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By the lovely Brooke Barker, who wrote the beautiful book Let’s Be Weird Together (Books Are Magic, Amazon).
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Ways To Say ‘I Love You’
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That made me cry. So so lovely.
So spot on, especially the dreams! So, you want me to listen to this 10 minute story about something that never happened? Great.
Yep! My thoughts exactly.
But I do. Every morning. Because I love him and his bizarre need/desire/whatever to tell me.
love these – for me and my husband replace the bananas with scrambled eggs! He always makes them the way I like them :)
My husband takes out half the bacon from the oven and then cooks the other half a little more for me <3
Bringing home snacks from the grocery store even when I said I didn’t want one (because they know that I always want snacks).
This was the sweetest. Only eating half of the ice cream sample tugged at my heart because I do that with my husband. And it always makes me feel loved when he laughs at my bad jokes.
Loved this illustration, thank you Brooke and Cup of Jo!
I’d edit that dream one to say, “pretending to listen to details of a dream they had”.
hahaha
My dreams are so bazaar. One morning, still half in dreamland, I started describing my latest dream to my husband. He opened the notes section of his phone and started typing what I was saying. He said – you HAVE to tell this story. So for National Novel Writing Month that year, I sketched the whole thing out. Someday I’m going to publish a book that could easily have been a forgotten dream. That’s love to me.
Aw, I love these! So many are spot-on, even in their specificity.
My sweet husband always gives me his free sample @ See’s Candies. I am a very lucky woman!
These are great! May I add- listening to “work talk” , taking out the recycling/compost on my own recognizance and visiting with in-laws without your spouse/partner/significant other.
My favorite way to show my love is leaving a fresh towel and washcloth set out for my husband.
I agree with all of these except the dream one. My husband used to love describing his dreams to me in the most long-winded way and, as they are dreams, there was never a ‘point’. They went on and on until he would inevitably notice I wasn’t listening with rapt attention and he’d get offended. I love him and there are MANY things I’d do for that man… but I draw the line there.
Any loved one that doesn’t share the ice cream sample is a monster.
Seriously. Who doesn’t share the ice cream sample? They always seem to give a huge sample. It’s just good manners to share it. It’s a sample. I will say, my kids are pissed when I insist on tasting their sample. ?
My husband has always given me the booth side at restaurants for the 17+years we’ve been together. I just assumed that it was because he preferred the chair. One night we were eating with friends and I was talking about what a perfect couple we are because we each get the seat we want in restaurants and he laughed and told me that of course he prefers the booth, but always gives it to me because he knows how much I love it. Heart emoji x 10.
Every single one of these is LOVE.
Giving them the booth side at the restaurant – always
That’s my husband! bringing me a cup of tea in silence, when I’m writing <3
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