When we're sitting next to each other, the way he casually rests his hand on me.
Also, the way he smiles at me when I haven't seen him in a bit.
Also, the generous way he laughs at my stupid jokes.
When I text him to tell him I'm coming home from work, he asks what kind of tea I'd like. He always times it so it's ready right as I walk in the door. I spend my whole drive home looking forward to that first cup
One time we were in the car at a red light and i looked over at him and saw he was already looking at me, and the way he was erased every insecurity i ever had in that moment. I still think back to it sometimes when i start to overthink things
Touches me every time she walks by, just to silently connect.
All of these examples are so freaking wonderful, I'm smiling going through all the replies. ☺️ For me, every day when I get home from work, my husband will call from the other side of the house "Is that my beautiful wife?" I have recently started asking back "Is that my handsome husband?" ☺️
I don't have a partner but I want to feel loved
I love you!
I love you
Sending u cyber love
When I get to his place he always stands up to hug me hello, no matter what he's doing.
The way she smiles at me when I hold our baby boy carries the warmth of a thousand suns and makes me feel complete.
Everything! Everything he does makes me feel loved!
Sending me pictures of cute dogs or butterflies while he's working at a job site. Asking how my day is. Buying me a sweet treat or tampons or coffee. Texting me good morning. Calling me randomly just to hear my voice for a few minutes.
When I work long hours, I can tend to forget to drink water, or anything, really. If he gets home and I’m still buried in paperwork, he’ll quietly bring me a water bottle of ice water. I get so caught up in what I’m doing that his gentle reminder to look after myself feels incredibly loving. It’s a small thing, but it means a lot.
Reading these comments, and yall got me giggling and kicking my feet in the air. I’m happy for yall! 🥰
I wish many more parts of the internet would carry this energy 🥰
He lights up and always greets me with a big smile, a hug, kisses, and my favorite: a “hey baby!”
He pays attention to every word I say. Even in passing and then will buy me something I mentioned I liked even when I forgot about it. And he puts up with my craziness.
Walking past me in the house he will give a small hug or a quick kiss. He will play with my hair or playfully grab my butt. Just little things that make me feel so loved!
When he takes care of me, when he cooks for me delicious hahaha, those acts of love are the ones I like the most apart from others!
when i’m angry - instead of matching my anger, he tells me everything will be okay and he holds me.
Remembers things I told him about in the past.
Head scritches
Every once in a while when he gets home from work before me and knows I’ve had a long day, he will pick out my pajamas, a blanket, and slippers and sit them on the couch for me. He normally doesn’t say anything or draw attention to it, it’s just there.
He always gives me bites of his food, even if it’s the last one and always shares his drink.
My cat will cuddle with me and purr contentedly.
We shower together every night, and sometimes he will just hug me in the shower and tell me he loves me and hold me for a good 30 seconds.
puts my phone on the charger overnight when i fall asleep before him💗
He checks on me during the day at work. He brings me flowers for special occasions, upon request, and sometimes for no reason. And he cleans the house better than I ever will.
He will gently rub my neck and shoulders while we're just sitting together watching TV, without me asking.
I’ll be in the kitchen making dinner/coffee/ doing the dishes or in the bathroom brushing my teeth and my wife will walk by and run her hand over the small of my back or sometimes give me a hug from behind. I feel very loved and happy. It’s not every day but it does help.
Asks for non-sexual pictures of me. Like “send me a kiss” or just anything random. As a man, idk… it feels good. Like, she really likes me.
Getting my hair brushed after a shower
no bcs my grandma used to say hair is one of the most intimate parts of our body and I shouldn't let other people touch my hair so easily. stumbling upon you saying this actually got me real soft... I hope my partner will be the type to do it as well for me just like yours 🥺
I think it’s a beautifully intimate act. You’re being taken care of like a little girl and that’s my favorite part.
Makes my coffee every single day. He knows I'm not a morning person. So thoughtful.
