BandAide
02-19-2005, 10:58 AM
This thread is meant for each of us to express, out loud, why we appreciate whoever it is we appreciate.
The idea was inspired by a visit I had with a close friend the other night. Her husband came home and was being grumpy and generally very inconsiderate of her. I mean, he's a nice guy. He wasn't being abusive or anything... just sort of a butthead. Maybe he had a tough day... who knows?
But, it got me thinking that my husband has never treated me that way. I can't imagine my husband treating me that way.
And so he is the person I celebrate in this thread.
I appreciate my husband because:
-He has never told me "No." Whether it be a favor I ask, an errand I want him to run, a backrub I need, or a diaper to change, he has never said "No" or given me an attitude about it. And I mean, NOT ONCE! NEVER.
-I gained 73 pounds in my pregnancy, which made me really, really, really fat and he still treated me affectionately and regularly told me I looked beautiful.
-When losing this weight, he bought me an ipod to listen to when I took the baby for walks and had it engraved to say "mommy extraordinaire" on the back.
-He writes awesome songs about me and sings them at shows with his band while making eye contact with me and all the girls around us dance and smile at me.
-He makes the bed... poorly... but he makes it.
-He hangs the paintings I make him up at work.
-He does the laundry.
-He always stays calm when in the face of me totally losing my cool.
-He is the funniest person EVER.
-When we get in the car he always asks if there is something I want to listen to before putting something on.
-He likes having our friends over.
-He put beer on top of our garbage cans for the garbage men to show our appreciation.
-When he disagrees with someone he says, "no, man." I think it's so cute.
-He always tells me that I look nice when I am wearing a turtle neck sweater or my bangs are drastically swooped across my forehead in a 1940's movie star way.
-The first thing he does when he gets up is put on his wedding ring.
And on and on and on and on....
The idea was inspired by a visit I had with a close friend the other night. Her husband came home and was being grumpy and generally very inconsiderate of her. I mean, he's a nice guy. He wasn't being abusive or anything... just sort of a butthead. Maybe he had a tough day... who knows?
But, it got me thinking that my husband has never treated me that way. I can't imagine my husband treating me that way.
And so he is the person I celebrate in this thread.
I appreciate my husband because:
-He has never told me "No." Whether it be a favor I ask, an errand I want him to run, a backrub I need, or a diaper to change, he has never said "No" or given me an attitude about it. And I mean, NOT ONCE! NEVER.
-I gained 73 pounds in my pregnancy, which made me really, really, really fat and he still treated me affectionately and regularly told me I looked beautiful.
-When losing this weight, he bought me an ipod to listen to when I took the baby for walks and had it engraved to say "mommy extraordinaire" on the back.
-He writes awesome songs about me and sings them at shows with his band while making eye contact with me and all the girls around us dance and smile at me.
-He makes the bed... poorly... but he makes it.
-He hangs the paintings I make him up at work.
-He does the laundry.
-He always stays calm when in the face of me totally losing my cool.
-He is the funniest person EVER.
-When we get in the car he always asks if there is something I want to listen to before putting something on.
-He likes having our friends over.
-He put beer on top of our garbage cans for the garbage men to show our appreciation.
-When he disagrees with someone he says, "no, man." I think it's so cute.
-He always tells me that I look nice when I am wearing a turtle neck sweater or my bangs are drastically swooped across my forehead in a 1940's movie star way.
-The first thing he does when he gets up is put on his wedding ring.
And on and on and on and on....