Do you greet your husband at the door?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, in a sheer nightie holding a martini for him. Doesn’t everyone do this?

I pinch my cheeks to add some color to my face first.

+ 2, with a lip glossed smile

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it bad to greet your spouse when they return home? Aren't you happy to see each other? When my kids were little and I was sah, I met him at the door and handed him a kid, which he happily received. Now that were older and I am home first, I meet him and help him get settled in. He's a good dh and I am glad to see him.

I just honestly don't know what this means. Do you wait by the door, or is he always home at the same time? Does help him get settled in mean you take his coat?

I have a great husband and I'm glad to see him, but I don't understand what you think you're doing differently than people who say hi and kiss when someone gets home. It seems both vague and very important to you.

He usually has his lunch bag, laptop and, sometimes, groceries. I help him by taking some of those things and putting them away. He changes his clothes and finishes work related details while I cook dinner. He has a stressful job, so I help him "settle in" by making a relaxing atmosphere at home. I am home 2 hours before him, so it's no trouble. The kitchen has a window and I see him arrive. I do not wait by the door, but if I see him pull up, I open the door for him. I wasn't saying I do anything different, just that I'm happy to see him each evening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it bad to greet your spouse when they return home? Aren't you happy to see each other? When my kids were little and I was sah, I met him at the door and handed him a kid, which he happily received. Now that were older and I am home first, I meet him and help him get settled in. He's a good dh and I am glad to see him.

I just honestly don't know what this means. Do you wait by the door, or is he always home at the same time? Does help him get settled in mean you take his coat?

I have a great husband and I'm glad to see him, but I don't understand what you think you're doing differently than people who say hi and kiss when someone gets home. It seems both vague and very important to you.

He usually has his lunch bag, laptop and, sometimes, groceries. I help him by taking some of those things and putting them away. He changes his clothes and finishes work related details while I cook dinner. He has a stressful job, so I help him "settle in" by making a relaxing atmosphere at home. I am home 2 hours before him, so it's no trouble. The kitchen has a window and I see him arrive. I do not wait by the door, but if I see him pull up, I open the door for him. I wasn't saying I do anything different, just that I'm happy to see him each evening.

DP. Normal and loving behavior, a house you want to come home to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, in a sheer nightie holding a martini for him. Doesn’t everyone do this?

I pinch my cheeks to add some color to my face first.

+ 2, with a lip glossed smile

+ 3, holding handcuffs or other toy

[Anonymous]

No, but I send the kids out and they walk in with him, telling him about their day. I am usually in the kitchen, making dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, in a sheer nightie holding a martini for him. Doesn’t everyone do this?

I pinch my cheeks to add some color to my face first.

+ 2, with a lip glossed smile

+ 3, holding handcuffs or other toy

+ 4, with a ham sammich in the other hand

[Anonymous]

We greet each other. Whomever is home starts dinner, then prepares coffee, tea, wine or cocktail for the other.

I also greet my teens when they walk in if they've been gone all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never, and I can't tell if the women who claim to give their husbands a hug and kiss are newlyweds or trolls

I think OP is ridiculous but whenever DH gets home we somehow find each other to say hello and kiss and hug. Not greeting each other at the door necessarily and not the weird housewife thing that I think OP is rooting for but just a greeting. We're both pretty tactile people and touching keeps us connected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never, and I can't tell if the women who claim to give their husbands a hug and kiss are newlyweds or trolls

I think OP is ridiculous but whenever DH gets home we somehow find each other to say hello and kiss and hug. Not greeting each other at the door necessarily and not the weird housewife thing that I think OP is rooting for but just a greeting. We're both pretty tactile people and touching keeps us connected.

+1 We don't sprint toward each other through a meadow of wildflowers or anything, but the first time we're in arms reach after being apart we give a hug and a kiss. I hang up my own purse and he puts down his own bag, though, so we're probably actually miserable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. But my husband greets me at the door 4 days a week as he's getting plates on the table and supervising the 3 year old he picked up from daycare after work. Sometimes he's in the middle of sorting laundry or chopping something for dinner already. He helps me hang up my purse and put away the laptop bag too.

Why on earth do you need help hanging up your purse?

Lol I don't need the help. He just takes it and hangs it on the hall hook while I take off shoes and get run hugged by the kid.

[Anonymous]

Once or twice a year if the kids aren't around my wife will greet me at the door with her stiletto heels on and a martini- We have little kids and they are always around so I look forward to it all year.

[Anonymous]

Some of you are miserable. There is a huge difference from being a 50s housewife, and having a nice (mutual) greeting when your spouse comes home.

[Anonymous]

I’m divorced, but I think it would have made my ex feel smothered if I was waiting at the door.

[Anonymous]

I have a dog for that.

And I come home later than DH does. DH makes dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you are miserable. There is a huge difference from being a 50s housewife, and having a nice (mutual) greeting when your spouse comes home.

Exactly.