it''s been over 100 for a couple days now, and in the 90s for a while before that...and (wait - backstory: he always makes me coffee every morning while I''m getting ready for work, even though he doesn''t drink it! He just doesn''t take as long in the mornings, so he puts the coffee on for me) And now that it''s been so hot, he puts the coffee on FIRST THING, and then once it brews, stirs in sugar for me (so it will dissolve while it''s still hot), then puts it in the freezer so by the time I''m ready it''s nice and chilled! SO sweet and thoughtful.

 

[Lorelei]

He takes care of me and always makes me feel so wanted and adored.

 

[Eva17]

Great thread!

After 27 years together, he still makes me laugh. I love to smell him. I love to see him from a distance, when he doesn''t know I''m watching.

He is generous with foot rubs, and playing with my hair (which I love).
He LOVES to buy me jewelry.
He is a wonderful Dad.
I love when he makes coffe in the morn.
I love when he cleans up after i cook dinner.

 

[Angela1977]

I could make a list a mile long, literally. But this is my favorite.
We don''t live together, so right before he goes to bed, he calls me and says "I love you and if you need anything, call me!"
But when we sleep over

, he always holds me going to sleep and the last thing he says is "I love you, Angie. And you''re completely safe right now...all you have to do is roll over and I''m here".
I sleep so incredibly peacefully...I can''t wait until we get married.

 

[pea]

My bf is excellent at cheering me up. This is actually really silly, but if I''m grumpy or upset (and we *have* to be at home for him to do this, of course), he''ll strip naked and start dancing (he''s HORRIBLE at it) and it never fails to cause me to burst into laughter.

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Oh, I'm glad this came back up to the top: another thing that makes me smile: hearing the man I love and adore say how much I matter to him, what a gift and blessing I am, and then seeing him drop to his knee to ask me to be his support and best friend for life, as he does the same for me. Awww. Smiles, smiles. Tight cheeks. I love him so.

Also, knowing he was willing to foil his "ultimate plan" in order to doop me into a surprise. Oh, I was ticked BEFORE I knew there was another plan to follow. But now, it makes me smile. Lots.