I was watching that video about what's good about realtionships and thought I'd share what I love about my partner. He's really warm and loving and makes me laugh If I'm worried or stressed most of the time he's really supportive (not always! Like the cliche sometimes he tries to 'fix' it). We're not perfect - when he's working at home on personal stuff we can't communicate in the same way - he goes into his own world and I feel like he's gone cold on me. But over the years /i've learnt to accept that more - and he knows that I feel like that so knows a hug is compulsory then! He's a really funny guy when you get to know him, and makes me feel so special
Anyway - just wondering what do you like about your partners?
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Anonymous on 31 December 2008 at 8:16am said...
sounds like you got mr right. well done
Anonymous on 27 January 2009 at 6:36am said...
My boyfriend of 16 months is caring and highly values his awesome family - always happy (never envious) when something good happens to to his brothers or sad when they are down. He got all choked up talking about how much he appreciates them once =)
I can be comfortable around him. If I want to be lazy I can be lazy, if I want to go out and do something he will usually support it wholeheartedly.
He is interesting and a bit odd in some of his interests and mannerisms (although I prefer the term 'quirky'). Makes life more interesting =)
He and I are both Christian and share many of the same values.
Of coarse, we are both far from perfect (as everyone is!); he becomes very stressed and prefers to avoid showing me affection in public. My problem is bigger. I often think negatively and am often worried that something will go wrong and we will break up, probably because a lot of relationships around me broke up in my childhood (dad leaving, friend dying etc).
However, all of the aforementioned is why I love him =)
Pixiponk on 19 February 2009 at 9:54pm said...
Hi, your post really encouraging justapuppy.
My BF and I are going through some really difficult stuff at the moment but alot of what you said rang true for me. I have tried a couple of the exercises on my personnal space and that has put my head back on posotive mode instead of the negative cycle it was going round on. I have remembered why we were together in the first place and the qualities I still see, love and cherish in him. He does the same when focusing on his personnal situation of shutting me out (how it feels) and at the mo he can't focus on anything else. He also feels unable to give me that all important hug.
But I know we ok coz we still want to be together. It just hard to remember the good stuff sometimes. Thanx for reminding me :-)
Justapuppy on 20 February 2009 at 5:16pm said...
Hi Pixiponk,
I'm glad you found it useful to think of it differently! It's so easy isn't it, to slip into this negative cycle of doom and gloom, when the key thing is, you two love each other, and actually you're just in a bad space right now.
I'll write on your post about your difficulties, so hold on!
DaveAngel on 30 March 2009 at 7:52pm said...
RAMBO WITH THE BOYS
I was sitting around with all my single mates watching 'Rambo' and I am wondering- "where have all the goodtimes gone? And why am I so alone? Why do us guys never have deep and interesting conversations about women and look at them as some kind of foreign creature?'
And then I was realising that that was 20 years ago... when I was a confused and unhappy 'boy'.... hahahahahahaha...
You guys have touched upon some innovation here... so I will just let you do your thing...
daveangel.