What about the little things?

What are the little every day things that your significant other does that make you feel special or loved?

Brendan is in Iraq and he manages to call me or send a lovely email every day, when not on a mission. Now, THAT'S special.

What are the little every day things that your significant other does that make you feel special or loved?

Gosh, there are many, but I think the one that always gets me is whenever I call him during the day (he is a salesman for a major building supply co and travels from job site to job site all day and is always mega busy) if I say, "hey can you do me a favor?" his answer is always without fail, "absolutely! whatever you want baby" it doesnt matter if it is pick up some milk, or come home to fix a flat on my car, he always does it, he always makes time.
Thats a really big deal to me, because I know his job is uber important to him and takes up a ton of his time...sometimes it is easy for me to feel like Im second fiddle, but when he does things like I mentioned, I realize that I do indeed, come first. :D

sometimes it is easy for me to feel like Im second fiddle, but when he does things like I mentioned, I realize that I do indeed, come first. :D

love the music metaphor...are you a musician?:D

love the music metaphor...are you a musician?:D

haha, no but most of my family, including my two eldest children are musicians. My daughter (20) is ending her sophomore year at music school and my son (17) will be heading off soon...one more year.

My hubby pays the bills (on time!!!), cleans up after himself, spends time just talking with me, asks "Is there anything I can do for you?", disciplines/loves my children, brings me flowers and chocolate for no reason other than to see me smile, calls to say "I love you" between flights, writes me love letters, sends me cute emails/texts, leaves to do lists for me cuz I forget, plays with my hair, etc. so on so forth.

Man I'm really lucky!:runnningaround:

For me, it's not what they can do for me, it's what I can do for them. One boyfriend I had loved letting me wash his hair. It was loving and tender and not a little erotic. We also read to each other. I absolutely loved doing that.

I think its just the genuine enthusiasm he has for me during every phone conversation or the way his face lights up when we see each other. He makes it impossible for me NOT to know how he feels, and that feels great to me.

I can't even begin to list all the sweet things my Husband does for me....

Among other things, he cooks dinner, washes the dishes, does the laundry, does the shopping, lets me sleep in EVERY Saturday, INSISTS on buying me jewellery and things I would NEVER ask for.....tells me he loves me everyday, snuggles with me every night......

He's just the best...

Every day I come home from work Joel always has made me a warm cup of tea or coffee. He has put out my orange fuzzy ducky-socks and some jammy pants and a huge T. He almost always push me down in a chair and then takes off my shoes.
I always get a text message on my cell phone that tells me that he loves me and he always want to know what I would like to have for dinner so that he can start it up before I come home...
During a day he always ask me (several of times) if there is something I want :yes: (I think that is how I gained 30+ after we got married :o

The way he listens to me when I talk. He REALLY listens to me, doesn't just pretend. And will respond and discuss anything, will listen to my point of view, disagree if he feels he should, but ALWAYS listens. And the way our marriage is his number 1 priority in his life. Various factors have tried to interfere with our relationship, and he absolutely puts his foot down and will NOT let anything interfere. Plus he LOVES being with me (I feel the same way), one of his favorite things to do is to crawl into bed at night and discuss the days event's, tease and laugh, and be loving and playful. WOW what a wonderful guy I have :D

I love it when he tells me he loves me and does silly things like kissing into the phone when I know he's got friends and others standing right next to him.

I love it when he's hanging with his friends, but he calls me and then involves me in that visit with his friends, via the phone, so that I'm known to them and they to me.

I love that he takes a genuine interest in the welfare of my kids.

I love it when he laughs, and when he makes me laugh.

I love it when he spontaneously comes out with something poetic and doesn't even realize it, or when he feels poetically inspired, he writes something about me.

I love it when he calls me even though he's so tired, he falls asleep in the middle of the conversation. Then when I hang up, and he wakes up later, he calls me back to tell me he loves me and he is sorry for falling asleep and wants to continue the conversation.

there are lots of things I love that he does :) Some are things that he's doing for other people, but that makes me love him even more as a person, and not just a romantic partner.

My sweetie cooks me dinner when he's here.

i LOVE WHEN i've had a long day at work and he asks me if i've eaten for the cos he's concerned. i love him!!!

I love when he listens to me go on and on about potential wedding stuff and how he and i picked out a wedding planner and how he's so involved in helping plan the wedding and how he wants it to be perfect Awwww.

I love when he says " i misss you so much " it makes me cry!

I've never been in a relationship where I felt so loved and a lot of that is because R is so demonstrative. He's generally sweet and romantic and sexy but there are some specific things that really make me feel like he cares.

