How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

Awww, love topics like this :-)

I'm 32 weeks pregnant and starting to feel it, but he lets me take the sofa of an evening to spread out. He even sits on the floor some nights to ensure he can still give bump a cuddle and have a chat with her.

He does 90% of the running around with our 1 year old as I struggle to keep up these days and he won't let me get up in the night with him and I need my sleep :-)

Its a mixture of being the best daddy ever and the most awesome partner :-)

And today's his birthday so I can spoil him rotten!!

He never complains when I wake him up with my nightmares, he just soothes me and talks to me until I can sleep again.

He makes me laugh every single day. Proper belly laughs.

He moved in with me and my Mum to help me care for her and so that we could live together.

He tells me several times a day that I am beautiful, that I am sexy and that he loves me.

He always finds a compromise when we don't want the same thing, rather than fight his corner.

He never gets mad at me even when I am throwing a huge strop/tantrum over something.

He is not perfect, but he is perfect for me.

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He lets me be me

He doesn't even see my flaws (which are a big deal to me) and tells me I am beautiful

He makes me laugh

He will always back me up, no matter what

He is kind, generous and caring (but don't him I told you that lol)

He always look after me (even holding my hair while I literally throw up the gutter, classy I know!)

He will always defend me (including trying to storm in to my office and have a show down with one of the bosses when he made me cry (fortunately managed to stop him)

He doesn't do big romantic gestures and will never buy me flowers but he will buy me little surprises like my favourite bubble bath

He makes me feel better about myself

Basically, he's just amazing

He looked after me so well when we were expecting our first baby

He shed a tear when he was born

We have so much in common...

...and the same attitude to life

He has a gorgeous smile

We never hold a grudge against each other

We trust each other completely

There are a million reasons. Actually for a another wedding present for him, I was going to buy a handmade leather journal, and over the next 2 years, just fill it with reasons why I love him. So that when I p*ss him off, he can have a good read Haha!

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Just have to add another reason!

Because when we ordered just ordered his suit, we have an option of having a monogram message of specially designed for ... and he said to put her as the name for me. Cue more tears!

Awww, I just love so bloody much.

When we first met I was separated but still living with my ex. Most men would have run a mile but he didnt bat an eyelid.

He helped me move out,even though it involved meeting my ex and our 2 daughters.

He has always been amazing with my girls and never once gave the impression that they are anything less than family

Both daughters have had some pretty serious emotional problems over the past 3 years and he has been amazing through it all

I was made redundant just before he was due to move In with me....he was an absolute rock.

He held my hand throughout the home birth of our son...even when I dug my nails in so hard I made him bleed

He doesn't drink yet always thinks to buy me wine if im stressed

He cooks,cleans and irons

He supports Spurs

He is bloody gorgeous

He makes me laugh

he makes me smile

he makes me happy

he makes sure to give me a kiss and cuddle everyday before work

he is an amazing dad to my daughter and he treats her like she is his own and has helped me to raise her since she was 2 years old she is now 7

he loves for me despite the fact I've put a bit of weight on since we met

he tells me he loves me everyday

I trust him

He has helped me to move on from my last relationship which was abusive

He takes care of me and is always here for me whenever I need him.

Overall I love him more than anything and he is my best friend

My OH and I met while I was studying away from home, but he stuck with me for 3 years despite being hundreds of miles apart!

He didn't freak out when I told him I loved him 3 months in...

He has done nothing but support me throughout uni, and especially when I decided I was going to do a PhD, which meant no money (well very little), no house, no wedding, no kids for another 3 years...

He knows how to talk me down when I've had a bad day at uni and want to give it all up...

He has unwaveringly supported me through my continuing ill health - he never complains if I am having a bad day and can do nothing but lie and sleep, he will happily do the housework and whatever else needs done as he knows how much worse it will make me...

He doesn't complain that we don't have sex very often - he may not understand that even the pressure of my clothes on my skin is agony, never mind anything else, but he respects it and doesn't pressure me...

He tells me how beautiful I am and that he loves me several times a day...

His last words to me at night are ALWAYS "I love you", and he cuddles me until I go to sleep...

He will comfort me when I have night terrors, even though I have woken him up...

He completes me...

When we got together he took on not just me but a 1 and 2 year old as well.

He supported us all financially when I went on maternity leave.

He supported us all physically when I went back to work. His hours compared to mine mean he is the one collecting the children, cooking dinner, doing homework etc.

He has faith in me and my sometimes hair brained ideas. He always supports any decision I make.

He loves me for me and encourages me to be myself and stand up for what I believe in.

He puts the needs of me and the children before his own.

He let me paint the kitchen pink

He tells me every day he loves me and that I'm beautiful

He often buys me thoughtful little gifts. More often than not they are some quirky little sign for the house which I collect and lets me cover every available surface with them.

He acts like the quirky little signs I buy him are the best gifts ever.

After 6 years together he still wants to hold my hand in public. He'll happily kiss me in front of people and if I call him at work he'll still say he loves me in front of an office full of people.

He makes an effort to get to know my friends and encourages my friendships.

I could actually go on forever.

So many things I can think of.

He loves me just as I am, he likes my quirks and strange ideas!

He 'gets' me, we get each other, we often say the same thing at the same time and read each other's minds.

