- He talks for the dog so I can talk to the dog
- He’s smart
- He’s funny
- He gets up with the baby and lets me sleep
- He gets up with the dog and lets me sleep
- He gives great hugs
- He gives great backrubs
- He does the jobs I hate doing (like emptying the dishwasher and taking out the trash)
- He’s going to be a great Dad
- He asked my grandfather for his blessing before he proposed to me (which shows how much he understands me)
- He is utterly fascinated by my knitting
- He laughs at my bad puns
- He laughs even more at me laughing at my own bad puns
- He loves Sesame Street as much as I do (and didn’t object to inserting Bert and Ernie in our vows)
- He understands that sometimes I just need to be left alone
- He understands the things that are important in my life
- He believes that marriage is forever
- He believes that cheating on a person is the worst thing you can do to someone
- He has a maple leaf tattooed on his ankle (that matches the ones on my left shoulder blade)
- He listens to my rants and agrees with my point of view most of the time
- He challenges me when he doesn’t agree
- He prods me when he knows there’s something wrong
- He helped me make her
- He tells me I’m beautiful
- He thinks I’m too good for him
- He makes it easier to take risks
- He’s not afraid to embarrass himself
- He listens when I need to talk things out
- He has an amazing sense of direction
- He knows things I don’t know
- He accepts that I know things he doesn’t know
- He’s good at things I’m not good at
- He accepts that I’m good at things he’s not good at
- He holds me up when I’m falling down (literally and figuratively)
- He can sit quietly in a room with me while we both read or do work or just concentrate on other things
- He speaks his mind
- He lets me speak my mind
- He is as open-minded as I try to be
- He is my second set of hands
- He knows when he needs to worry about me
- He would go to the end of the earth to get me what I need
- He grabs my hand when we’re walking together and when we’re in the car
- He comes upstairs before he leaves for work and, whether I’m awake or not, he kisses my head, tells me to have a good day and says “puppy, take care of mommy.”
- He put an enormous amount of thought into my engagement ring
- He will dote on our daughter in ways I never imagined
- He has a nice family
- He likes my family
- He lets me be irrational
- He still calls me on it
- It hurts him to hurt me
by AEB on February 20, 2010