My water cup is never empty when he’s around, he knows how many cubes of ice I like as well. He always “shakes it up to make sure every sips cold”.❤️
Puckers for a kiss good bye in the morning when he’s asleep
He always seems to know exactly what to say when I need it. ❤️
He packs my lunch for me in the morning. It's just tossing a cold pack, a can of soup, and some snacks in my lunch bag, but it saves me time. He's also super careful about choosing the snacks. He knows I'm trying to eat healthier, so it's always fruit and some sort of protein like cheese or nuts. He also puts ice in my water bottle. I'm far too lazy to do that for myself.
After loving speeches from him about how attractive I am and how much he loves me, he will say "and you're ugly".
When he comes home from work, he will come in and give me a kiss while I'm sleeping and retuck me into bed
When I'm having a bad day he always brings something I enjoy eating home to help cheer me up
He randomly picks me up and rocks me for a minute. Our dog usually barks, so now when he puts her away for what seems like no reason I know I'm going to get picked up and I get so excited.
Scratch my head. Sometimes, it really is better than sex.
He kisses me and tells me he loves me every morning as he walks out the door for work.
Calls me beautiful and gorgeous everyday even when I don’t believe it myself
He gets a notification when my gas is low in my car and fills it up without me asking because he knows the gas station scares me and I don't want to go with my child in the car or by myself at night.
Hey OP. 49 year old married father of two. There is something that my wife does for me that - honestly - completes me: If I need 10 minutes of time alone, she will enable that without resentment, question or repercussions. It doesn’t sound much, but I am very easily overwhelmed by people and noise - this 10 minutes of peace - and the knowledge it’s given without resentment or conditions - gives me the strength I need to be a present and stable husband and father.
Very quickly adopts my shitty jokes/mannerisms and uses them without thinking lol
There was a period of time being single I just wanted someone whose hand I could hold while I drove. That does it for me. Holding my hand.
Saves me food from her work.
I work overnights and I'm usually pretty wiped out on the weekends. I sleep in every Sunday as it is my first day off after my night shifts. Every Sunday, he walks the dog to the gas station to get me a cold energy drink so it's waiting for me when I finally get up ❤️
When she rubs my head when we lie together. It is comfortable and just shows how loved I am. She always says how much she loves rubbing my head as we cuddle. It brings us closer like that.
Listens
Feel seen.
He works...willingly.
exactly!! i thank god every day for this one,,, i don't wanna be one of those people forcing their deadbeat to go to work. he takes himself, thank you very much.
Opens the door when I’m almost home!
Whenever he touches my hair. He will sometimes wash it when we shower together, runs his hands through it gently when we are cuddling, moves it out from my face when I’m crying or sick and tops it off with a forehead kiss.
I‘m a picky eater and when we go out for dinner and I want to try something new, he always orders my safe food for himself so that we can swap if I don’t like my meal.
He travels for work a lot and always leaves for the week while I’m at work. I always come home to one of his tshirts folded on my pillow since he knows I love the sleep in them.
Kiss me goodbye
As someone with a girlfriend I didn't expect the comments to make me sad
Right, I've been married for a very long time and reading this just made me a little sad because I honestly can't remember the last time my husband did something small for me that made me feel like this.
I'm not implying that's what you meant, just agreeing that I was shocked it made me sad too.
Pretty much exactly that. My relationship is relatively new, but I haven't gotten those small things in a while, and some of these things I was actually doing and got met with confusion or scorn for doing them. Just wish they actually made her happy.
Makes the bed.
He hides bottles of Coke around the house so that I get little surprise treats every now and again, or if I say I'm really jonesing for a Coke, he'll seemingly pull one out of thin air.
Every night he makes sure I have my water cup and in the morning, he cracks the curtains just enough to start waking me up ❤️ if I’m struggling to sleep and feeling restless, he massages my feet without me having to ask. He’s so attuned to me.
