Have you been married at least 15 years?

My DH is wonderful and we've been married over 35 years. He's always let me be me in terms of pursuing my career goals and he was a very involved Dad even though he had a very high flying career. He devoted his weekend to our kids until they were in their teens and now he is a devoted grandfather. He is now retired and we spend a lot of time together traveling the world. He had an incredibly successful career and created a lot of wealth but I never felt he put his job ahead of me or our children. We still have a very active love life even though he once said that hopping in bed with a grandmother was never on his bucket list.

Anonymous wrote:I bet that if your bears had been given away, your DH would've caught hell from you.

OP here. No, I would not. I looked myself and even if I didn't he had no obligation to look at all.
The fact that I didn't find the bear when I looked myself is on me. I would have been very sad to lose my bear, but not everything in life is someone else's fault. In fact most of the time it is no one's, and sometimes is mine. There are few easier ways to poison a relationship than to blame someone wrongly for something.

And as for the PP who wants to mock me for my teddy bears, yes it is silly, but we all have our sentimental objects. Other than keeping the bears clean, I don't know why keeping a bear my grandmother gave me is any less a good reminder of her than a beautiful plate or something from her home.

Love the stories of other great DHs (and tell some about DWs too)!

My DH went down to the basement to decompress and watch some television before bedtime. Then I heard him talking really loudly. I figured he was catching up with his brother or sister.

Then I heard him say, "I knew I wanted to marry my wife within six months of knowing her. And she still lights me up inside."

A bit later he came upstairs and said, "I was just talking to Larlo (old friend from home). He really needs to get his act together and find someone better."

I didn't mean to overhear any of his conversation, but for the part I did overhear, it gave me tingles.

a grown woman still hanging on to her teddy bears?

I love your post OP! It's nice to appreciate our DHs! I'll keep it going...

This morning, I was dropping my DD off to her grandparents' house for their mini vacation. I put her luggage by the stairs but realized after I'd already left home that I forgot to grab it. I turned around in the back seat and saw her luggage there! DH had put it in my car the night before. I was very thankful!

Yeah, I keep seeing the “this forum makes me glad I’m single” headline and think “this forum makes me want to f*** my husband” because man there are some sad and messed up people/marriages out there. We are nowhere near perfect and each have our moments of anger and resentment but man, we do actually like and respect each other and try our best to be kind.

So sweet! Love to read positive stories like this one.

Anonymous wrote:OP my husband is great too I like these positive polls. When our second kid was born he noticed I was getting really overwhelmed with the house so took on 100% of laundry duties. Totally spontaneous, just because he realized I was struggling. Maybe he should have done it earlier but it made me love him even more. We do things to make the other person happy a lot and it makes our marriage a really joyful thing.

You've really set the bar low. I would think that most husbands would do this...and more.

I am a truly awesome husband!

I bet that if your bears had been given away, your DH would've caught hell from you.

OP my husband is great too I like these positive polls. When our second kid was born he noticed I was getting really overwhelmed with the house so took on 100% of laundry duties. Totally spontaneous, just because he realized I was struggling. Maybe he should have done it earlier but it made me love him even more. We do things to make the other person happy a lot and it makes our marriage a really joyful thing.

Nice to read this!

When in the future he does something to piss you off, OP, remember how considerate he was and give him a pass.

There are always complaints on here about spouses, and I've done it too, so here's something nice. Warning : first world problem story ahead.

Our nanny was cleaning out old toys. Before she gave them away I checked to see if there was anything sentimental and didn't see anything and told DH and the nanny all fine to give away. Unbeknownst to me, my husband rechecked all the bags and in them found my beloved favorite teddy bear from my youth. I thought it was in my kids' rooms. Anyhow DH doesn't have any favorite toys or anything that he would be searching for, so he was going through for me. He rescued my bear (which was a gift from my grandmother) and then after finding it, went and found my other 2 beloved bears from childhood safe in my kids' rooms to make sure all was accounted for and texted me a picture of them.

It isn't a life threatening thing, but that is exactly the point -- he didn't need to do all that. Yes, I should have double checked myself for these silly toys, yes you can mock me for having my nanny clean out the toys and not me (I WOTH 60 hrs/week or so as a medical researcher), but DH went above and beyond in this gesture that leaves me profoundly grateful. That is all.