He is kind to animals. I love men who love animals. He is such a doting 'daddy' to our rats I know he will make a wonderful Dad one day.

He cooks, and does things round the house without being nagged!

He buys me flowers for no reason and tells me he loves me all the time.

A generous lover, what is that? Pumping out £50 notes while he cums?

TMI OP!

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The first time he came to my flat it was quite early in the morning and he brought me Starbucks. After that he said he would always get my coffee for me. And true to his word, every day that we're not working he gets up and goes to Starbucks for me.

Ahh god where to start?

He works long hard hours so I can be a stay at home mum, he well and truly put our family first.

He's picked me up off the floor when I'm at my worst more times than I can count!

He knows me eternal then I know myself.

He has never discluded me from his friendships and had always been proud to have me on his arm.

He dosnt shout at me when he's angry and we talk things through rather then disergrements being a screaming mess.

He brings me tea when he feels me tossing and turning in bed.

He's the strong one in our relationship and has tought me to say what I feel rather then hide behind the fear of what people will think.

He's a hopeless romantic BUT when he tries he goes all out and as I don't expect romantic jestures from him it's such a wonderful moment when he does do them.

The list could go on!

Now THIS is a good reason to love someone! A personal coffee delivery service! - Just what the doctor ordered at the break of day

In all seriousness though, I especially love all the mentions of guys taking responsibility for children from previous relationships though - as a step-daughter myself, I completely get it.

No, he's not that generous, they're only £20s.

... Lots of lols... What I mean is he is very considerate of my needs. Exceptionally so.

I much prefer the image of loads of notes spilling out of his old chap.

Y'know you're right. What a terrible mistake - I'm with the wrong guy. I need someone who gives me wonga from his wonga.

He tells me I'm beautiful, and means it - and gets upset with me if I disagree (like when I'm feeling vulnerable)

He tells me things he's never told anyone else.

He wanted to know about my past from the beginning, even the parts he doesn't like - he accepts it all as being part of me.

He will cook for me if I'm working late, despite the fact he had never cook a meal from scratch before we met (at least nothing more complicated than sausage and mash).

His sense of humour is terrible, and childish, but seeing him smile and laugh usually makes me happy.

He encourages me more than anyone else, and pushes me outside me comfort zone - he doesn't let me give in too soon or wimp out on things

He moved 180 miles from his home, family and friends to move in with me, and actually adjusted easier than I have to him moving in!

If you find one can you see if he has a brother?! Could do with a cash injection ?

I love that the title of this thread quotes Shakespeare and then the content refers to the buying of vibrators as gifts ?

I reckon Shakespeare was definitely thinking dirty thoughts when he wrote it..

I love that the title of this thread quotes Shakespeare and then the content refers to the buying of vibrators as gifts ?

After reading all your lovely reasons for loving your OH, I am now in a major panic.....

I cant think of any particular reasons why I love him, is this bad? I really want to have a list of reasons but my mind is blank!

I mean, I kow I love him, that I'd be lost without him and I see us all old and grey sitting next to each other on the sofa but is that enough???

It's actually a Victorian poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. And since the Victorians on the whole were prudes, I doubt Ali_G's theory holds true for her unfortunately...

Although I'd agree, yes, I can imagine that Shakespeare was a bit of an amorous chap!

Just to clarify too, it's the acceptance and love of my sexuality, not the buying of the gift that makes me love him. The latter is merely a product of the former - a small example of the bigger picture.

Don't be in a major panic!! I don't want this thread to make people unhappy!! It was meant to do the opposite! I don't think you need a list of reasons, but if you really want one, then make one that's better than all of ours and start now - I wish I'd done this a year ago when we'd set our date - it'd make a great wedding present for your groom. Every time he makes you smile or cry tears of joy or feel comfort, happiness, any other fuzzy feelings, start writing down the reasons along with a date and description of what he's done/said into a nice notebook that you buy especially and keep hidden.

On your wedding morning, or maybe the night before, give it to him as a gift.

Then you'll trump all of us!

If someone asked me why I breathe I don't know if I'd be able to give them a thorough detailed scientific answer without having a think (and probably doing some biology research). But that doesn't mean that I don't breathe. Xx

He always puts me first, whether or not I want him to

He is incredibly generous of spirit - whether financially or emotionally - and not just with me, with his friends and family. It makes me so proud when his first thought is, "how can I help?" I can actually feel love welling up inside me, watching how he is with his sister and his close friends. When my dad's best friend passed away, he even offered (without blinking) to pay for his airline ticket from Florida - London so that he could attend the funeral.

He has supported me through crappy, low-paid jobs, and a return to education which put a huge strain on our combined finances, as I am self-funding my PhD

He doesn't have a jealous bone in his body and always encourages me in everything I do

He rides a motorbike, which I find incredibly sexy!

He's the only person I know who reads philosophy for fun

He told me very soon after we met that after a couple of disastrous relationships, he wrote a list of everything he wanted in a partner - and I matched everything on his list

Although he's not particularly demonstrative, he will, very occaisonally, do something very sweet - I'll come home to a 3 course meal and flowers, or he'll go away for the weekend and come back with little gifts

I joked with him that now we are wedding planning, he would start to regret asking me to marry him (he hates organizational things), and he responded "No, it's the best decision I ever made"

He gives the best snuggles! I hate sleeping without him