List 100 things I love about my partner

My boyfriend did this for me for my birthday last year. He wrote 100 things he loves about me on different coloured paper and cut them out and put them in a box. On the back of every piece there was a sticker that was somehow related to each thing he loved about me. LOL. It was a really sweet because I love stickers, and he went to so much trouble. Whenever I’m feeling sad or sentimental I get them out and read them :)
Anyway, I’ve decided for his birthday this year I would do the same thing. I’ve cut out 100 red hearts, and made them into a book. Haha here’s a pic. My hand is sore from all that cutting out.
Now to fill them in :)

love is supper in this world

She is the most beautiful woman in the world to me

I want to be a better person because of her

My boyfriend and i currently write each other back and forth since we’ve been going out for almost a year (congrats to me!).
A few months ago, while casually talking on the phone, he flattered me and told me he could easily list 100 things he loved about me, so i challenged him to do it for real. At first he hesitated, obviously eating his words. Even though by challenging him i really only wanted him to mean what he said and didnt expect what he was to give me. A few days later he surprised me with a three page letter of 101 things he loves about me.
He also included one page of the things he hates and only listed a giant question mark :)

it was so sweet and evidently thoughtful.

Of course the whole top of the list was merely body parts… which is no doubt still a compliment(:]). He also included some of the common compliments that come to mind instantly (i.e. beautiful blue eyes, sweet smile, sense of humor etc.) but he also listed things that obviously came from some or more thought. Those were the ones that touched me the most. He included at least one adjective in every description of me.

By his expression of love for me in this letter he showed me, in a meaningful way, how he feels and inspired me to dig deep in my cobwebs and really consider why i love him so much. When the great things stand out in your mind the unattractive parts seem insignificant, it really helps you see them in a new brighter light.

It may take a while at first but once you get rolling (if it really is love) you wont be able to write fast enough.

He’s the only person I know who’s more stubborn than I am! And as much as this sometimes drives me nutz, usually it’s been good for me and us.

jkd

I thought that it would be hard. But It just came out. Everything that I love about him was easy to write down, and I cannot wait for him to see what I wrote because I’m sure that some of the things that I wrote will suprise him but make him happy, I am so siked to let him read it all! I love my boyfriend with all my heart, and I’m pretty sure that I can think of a million things that I love about him, but 100 A good Start =) lol.

He loves me.

and

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He will (eventually) usually admit it when he was wrong or otherwise a jerk. Sometimes it takes years before he’ll admit that the problem between us might have had its origins in his behavior, but usually, with time, he will. And who likes being wrong or a jerk? No one. So, it seems reasonable that this takes time, even when it IS frustrating!

60

I’m in the midst of the hot flashes/shivering cold (your sweat is wet, it gets cold [It’s January in New Hampshire!].) and I just was yelling and laughing at myself and DH saying, “I hate you…you don’t go through this chemical soup all the damn time…You don’t get all these f’n chemicals dumped into your system that make you crazy!” and laughing.

He laughed with me and said,”If we did, we never would have made it past Neanderthals.” and we both busted.

I love his sense of humor AND his willingness to understand that the hormones in my bloodstream that make me female also make me fruit loops sometimes, and that is terribly frustrating!

jkd

57 – He puts up with this disaster of a house. First, he put up with it at least in part because he knew it was a real “hot button” of mine. These days, he puts up with it because he knows I’m actively working at fixing it at a pace I can do it without panic or digging up all the old crapola. My house is still not a home and is still filled with camoflauge, and still a disaster, but I’m slowly but steadily undoing that. And he sees it.

He has his own kid shit related to houses/home. He needs a clean house too. And we’re getting there, we’re getting there!

jkd

and how can you get upset at that?

jkd