Reasons you stay with your SO

[macmars45]

He vacuums 100% of the time because I hate it, cleans the table up after most meals, cleans the bathtub (which we both hate) 80% of the time, makes me laugh & smile all.the.time, tells me he loves me & I'm beautiful every.single.day.

He also runs to the store late at night/if I forgot something/if I don't feel well etc. This past September when H had surgery and was laid up unable to walk etc and I was sick as a dog I thought we were both going to die... or at least I was. 

[Deleted]

I put this in the randoms:

In the past 96 hours, Mr Cville has built a workbench for his woodworking, baked cookies, built a computer from parts, let me go back to sleep at 7 when O woke up, and done the grocery shopping.

[fuckyourcouch]

He is quite funny.
He knows how to handle my crazy. He's good at it.
He kills spiders. He does monthly maintenance to keep them out.
He cleans the toilets because I hate doing it. He takes the trash out because I'm afraid of trash area spiders.

Most importantly I was not annoyed with him within a week and wanted to dump him. Lol

[spellingbea]

He gets shit done. He doesn't have to be asked and he doesn't do it to score points, he just does what needs to be done around the house.

He goes to Target on his lunch break to shop for DD. The location close to his job has a better selection of clearance baby clothes--he brought home Christmas jammies for her a couple of days ago. It's pretty cute to see him come home with a bag of stuff and watch him go through it with DD.

[RoxMonster]

He volunteers to take out the garbage and clean up the dog crap in the yard.

[mx27]

he's the best!

seriously, he is.

great thread!

[Deleted]

He did all the Xmas wrapping.

[Deleted]

Dec 21, 2013 11:53:07 GMT -5 mofongo said:

He pulled out a lodged Diva Cup - I WIN. lol

He does win lol.

[Deleted]

Dec 21, 2013 11:53:07 GMT -5 mofongo said:

He pulled out a lodged Diva Cup - I WIN. lol

He does win lol.

[studytime45]

Dec 21, 2013 11:53:07 GMT -5 mofongo said:

He pulled out a lodged Diva Cup - I WIN. lol

     real laughing tears

[mrsukyankee]

He is an amazing cook, he makes sure that he hugs and kisses me every single day, he gets all 'gooey' about dogs and he allowed me to quit my job to try something new.

[CurlyQ284]

He balances me out. He is so calm all the time (I joke that he's a robot with no emotions). He's even keeled. I'm high strung and dramatic. When I'm having a freakout, he can usually bring me back down to earth.

Plus his face whenever he sees DS.

[Deleted]

.

[VeryViolet]

He loves me not in spite of the fact that I am crazy but I think because of it. Also, he can always make me laugh. Oh and even when I was hugely pregnant or if I haven't showered he humps me when I am in the kitchen or laying on the couch. If that isn't love I don't know what is.

[sharknado]

Nothing

[eb777888]

Dec 21, 2013 11:53:07 GMT -5 mofongo said:

He pulled out a lodged Diva Cup - I WIN. lol

[starlily]

He changes every poopy diaper when we're both home.

He always finds a way to make me laugh even in the worst & most stressful situations.

He knows how to fix things. Yesterday the splash guard on my car lost a screw and was dragging on the asphalt. My plan would have been to get a tow from AAA. Instead, H meet me at work, found a tiny piece of gift wrap ribbon in the car, and tied up the splash guard to get me home sooner. Total MacGyver.

[pantsparty]

He's fun, he has a good heart, he's ambitious, and he has the same goofy sense of humor as me, and the same taste in music.

[twodogsandababy]

Because we talk for the dogs. We have made up whole lives for them, from jobs to personalities. They used to own a construction company, but it went under because they weren't the most reputable company and ripped people off. They've learned their lesson, although, they do depend on us for help since they've fallen on some hard times and can't support themselves. The older one is now retired and the younger one is "between careers" right now. When H is deployed, the lack of dog conversations is definitely one of the biggest things I miss.

ETA: Also, I am pretty neurotic, and he generally just goes with it instead of trying to rationalize with me.  Makes life easier for all of us.  No one else would put up with this amount of "particularity"

[sparkythelawyer]

He knows how to change the clock in my car.

[amberlyrose]

Dec 21, 2013 11:53:07 GMT -5 mofongo said:

He pulled out a lodged Diva Cup - I WIN. lol

DH had to pull my nuvaring out once but I'm not sure he'd go for a diva cup! Unless I said that I was going to the ER and need spend money to have someone else do it.. Hmm.

You still win, though!!

[poppyseed]

He cleans and does all of his own laundry (stinky work stuff).

He is awesome with our daughter.

He loves me a lot.

He is weird and hilarious.

Today he is taking DD out for the afternoon so I can do what I want to do.

He's good in bed.

[elleblue]

He cooks 99% of the time - and actually enjoys it. He indulges my desire to watch *all the Christmas movies ever* at this time of year. He spoils me rotten. He makes me laugh. He's my best friend. 

[justcallmekhaleesi]

He makes me coffee and brings it to me in bed before he goes to work.

[hungrycaterpillar]

There are so so so many reasons, but really most of it has to do with how supportive he has been with my schooling. Though he finished with his degree long ago, he encouraged me to pursue my ambitions while he has waited patiently and supported me every step of the way. We met when I was 18 so he has stood by through undergrad and now through my doctorate. That's over 15 sets of midterms and finals - the man is truly a saint.

[BunnyMacDougal]

Random acts of miraculous timing/helpfulness.  
"Dinner will be here in 45 or less" will be a text message when he knows I'm on my way home and don't know what I'm making.  Uncanny how he can sense these things.

or...

in response to "Have you seen my phone?  Can I use yours to call it?  It probably won't ring because it was close to dead..."  He'll say, "It's right over here on the charger."  b/c he'd put it there an hour ago.


or...

"Knew you were planning to go for a run sometime today, your iPod now has that song you were singing last night downloaded it.  Enjoy!"

[Deleted]

Financial, because we are both family oriented, & don't want our son to grow up in a divorced home ( that would struggle financially. )

If I won the lottery I would give him half & we would be over

[mcfelix]

Awww this thread is great!

DH does a lot of amazing this for me - but the latest is that he cleans my hair out of the shower drain. With my postpartum hair loss, it's pretty awful!

He also makes me laugh all the time, is so incredibly supportive... I could go on forever. He's the best

[aussiecrush]

There isn't anyone he can't do a good impression of. He is the most encouraging force in my life. He knows what the PMS store list is (chocolate, alcohol, tampons with a large fry and coke from McDonalds) and stops without being asked to pick it up. He's creative in bed.

[shostakovich]

I was lamenting feeling cruddy, and he sent me this (plus a bunch of other ones):