If I get home first, he always comes in and kisses me and tells me he missed me. If he gets home first, he comes to the door and does the same thing. Soppy but sweet.

Nothing that I ask him is too much trouble - if we're on the third floor (very narrow Victorian house, do not be picturing a mansion) and I've left my glasses or anything on the ground floor, unfailingly, he will insist on getting whatever it is for me.

And I can't explain why, but this is my favourite: he calls me stupid names that make me laugh out loud - for ages it was "Jackson" (my name is Jackie), currently it's "Babygirl", said with lots of irony but tons of affection.

I dunno, the boy cracks me up and a man who can make me laugh has always been my big weakness.

I love how, when he was here for a while, Rob would have a cup of tea made for me when I got home. I also just loooove how affectionate he is, every day, all day. That really makes me feel special.

He has a knack for presenting my daughter's point of view as well, an angle that many times I have not thought of, whether or not it's a frustration point, or just me musing about how to go about something or what to do. He just comes in with a suggestion, and just about every time he's been right. He also mails her strawberry bon bons from England, she loves it! (round powdery jawbreaker sized semi hard candies that are creamy as they melt.....mmmmmn)

Also, he mails me mixed cd's of things he's just listened to and thinks I'd like, and I always do!

But my favorite thing has to be how we pick up our pints at the same time, take a sip, and put them down in unison. then we realize it's just happened again, lol!! ;)

He text messages me the most incredible, romantic messages all of the time. But never to the point where they are too sappy or desparate.

He calls me when he's stopping at the store and asks if I want anything.

He looks at me with the most incredible "bedroom eyes" when we are making love. I feel like the most beautiful, desireable woman in the world. I've never had a man look at me that way.

He always kisses me goodbye and hello and says I love you.

He disciplines my kids. Because of my history with them, I have a hard time doing it and he'll take the heat and play bad cop.

He snuggles up and "spoons" when we are sleeping.

After 2 years 8 months he still baby-talks to me and it's still cute.

He usually lets me pick the movie or DVD.

He'll watch romantic comedies with me (but I usually have to suffer thru a horror flick, so it's even, LOL)

We disagree and get crabby with each other but we never fight. He never yells at me.

He takes care of the baby. This morning he got up with her and let me sleep an extra hour.

Sigh...I could go on and on!! :D

I love how, when he was here for a while, Rob would have a cup of tea made for me when I got home. I also just loooove how affectionate he is, every day, all day. That really makes me feel special.

Gotta say it - when an Englishman has tea waiting for you, he really likes you.

I love this sort of thing...It's nice to just sit back and think about the good things once in a while.

My boyfriend is very physically affectionate, which really wasn't something I was used to. He stops and gives me little kisses all the time-while Im doing dishes or cooking or on the computer. He tells me he loves me probably at least 5 times a day if not more. He asks me most every night if I need help making dinner..or doing laundry or whatever.

When I come to bed at night, which is several hours after he goes to bed..he always wakes up enough to make sure I have enough blanket, etc and to give me a hug.

He runs endless errands in regards to my children..dropping them at practices, school activities..etc etc.

I don't know what I'd do without him! :)

We both each work on our own vehicles, and the other day I mentioned wishing I had a pair of coveralls so I wouldn't get dirty when I was elbow deep in engine gunk, and he brings me down a pair of his that were too small. Ok, and I did this weird thing where I smelled them, and said, "oh sweet! They smell like you!!" Lol....and he cooks. Better than I do, and does most of the cooking. I do everything else around the house, but the cooking is his thing. And he knows I like boiled eggs, so the other day he boiled a whole pan full. It's mostly little things.

I'm pretty easy to please...I don't ask for much...
but what I like most...

is the way he looks at me...what his eyes say when he looks at me...
there is nothing better or more important than that to me...

but here are a few extras...

the way he tells me he loves me...and calls me his baby....anywhere...anytime

the way he hugs me...and kisses me...every so often...and for no reason except that he wants too...I don't have to ask...

the way he cuddles with me while we are sleeping....whenever I roll over...he's right there....holding me...(and vice versa)

whenever I leave for work in the morning before him.....he tells me he loves me....and says to me...."kisses"...my signal to give him some smooches before I go....and I say "of course"

he's very sweet....tender...affectionate...and warm...
I couldn't ask for anything more....

and I often wonder how things will be while he is away....
how hard it will be for me to not have these daily reminders of his love...
:(

How about the fact that yesterday he booked a flight to come see me on Friday... That couldn't have been cheap, and for someone who doesn't have a job, it's gotta be love!