Valentine's Day
100 things I love about YOU!
In no particular order:
1. You make me laugh.
2. You hide behind the door to startle me when I come in the door.
3. The time you went out and bought silly string to get me with when I came in the door.
4. You have a capacity to love every, and I do mean every, animal.
5. Every night's a slumber party.
6. You're only slightly more stubborn then I.
7. You are in therapy and you will get better.
8. You're the best lover in the world.
9. When you had the courage to come find me in the fall of 1997 after losing contact.
10. You support my volunteer ventures and hobbies.
11. You claim to want to go with me on activities you're scared to do.
12. You get really annoying songs stuck in my head, on purpose.
13. You're faithful to me.
14. You aren't afraid to express your needs to me.
15. You allow me to be in your life.
16. You like warm, flat pop, I don't understand it, but I love it.
17. Christmas eve before our wedding. You knew how much I wanted you to come to church with me, so you came, even though you had to leave because you were too from dinner and stress sick.
18. We have four cats.
19. You call me bunny.
20. You call me bunny in your Lenny voice.
21. You convince me to concentrate on more important things then cleaning.
22. You have compassion for all people.
23. You appreciate me.
24. You thank me for the work I do.
25. You make scarves.
26. October 31st. 1997, you said you love me.
27. December 30th, 1998, you said you'd marry me.
28. You were honest enough to say you weren't ready for a wedding in 2000.
29. You accepted that I couldn't wait indefinitely.
30. You named our future daughter Emily.
31. You came to North Carolina with my side of our family.
32. You drive the car I drove in high school.
33. There are "my little ponies" in here.
34. 70+ Beanie Babies.
35. We have fish.
36. When we moved into this house, and all the beanie babies were on the living room shelves, resembling a candy store.
37. I still live in Spokane.
38. The China you bought me our second Christmas together.
39. The watch you bought me our first Christmas together, when you said It could be an heirloom, and with the inscription you would put on it, the Children had better be yours.
40. They will be.
41. When asked by someone else if you wanted to date him, you decided you did want to me exclusively.
42. "You have a German Flag on your ceiling."
43. You're pretty.
44. You aren't sarcastic, you have a speech impediment.
45. The third right hand drawer.
46. You accept about 75 % of the compliments I give you, that's up from 0%.
47. You brought Cindy to my life.
49. The night we spent together on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
50. You accept that I will stop the car on road trips.
51. You give me way less grief about speeding tickets then either of our mothers.
52. August 11, 2001.
53. You taught me the co-dependent song.
54. You get frustrated when I don't express what I want to do.
55. You accept my faults.
56. You save everything.
57. You like most of my politics.
58. You don't rubber stamp my opinions.
59. You don't expect me to rubber stamp yours.
60. We have birds.
61. You respect my point of view.
62. We will someday have a horse.
63. You tease me.
64. You're my partner, not my controller, not my servant.
65. You accept when I say "I'm not playing that game."
67. I haven't heard "have I gained weight" in days.
68. The only reason you didn't go out with me sooner is you thought I was gay.
69. You figured out I'm not.
70. You helped me go from an underweight, scrawny, skinny guy to an average weight, healthy, almost as muscular as I would like to be guy.
71. You try to follow through on what I ask you to do.
72. You "water the plant," even though you may not want to.
73. You make sure you tell me you love me more then once a day.
75. You run across the living room to jump in my arms and impersonate a Koala Bear.
76. You remember what I say in my sleep and tell me the next day.
77. You care for me when I'm sick.
78. We have a degu.
79. We don't have a hedgehog.
80. You pull off my sweaty night shirts.
82. You own more pajamas, night gowns, etc. then anyone I know, yet still wear mine.
83. You support my questions about the future of my career.
84. "Yipe, Yipe, yipe"
85. We have a chinchilla.
86. Our cats wear sweaters.
87. We have a drawer of conditioner.
88. You drag me into Victoria's Secret.
89. You tell me I can leave the body shop.
90. You're weird.
91. You like that I'm weird.
92. "poor me."
93. You helped me get over my fear of snakes (at least captive ones)
94. We have a snake.
95. Upside down cups atop spiders.
96. All right, I admit it. the bunny. I love you for the bunny. I love that we have a bunny. I love that we have a sexually inappropriate bunny. I love that our next bunny will live outside.
97. You make sure I get things I like. (Krispy Kremes, Star Wars videos)
98. You let me call you Snookie Bear.
99. The thought of growing old with you excites me.
100. You are who you are. You are wonderful, beautiful, smart, sexy, caring and everything I could ever ask for.
Thanks for being my wife.
