Valentine's Day: Reasons I Love the Boy

My husband bought me tulips yesterday for Valentine's Day, because I loved the ones that came up in the yard last year, and so he saw them and thought of me. I was under the impression that we were not going to buy each other anything because we are not big celebrators of said holiday. He says it wasn't for Valentine's Day, because he is anti-Valentines due to it being an offensive holiday for single people. I was wondering whether or not that should concern me, seeing as how he has not been single on Valentine's Day for eight years. Is he planning on being single in the future or what? Anyway, because I did not get the "we're celebrating Valentine's Day this year" memo, I did not buy him so much as a card. I suck! So, in lieu of a good present, I have prepared a sappy list of the top 50 reasons that he is the greatest, and Photoshop and I have created a bad, but sweet, desktop wallpaper for him, if he would stop playing Sam and Max long enough for me to covertly switch it.

Reasons I Love The Boy

1. He thinks I am the best thing since sandwiches, and if you knew about his love for sandwiches you would be impressed.
2. When he gets bored in public, he will massage my shoulders just for something to do while he walks.
3. He professes great love for just about everything I ever cook for him. I heated up frozen chicken patties for sandwiches (with egg!) on Monday night and served it with broccoli and corn and he talked for two days about how it was just what he wanted without even knowing it.
4. He is energetically supportive of my weird hobbies even when it involves following me around craft stores.
5. He is kind. HAHAHA! No, really, he is a gigantic bitch most of the time, but he is kind to me at least. Usually. Let's move on to a different one, actually.
6. He used to go grocery shopping for his grandmother, and that was one of the things that made me fall in love with him.
7. He went out at nine o'clock on Sunday night to pick up some cold medicine for me because I was miserable, even though he was getting sick himself. He returned with ice cream because he thought I needed a treat for being sick. I did.
8. He makes me laugh, all the time. Most recently, it was because he claimed to have peed on his foot. I think you would have had to be there.
9. He lets me write outrageous things about him in my journal.
10. He will tell me when he thinks I'm wrong, but he usually thinks I'm right.
11. He will stand up for me to others even when he knows I'm wrong.
12. He just renovated a bedroom and a bathroom all by himself because I am delicate and pregnant and he wanted me to stay away from the chemicals.
13. He gives the best gifts.
14. He likes the snuggles. Really!
15. He is tall. (This is not that important to me but M enjoys being tall so we might as well mention it.)
16. He lets me keep sixty pounds of blankets on the bed because I need the weight on me when I sleep, even though he would prefer just the sheet.
17. He has such pretty blue eyes that when the light hits them just right, I still sometimes lose track of what I'm saying.
18. He grabbed the scanner from my hands while registering at the scary baby store to scan a frilly yellow dress that he fell instantly in love with.
19. He knows things. He knew other things, too, but there is no corresponding post for that because I don't always write everything I'm thinking about.
20. He packages broken glass, lightbulbs and metal can lids in such a way that the trash man won't get cut.
21. He is a very safe driver.
22. He calls me when he gets to work in the morning to let me know that he arrived safely, and he calls when he leaves. He calls me during the day just because he misses me.
23. He is so, so excited about the duckling that it makes me melt into a pile of warm goo.
24. He spent an hour trying to get into our vehicles this morning. Even though he's sick and it made him late for work, he started with my car. I was on time.
25. He has gone to all of my prenatal appointments with me, and he tried to go to as many infertility appointments as he could, even when he didn't have to.
26. He refuses to let me blame myself for said infertility gig.
27. He participates in all of the household decisions that most guys find boring or beneath them.
28. He is really, really smart.
29. He has never once complained because I weigh more than I should.
30. Although he is not really a big fan of desserts, he has an inappropriate love for ice cream. I don't know why I think that's cute, but I do.
31. He fills out a pair of jeans nicely, if you know what I mean.
32. He trusts me to cut his hair.
33. He would rather be with me at any given moment than anyone else in the whole world.
34. He plays network games with me even though the games I like are invariably several years old and we have played them a thousand times.
35. He thinks I'm hilarious.
36. We never fight. No, never.
37. He worries about my health more than I do. Something about wanting to keep me around for a while.
38. He wants to buy me a Wii.
39. He is protective without being confining.
40. He has made me become who I am instead of who I pretended to be--I never had enough self-confidence for that before he came along.
41. He can stick with big projects just for the love of finishing them, be it building mandolins or writing a book.
42. He sold his house and two cars (including one that he loved), quit a really good job and left his family behind on another continent to be with me.
43. He has had a series of the crappiest jobs ever since moving, but he never complains about moving here for love, and the panic attacks only lasted a little while. (Kidding!)
44. Did I mention the tulips?
45. He insisted that we double the budgeted amount for my grandfather's Christmas present just because he knew that my grandfather really wanted a bread machine. It has turned out to be his favorite present, by the way. He loves it.
46. He thinks I am doing a good job of gestating our baby even though I worry constantly about things like how I am not eating enough protein and our baby will be a few sandwiches short of a picnic because of it.
47. He makes my goals his goals, and tries to help me achieve them.
48. He has a lovely speaking voice.
49. He had the good sense to fall in love with me.
50. And most of all, I love that these are just a tiny fraction of the reasons I have for loving him. :)

Happy Valentine's Day, boyo!