How Do You Show Appreciation?

Laundry room quickies seem to do the trick!

:)

-I deal with his mother
-I cook him his best dish
- I answer the phone when he calls me most of the time for silly things( I am NOT a phone person and he knows)
- I deal his mother
-I give him a pedicure (cut nails and lotion massage) I wouldn't do this for anybody else besides my mom, kids and him.
-I deal with his mother

"I try to remember all these wonderful things when he is not so wonderful, I think that is my best way to show him I appreciate him"

...and I deal with his mom!

PS: I love this question, seeing all the answers make me feel so squishy and romantic!

I leave him alone when he watching tv and try to get my son out of the house for a few hours. He loves having the house to himself so he can just VEG OUT.

He works in manufacturing (SC JOHNSON) and his area is LOUD. Quiet is a huge luxury to him after 20 years.

Words of affirmation...Thank you and I really appreciate all your work etc...and then I wait on DH a bit so he can put his feet up :)

I just got Hubby a "coaching present" - a Kuerig machine - for all his hard work during my recent labor and delivery. He had really been wanting one to help get him out the door faster in the AM when he goes to work at 5:30AM and also so he didn't need to "make and waste" a whole pot of coffee on the weekends. He now seems to be drinking a lot more coffee, but he is also enjoying it more too. :-)

I'd say just listen closely to what the SO says... It may be a physical gift or an afternoon "off" without the kiddies or time to work on a hobby or a favorite meal or a simple "I Love You" note with a hershey kiss attached and placed in a lunchbag... There are lots of little ways to say "Thank You!"

~C.

EVERY DAY when I make my guy's lunch, I put a note in there, telling him I'm proud of him, I love him, I miss him, (I want him!! LOL!), etc... I never forget to put that note in there. I make his lunch the day before, so even if our morning gets off to a grumpy start, he has something nice to read 1/2 way through his day.

I also make sure that he has at least 30 minutes of uninterrupted 'unwind time' when he gets home from work (after that, he's mine!).

And of course, if he's really flustered about something that he's been working really hard on but hasn't finished, I'll go right up to him and give him a big fat kiss that will make him weak in the knees! Give him something to get his mind off the task at hand for a minute.

I also leave little notes in lipstick on the bathroom mirror if he has to leave for work before everyone else gets up, just to tell him I love him and I hope he has a good day :)

@Denise P: LOL SORRY! He can't afford to eat out for lunch, we brown bag it ;)

@Theresa, LOL! That's awesome.

@MamyOf2, I love squishy and romantic too!

I say thank you and tell him how much I appreciate him and his efforts.
We are a team.
LBC

My hubby does computer tech work for an online school. So ALL day is he on the phone and fixing things. It sucks that most of the people he talks to are really rude, ignorant, mean people. The kind that Yell at him because he told them their computer has viruses. Its stupid!
So...
I make sure when he comes home from work, that the house is, mostly, clean and things are calm. I try to calm both our kids down so they're not going totally crazy when he gets home.
I give him his "unwind time"
After dinner and putting kids to bed, I let him know he can do anything he wants. He likes to play World of Warcraft *hehe* from time to time, so that's his Chill time..
I always tell him how much I love him and how proud of him I am for taking care of his family.
Like Mamy said...I deal with his mother...He can't, so I do it haha

Surprise Starbucks brought home when I'm out running errands - my husband is a man who loves him his coffee!

We take turns doing dishes or putting the kids to bed so if he's been simply awesome, I'll take his turn so he can have a break (he does the same for me too). Like, last night he was supposed to empty the dishwasher, wash all the dishes in the sink, and tidy the kitchen. I did it for him so that when he went in the kitchen at the end of the night expecting to have to do about 30 minutes of work, he got to see that it was already done. He was very happy.

Sometimes I think it is the little things.

I always tell my hubby that he's our hero!

@Rachel D--stop making those lunches--you're making us non-packer types look bad!

Sex and/or a back rub. haha