What nice things do you do for your spouse?

[fyffer]

I kill creepy crawly things when asked, and sometimes when not asked.

[mutepointe]

I leave money in my pockets to make laundry day more fun for her.

Why is your wife the only one doing the laundry?

For years, when we lived in apartments and had to go to the laundromat, that was my chore. My wife always said that when we had a washer and dryer, she'd do the laundry. She still refuses to wash fishing/camping/canoeing laundry. Not to worry, we have an equitable distribution of chores and responsibilities.

[cowtime]

I go to work. and some other nice things...

He's retired so he cooks for me....very important, does his own version of cleaning- dishes, vacuum, mop, grocery shops and makes me a huge chocolate ice cream cone every night while I'm here.(actually he waits on me a lot come to think of it)

[Flyingcursor]

We have a fairly even distribution for the sake of the household. Detailed cleaning is not one of them. I cook, she cleans the kitchen. I vacuum the living room. Basically we live at separate ends of the house so I take care of my half and she takes care of hers.

We both take care of the dogs and she changes the cat litter.

This morning I was in a hurry so I left my beard trimmings in my sink.

[MagicSailor]

Hi

Well, she isn't my spouse yet, but we're working on that.

So, what (apart from sending flowers and talking on the phone for hours every night) can you do when your loved one is miles away in a different country? (We're working on that too.)

I wrote her a tune just because I was missing her.
Here it is, played on my Water Weasel A:

http://wildvoice.com/MagicSailor/Posts/ ... -for-Donna

Regards,

Owen Morgan

Yacht Magic
Anchored in the lagoon, St Maarten

My new blog.
Click here for my latest reported position. (Use the satellite view.)

[mutepointe]

That was nice. It needs a name. I don't recommend "Wail of the Banshee."

[Denny]

on a roll tonight, ain't ya!

[avanutria]

I listen when he needs to vent about frustrating people at work or on the internet and I try not to use potentially confusing Americanisms like "I cracked the window a bit for some air".

[peeplj]

I do the laundry. I do the dishes and keep the kitchen clean. I clean the bathrooms. I make teas and coffees on demand. I do the floors. I clean.

I am glad to do these things. It is part of my love for my wife.

I'll tell you this, though: when I read some article on CNN griping that men just don't help their wives with the housework, I want to hang the author up by his or her toenails and spray-paint them with bathroom cleaner.

--James

[CrazedHavoc]

Well, we're not married yet, however...

I do the dishes, the cleaning, vaccum, the cooking, make him coffee and let him sleep as long as possible and make sure he is up before he has to leave for work.


He does the laundry, calls me when i'm at work (i work days, he works nights) and kills creepy crawlies.

[dubhlinn]

I do the dishes, the cleaning, vaccum, the cooking, make him coffee and let him sleep as long as possible and make sure he is up before he has to leave for work.

Have ye got any sisters..

Slan,
D.

[brianormond]

-Not married but emmline's reading of Bill Bryson to hubby chanced across a passion I share with my sweetie, Bryson's "In A Sunburned Country". Its the jewel we fight over for bedtime reading.
We could read it to each other. Hmm.. There's an idea.

Having listened to an interview with Bill Bryson, he comes across incisive, continental, quiet & measured. He thunders like a titan in print, however.

[SteveShaw]

I kill creepy crawly things when asked, and sometimes when not asked.

I tell her I'm killing them but I just put them in the houseplants.

[emmline]

...a passion I share with my sweetie, Bryson's "In A Sunburned Country". Its the jewel we fight over for bedtime reading.

We're currently on A Walk in the Woods. Before that, Neither Here Nor There and Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (which was particularly a hit as it so closely evoked both of our childhoods.)

I've read most of them before, but am happy to do it again. It's just that my voice gives out after about a chapter.

[cowtime]

I kill creepy crawly things when asked, and sometimes when not asked.

I tell her I'm killing them but I just put them in the houseplants.

Another reason to not have houseplants!