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[quote=Anonymous]My husband:

Pros
- High earning potential but currently a GS-15
- Intelligent, educated, well regarded in his field
- Good work ethic, rarely wastes any time
- 1000+ hobbies, skilled musician, athlete, programmer, woodworker
- Amazing father, unbelievably devoted to our kids 
- Conventionally attractive, in good shape
- Cooks (but mostly very basic things)
- Invested in the community, volunteers, helps out elderly neighbors, generally just a good person
- Voracious reader
- Reliable, supportive, loving
- Very family oriented 
- High libido, generous in bed

Cons
- Does chores when asked but takes little initiative to do them on his own
- Messy, not especially bothered by clutter around the house
- Bad at giving gifts (except to his kids)
- Avoids difficult conversations, not good at discussing emotions
- Needs 8+ hours of quality sleep each night or else he's a mess
- Over schedules everything (e.g. commits to 4 different activities on Saturday and is surprised when our young kids are burned out; if I don't block off my events weeks in advance he has usually already scheduled something)
- Weaponized incompetence in certain areas (mostly chores), i.e. pretends he doesn't know how to properly make a bed or load a dishwasher
- Obnoxious when drunk.  Not abusive or dangerous but just...annoying.  Drinking is mostly under control but he does get too drunk ~1 a year.  Otherwise he has 2-3 beers regularly on weekends or in social situations, I typically have to remind him not to overdo it. 
- Bad taste in movies 
- Not interested in finances (I manage everything), but naturally pretty frugal
- Not especially romantic, sort of de-prioritized our relationship after we had kids 
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