Friday 27.11.09
As promised: 100 things I love about Nick. Those of you who feel nauseous outrage when you come across couples holding hands should probably skip this entry.
1. the hairs that grow from the backs of your fingers, your long rogue eyebrow hairs, and the curls behind your ears
2. the way you're reluctant to look into my handbag, even when I've asked you to
3. babies fall asleep on you
4. dogs fall asleep on you
5. cats allow you to feed them tablets, mostly
6. you've more or less grown out of spots, but you still let me pick the odd one
7. if I've stayed out late, you wait up for me or wake up for me
8. you make me cups of tea, even if you're busy or can't be bothered
9. you cook a mean egg fried rice
10. you can pace out a length that is almost exactly a metre just by eye
11. you remember all of the people who met you once and stop you in the supermarket
12. you have no interest in televised sport
13. you have no interest in the TV programme Top Gear
14. you have never aligned yourself with a right wing political party
15. you save up pennies for the RSPCA
16. you've given so many pennies to the RSPCA that the people on the desk know you
17. you've made all of the kids' fancy dress costumes
18. you didn't divorce me when, in a fit of temper, I threw out all of your aeroplane magazines
19. you didn't become one of the men who sit in the viewing gallery at Birmingham airport with a radio and a packed lunch
20. you put up with my crazy plans and never tell me I can't...(even though perhaps you should)
21. you are polite and welcoming to the children's boyfriends and girlfriends, even when you have your doubts
22. you make the best of holidays and days out
23. you can speed read, but you still wait for me to finish a book the long way before you read it
24. you are funny
25. your lips are soft
26. you have girlishly long and luscious eyelashes
27. you can be counted on to bring home a nice cake and have never given me a bouquet of cabbages
28. you like your mum's cooking best, but don't expect me to compete
29. sometimes, you sing to me in bed
30. you know where all the cables at the back of the tv go
31. you know about science, history, geography, geology and maths
32. even after 27 years you surprise me, this year I learned you don't like tomato soup
33. you have gorgeous brown eyes
34. you used to say your hair was brown, I used to say it was black, now we agree it's a fetching shade of grey
35. you encourage me
36. you take my side, even when I don't deserve it
37. you're tolerant of bizarre family dynamics
38. if shoes need polishing, you're the man
39. you find things to love about Coventry
40. you play your music through headphones
41. you put the children first
42. you remember happy things from your childhood
43. you're an early riser, but you don't expect me to be
44. you let me rest my head on your shoulder
45. you hold my hand in public
46. you sit with me and share the weekend papers, I get the magazines
47. you walk 'round Ikea with me
48. you come to craft fairs with me
49. you buy me Thorntons' chocolates
50. you buy me Hagan Das ice cream
51. you like ham and pineapple pizza but you never buy it because I don't like it
52. If I'm poorly, you check in at lunchtime
53. you've always worked and never complained about having to
54. you believe that everyone should get a second chance
55. you believe that the poor deserve better chances
56. you believe that young people are essentially good
57. you listen carefully to what people want and try to deliver it
58. you deal with bureaucracy well, but you're not a bureaucrat
59. years after you've finished with a project you're still visiting the area to keep an eye on it
60. you admit it when things could have been done better and try to do better next time
61. you don't shy away from talking to people who you know won't agree with you
62. you tell people if you can't give them what they want
63. you like your toys, but you don't crave more or better
64. you look after your toys and share nicely
65. you don't get jealous
66. you are trusting and trustworthy
67. you are even tempered
68. you see jigsaws and game of monopoly through to the bitter end
69. you wash-up on Christmas Day
70. you are good at choosing perfume for me
71. you notice if I get new clothes or a haircut
72. you don't notice if I get spotty or put on weight
73. you do chores with me 50/50
74. you make dorset apple cake and let me have the bits without the apple
75. you put the bins out
76. you kiss me whenever I want, and I always want
77. you say 'I love you' and mean it
78. you don't remember the times I've been evil
79. you find things I've mislaid
80. you say 'I told you so' but you laugh about it
81. you like to try new foods as advertised on TV
82. you love sci-fi films, but not too much
83. you're proud to be Cornish, but not xenophobicly so
84. you don't mind who drives
85. you don't drink-drive, speed, or do road rage
86. you have a good sense of direction
87. you don't pretend to know much about cars so you found a good garage
88. you're better at diy than you claim to be
89. you are Santa
90. you appreciate it when I cook for you
91. you like my friends
92. your friends are likeable
93. you are mostly predictable, and yet you're also impulsive in a good way
94. you don't tease me too much
95. you don't get 'man-flu'
96. you look impressed when I show off my sewing
97. you let me play Billy Bragg in the car, and took it well when I named your tunes 'tinnitus music'
98. you do the right thing, not the easy thing
99. you miss me when I'm away, but still let me go
100. I love that you love me.
That was easy. Let me know if you would like me to go on.
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