Hello again! It's Valentine's Day and instead of sharing my post that I wrote last Valentine's Day, I thought I'd physically sit down and force myself to write a new one. In case you forgot, I'm a hopeless romantic. I love/hate this holiday because I love the idea of love in general, but I hate that it's over-commercialized and is often used as an excuse to make up for the lack of attention you give your spouse/significant other the rest of the year. That being said, I do love sappy cards and movies so I will always have something special to post on this holiday so you might as well brace yourselves for these kind of posts every year.
Last year, I blogged about the things I loved about love in general, but I also got married last year so my boyfriend is now my husband and I want to make this post a little more specific. After all, my husband deserves some attention every now and again because he so often gets the bad end of the deal when it comes to being married to me.
So without further ado, take a gander at my list of ways I appreciate my husband and maybe you can match up some of (if not all) these things to the way you feel about your own soul mate.
1. I appreciate that you don't expect me to cook and clean every day. I am definitely not that kind of woman and I'm glad you can accept that and you actually help out around the house.
2. I appreciate that you don't care how low maintenance I am. I've never been into make-up and now that I'm older, I have no practice with it so any time I try to put on make-up or do my hair up, I have no idea what I'm doing and it's way more trouble than it's worth. Despite my basic looks and my messy hair, you always make me feel beautiful and that's amazing of you.
3. I appreciate that you kiss me when you get home from work. The smallest of gestures and yet, it means the world to me. So much so that when you forget sometimes, it always becomes a topic for discussion at some point throughout the day and I become guilty for depending on your kisses so much. I still love it just the same.
4. I appreciate that you open the door for me. I know we're supposed to be strong independent women, but chivalry is not dead in my book and I don't see the big deal for appreciating kind gestures. Yes, I get it, I can open the door myself, but that's not the point and I don't know which woman decided that it ever was the point.
5. I appreciate that you read me to sleep when I ask. Honestly, I'm glad that we both like to read even though our tastes in books is often different. And I don't mind listening to your weird stories as you read me to sleep every night because your voice is soothing and it brings us closer.
6. I appreciate that you like cuddling. I honestly am probably the clingiest woman known to man. I love direct contact and I like to be held so it's refreshing that you are not one of those guys that hates physical contact during sleep or hates to be close to his woman.
7. I appreciate that you take care of me more than I take care of you. I know that marriage should be equal and sometimes I feel like we do a lot for each other, but at the end of the day when I lie awake and think about it (because you know sometimes I do) I realize that you really do a lot more for me than I do for you. Maybe it's because you realize how easily stressed I can become and how stressed I stay, but I love you for taking care of me and I hope you never stop. And I promise to try and keep waking up early enough to make your coffee in the morning.
Alright guys, this is all I'm posting for today because to be honest, I'm exhausted and I want to get this up by today at least. I will finish the other seven some time this week, so don't worry. It's not going to drag out like the last four posts did. I hope you enjoyed reading this first part and I hope you come back for the next part.
And again, have a fantastic Cupid day even if you are spending it alone. Treat yourself to something nice because you have to love yourself before anyone else can love you.
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