Why my husband mustn't leave me!

KatyK Reading this post and another post were you are describing your husband, I would like to say that when you finish with him, could I please have him He sounds so lovely x

I call him Mr Fixit- he always seems to sort out all the problems with his logical approach. Plus when we had a killer cat he was mouse catcher extrordinaire !! No more cats now though!!

Love this kittylister good post

My husband does the hoovering cleaning gets rid of creepy things generally looks after me. I do cooking washing ironing so it's fairly balanced. I love him to bits after over 40 years he's a star x

Mmmh - but you can do all these things if you have to - I was taught to rewire plugs, fix fuses, change the tyre on the car and decorate before I left home (and thanks to my Uncle Dick I could also use a blow lamp and solder/flux to mend a leaking joint on a water pipe!) Having been a widow for 19 years what I miss most is having someone to talk to about the mundane things in life - my daughter doesn't do chatting - and someone to sit on the sofa with in the evenings just enjoying the peace and quiet. I can deal with spiders, cat presents and repairs/decorating!

he puts hens away - and lets them out in morning - they are his hens - I just use the eggs
He puts all rubbish out each week - its his night out
He moves the pots in garden for me - hangs baskets up - mows the lawns - I make it beautiful
he carries spiders out - I just splat them
he packs the shopping and carries to car - I do the important bit - the buying
I smoke on the porch as he doesnt like it - he is sooo lucky to have me

inishowen you have just reminded me of another area where I am hopeless and DH is very astute. He has made some very wise investments over the years high have put us where we are today and I wouldn't have had a clue!

'Which' not high!

Yeah loving this post too. Perhaps it's good to make those of us who feel we have a good husband/partner appreciate everything, aside from the practical aspects. My husband always goes the extra mile for me without being asked, for example, have had to have some root canal treatment lately, came with me sat in the waiting room. Always tells me he thinks I look nice, even if I don't think so, calms me down when I am anxious, he is a good listener and conversationalist, kisses me goodbye when ever he goes out, is very affectionate. I hope I reciprocate. Kids aside whenever I reflect on the people who I feel lucky to have had in my life it would be my husband and my mother, I couldn't have asked for better ones.

sarahellenwhitney, I started this thread with my tongue firmly in cheek and the first few posters 'got' that.

It has, however, taken a slight turn for the serious so I will announce to the world GN that I love my husband dearly.

He makes the best cup of tea (((ever )))
He makes the Christmas cake every year, and enjoys doing so.
He is kind to animals.
He would do anything for me and offer's me a cup of tea in bed, every morning though I don't take him up on it, it's nice to be asked XX
and that's just the few I can think of XX

My DH's 'hobby' since he retired is to save us money! He trawls the internet for the best deal on anything we buy and changes energy supplier regularly. I could do it but I can't be bothered.
He also does anything to do with the car, including putting the fuel in it, because I find the smell of petrol or diesel nauseating.
He is also very useful to warm my feet on in bed when the nights get chilly!

The only thing I have been unable to cope with since being widowed is cats bringing slow worms into the house. I can deal with all the other things. Luckily, I have wonderful neighbours who will come around and take them back out into the garden. ( the slow worms, that is, not the cats)

He pays for everything and is quite nice to have around now that he's retired.
He puts the rubbish out.
He cuts the grass.
He does all the paper work, bills etc.,
He cooks frequently for both of us.
He deals initially with builders, workmen but I'm the one to speak up if we're not happy with the way the jobs been done.
He does all the long distance driving.
I do the plants, pots etc.,
I walk the dog.
I do all the ironing as I quite enjoy doing it.
I do some house work, have nice ladies who come in every other week?‍??‍??‍?
I am not afraid of mice, we get the odd one, old house.
I do not kill slugs or anything else in the garden.
I keep the social diary.
We share and it works for us and I'm happy.
I am not a person who could ever have waited on a man. When I met my husband he was the one who could cook, I couldn't.
He has spoilt me and I have been a very lucky girl.
I wouldn't change him for anything, who would do all that paper work?.

mcem I spent 22 years married to a person who for last 8 years continually put me down and told me would not manage without him, Then he cheated on me so I threw him out and found when I tried I was perfectly able to wall paper. He called around about 10 months after we divorced to collect son and asked who I had got to wallpaper for me. I felt so proud to be able to say I had done it myself and the look of surprise on his face was worth all the effort it took to learn to do it. He later asked my son if I had really done it or got someone in so clearly he did not believe me.

I would have to scratch my own back, mix my own gin and tonics or clean plug holes (yuk!).
Charlie brings mice in at night and delivers them to us in bed ...

I truly think of one thing. Rather embarrassing to admit to this.

Re: live mice. I use a fishing net for live ones & run outside doing a sort of lacrosse move with the stick & chuck it as far as I can into the undergrowth.
Dead ones - almost worse (makes no sense to find them more disturbing dead than alive) but thick rubber gloves, dustpan & brush.

It's odd isn't it that although I always thought that I was feminist, when I looked at who does what in our house, we seem to have divided most of the chores into traditional "male" and "female" tasks! Works for us! However I can do most of "his" tasks and he could no doubt do do most of "mine". However I know he would never bother to replace a button and I'd probably never put oil in the car! I always get a cup of tea in bed in the morning so that's a good reason for keeping him! Plus we love each other of course!I
ncidentally, I realise that somewhere along the way I have lost my fear of spiders, once the one thing I could not deal with! How did that happen?

Dear God can i please have a loan of so many peoples' hubbies...?! Mine takes the bins out...because I have assigned him this one job in the house and i nag him when he tries to slide out of it. He works full time, I am at home, so the home jobs are mine. At weekends he always offers to wash up, and sometimes I take him up on his offer as a treat. He is totally useless around the house, cannot even change a plug, and learned all he knows from his father! Anything which might be considered scary is by default also my job, as he squeals like a girl and stands paralysed with terror until I come and deal with whatever it is (spider, slug in the garden, crane fly, moth, wasp, etc etc). I must really love him, cos he's a poorly-paid and put-upon Civil Servant not some highly-paid CEO, so can't buy his way into my good graces!

My DH is good for
Politely seeing off Jehovas Witnesses
Sorting out my computer when it crashes
Getting Netflix back when the spinning thing on the screen refuses to budge
Going to the cash machine for cash
Cooking a delicious meal when I decide I can't be bothered

He gives me hugs when I need one
Sees to getting rid of spiders and any other
Comes shopping with me to carry heavy bags
Does all diy and helps with housework
Is one of the good ones
Drives me mad at times but I wouldn't swap him

I quite like mice, but for hygene reasons don’t want them in the house, we used to have a lot, simply because the cats brought them in to play with, and then lost them as they vanished under the cooker or fridge.So much for keeping cats!

Hilly yes, ditto for my DH.

Meant to say I can't think of one thing!!

That rather puts a different light on what you said, teddy.