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Sunday, February 12, 2006
You asked for it: Here are some nice things about my husband for a change
Do I still have to get him a Valentine's Day present?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As my husband and I were preparing to celebrate our 14th dating anniversary last month, my 4-year-old was full of questions. “Why do you love Daddy? Why did you start dating Daddy? Why did you marry him?”
Her questions gave me pause.
After 12 years of marriage, it’s sometimes hard to remember why I fell in love with this guy who comes home late, criticizes my housekeeping and knows the rosters of every SEC football team but can’t identify his child’s preschool teacher.
Around the time we were preparing for our anniversary date, I ran into one of my parents’ neighbors. She said, “I read your column every week. One week, I would just like to read something nice about Michael.”
So for my daughter, my parents’ neighbor and for the readers who have suggested repeatedly that we seek marriage counseling or just get divorced, I offer the top reasons why I fell in love with my husband and why we stay together:
He is the funniest person I know.
He is the smartest person I know. (Sometimes I wish he wasn’t such a smart-aleck. When we first started dating I was snooping around his room and found his transcript. I was shocked by his grades and SAT score. I wasn’t used to dating guys smarter than me. )
He is a snappy dresser.
He has a full-head of hair. (Although he does use more hair product than me and spends more time primping than most women I know.)
He is the cleanest man I’ve ever met. Although his obsessive-compulsive cleaning of the house annoys me - his personal cleanliness is nice. He doesn’t even smell bad after a workout.
When we first started dating, he would clean the bathroom that he shared with two roommates any time I came over. Fourteen years later, he routinely removes hunks of hair out of the bathtub drain even though he never uses the tub.
He will spend 30 minutes recapping any movie or novel that is too sad, scary or boring for me to actually sit through. Go ahead, ask me about”Angela’s Ashes”, “The Shipping News” or “The Shining.”
He’s always wanted a large German shepherd, yet he let me take in a 15-pound Shih Tzu that I found last year. And every night at midnight, he walks my prissy little dog while I’m comfy in bed.
He’s always willing to play pretend with the kids, recently turning two dish towels into a top and skirt because my daughter asked him.
He has read “Horton Hatches the Egg” to the kids so much, he can re-enact the whole thing from memory.
He and my son have their own little testosterone-driven world of football, roughhousing and race cars that I just can’t replicate.
He makes a mean grilled-cheese sandwich.
He still looks good without his shirt, and his butt still looks good in a pair of jeans. (This is true, but I didn’t actually write this. I left this computer file open for awhile, and found this sentence when I returned.)
And finally:
- He takes a public flogging more cheerfully than any husband I know.
Why did you fall in love with your spouse? (Keep it clean people - or at least keep the innuendo somewhat innocent.)
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