In no particular order:
1. You make me laugh.
2. You hide behind the door to startle me when I come in the door.
3. The time you went out and bought silly string to get me with when I came in the door.
4. You have a capacity to love every, and I do mean every, animal.
5. Every night's a slumber party.
6. You're only slightly more stubborn then I.
7. You are in therapy and you will get better.
8. You're the best lover in the world.
9. When you had the courage to come find me in the fall of 1997 after losing contact.
10. You support my volunteer ventures and hobbies.
11. You claim to want to go with me on activities you're scared to do.
12. You get really annoying songs stuck in my head, on purpose.
13. You're faithful to me.
14. You aren't afraid to express your needs to me.
15. You allow me to be in your life.
16. You like warm, flat pop, I don't understand it, but I love it.
17. Christmas eve before our wedding. You knew how much I wanted you to come to church with me, so you came, even though you had to leave because you were too from dinner and stress sick.
18. We have four cats.
19. You call me bunny.
20. You call me bunny in your Lenny voice.
21. You convince me to concentrate on more important things then cleaning.
22. You have compassion for all people.
23. You appreciate me.
24. You thank me for the work I do.
25. You make scarves.
26. October 31st. 1997, you said you love me.
27. December 30th, 1998, you said you'd marry me.
28. You were honest enough to say you weren't ready for a wedding in 2000.
29. You accepted that I couldn't wait indefinitely.
30. You named our future daughter Emily.
31. You came to North Carolina with my side of our family.
32. You drive the car I drove in high school.
33. There are "my little ponies" in here.
34. 70+ Beanie Babies.
35. We have fish.
36. When we moved into this house, and all the beanie babies were on the living room shelves, resembling a candy store.
37. I still live in Spokane.
38. The China you bought me our second Christmas together.
39. The watch you bought me our first Christmas together, when you said It could be an heirloom, and with the inscription you would put on it, the Children had better be yours.
40. They will be.
41. When asked by someone else if you wanted to date him, you decided you did want to me exclusively.
42. "You have a German Flag on your ceiling."
43. You're pretty.
44. You aren't sarcastic, you have a speech impediment.
45. The third right hand drawer.
46. You accept about 75 % of the compliments I give you, that's up from 0%.
47. You brought Cindy to my life.
49. The night we spent together on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
50. You accept that I will stop the car on road trips.
51. You give me way less grief about speeding tickets then either of our mothers.
52. August 11, 2001.
53. You taught me the co-dependent song.
54. You get frustrated when I don't express what I want to do.
55. You accept my faults.
56. You save everything.
57. You like most of my politics.
58. You don't rubber stamp my opinions.
59. You don't expect me to rubber stamp yours.
60. We have birds.
61. You respect my point of view.
62. We will someday have a horse.
63. You tease me.
64. You're my partner, not my controller, not my servant.
65. You accept when I say "I'm not playing that game."
67. I haven't heard "have I gained weight" in days.
68. The only reason you didn't go out with me sooner is you thought I was gay.
69. You figured out I'm not.
70. You helped me go from an underweight, scrawny, skinny guy to an average weight, healthy, almost as muscular as I would like to be guy.
71. You try to follow through on what I ask you to do.
72. You "water the plant," even though you may not want to.
73. You make sure you tell me you love me more then once a day.
75. You run across the living room to jump in my arms and impersonate a Koala Bear.
76. You remember what I say in my sleep and tell me the next day.
77. You care for me when I'm sick.
78. We have a degu.
79. We don't have a hedgehog.
80. You pull off my sweaty night shirts.
82. You own more pajamas, night gowns, etc. then anyone I know, yet still wear mine.
83. You support my questions about the future of my career.
84. "Yipe, Yipe, yipe"
85. We have a chinchilla.
86. Our cats wear sweaters.
87. We have a drawer of conditioner.
88. You drag me into Victoria's Secret.
89. You tell me I can leave the body shop.
90. You're weird.
91. You like that I'm weird.
92. "poor me."
93. You helped me get over my fear of snakes (at least captive ones)
94. We have a snake.
95. Upside down cups atop spiders.
96. All right, I admit it. the bunny. I love you for the bunny. I love that we have a bunny. I love that we have a sexually inappropriate bunny. I love that our next bunny will live outside.
97. You make sure I get things I like. (Krispy Kremes, Star Wars videos)
98. You let me call you Snookie Bear.
99. The thought of growing old with you excites me.
100. You are who you are. You are wonderful, beautiful, smart, sexy, caring and everything I could ever ask for.
Thanks for being my wife.