Shit just getting a text or call other wise I know nothing at all I don’t have nobody just for a guy to live to the “I’ll call you or text you” means everything anything else I know nothing
He apologises and tells me why he hasn't messaged in a while and it makes me feel so validated and important. Always puts me first before himself ❤️
We were in the Griffith Observatory for the first time. My wife joined a queue and had no idea what it was actually for but “we’re in the Observatory and if there’s a queue for tickets it will be something you’ll love” It was the show about the stars. Extra wife points for arranging pre-seating (I’m disabled) I married true gold 😍
He always gets me a bottle of water when we go to sleep and places it next to my side of the bed. He's doing this every night, no exception. He notices the small things I do in the apartment and even says thank you for them, because he doesn't want them to go unnoticed. When we take out the trash, he always lets me take paper while he takes residual waste because that's more nasty.
Every time I get home from work my girlfriend greats me at the back gate holding our dog both smiling and excited to see me, makes me so grateful everyday no matter how difficult work has been.
He calls me ‘Little one’ 🥰🥰🥰
I really love it because not only am I a (big) full grown woman who’s independent and strong willed, but I’m also in need of looking after from time to time.
He reminds of that.
He knows the first thing every morning I like to drink a cup of coffee. There’s always water, coffee and a mug ready for me - no matter where we are he makes it happen.
Waking me up with a blowjob
Something small huh?
For some people, this is 'something small'. I give my partner one every second day, to show him he is loved and appreciated for working hard. Some people enjoy it and see it as no big deal, some hate it. Each to their own.
sigh
Have you two been together long? How long has this been happening?
I should get out more.
Haha yes, we have been together many, many years now. We've been together since we were young and despite being in our 30s now I still make sure we make the time so he knows he is loved and appreciated.
Send me a hi every morning. Its small to you but means a lot to me.
When he clears the snow off my car before he goes into work so that I don’t have to when I go in.
If I’m showering and it’s cold in the house, my wife will put a towel in the dryer for about seven minutes so it’s nice and warm for me.
I’m easily startled and I don’t do well with loud noises. This man will always warn me right before he’s about to turn the blender on and rolls the windows up if he hears sirens. I never even asked him to do this.
that’s so very considerate! so happy for you 🧿🤭
Whenever we fall asleep, he instinctively reaches his hand to take mine. Even if he’s deep asleep and I come to bed later, he’ll always reach out.
She lets me see her semi-naked occasionally. Woah!
He always buys and stashes a spare box of tampons in his office, for in case I ever run out and find myself caught short. It seems minor, but it really makes me feel like he understands the struggles of being a woman and wants to make things easier where he can.
Whenever I am stuck at a level in goods matching game, he clears the level for me. Scalp massage whenever I have anxiety and it immediately relaxes me. Cooks my favorite food every Sunday
Always saves me the last sweet or line of chocolate in every packet ❤️
He lets me put my freezing cold feet on him when we're in bed so I can warm up. 🥰
buys me flowers when I'm having a bad week. and even though he doesn't make much money he still pays for my car when i break it and cant afford to fix it LOL
Has my coffee ready in the morning, always kisses me goodbye when he leaves in the morning and when he returns home. Opens the door for me when I pull in the driveway. Asks me if I need anything from the kitchen when he gets up. Calls before leaving work to see if I need anything. Brings me treats I like when he runs to the store. Sings to me when he plays the guitar. Washes the dishes and cleans the kitchen up so I don’t have to wake to it. The list goes on and on.
For the ladies that get sad reading these posts. My ex husband was a narcissist and never did a thing for me. I finally met my person in my late 40’s. He’s a winner.
Forehead kisses and always making me a coffee in the morning before work :)
Going on a decade or so ago my husband and I took some dumb buzzfeed quiz or something that asked "when are you most receptive to love?" I was being a little shit and said "every other Thursday at 2:45PM." He set a recurring alarm and he's told me he loved me every other Thursday at 2:45 for years and years.
This is beautiful and incredibly intimate between the two of you
What if he picked the wrong Thursday? What if it was always the other Thursday?
Death
this made me tear up, I hope your love towards each other only grows 🌻