A reader sent in this story about her Good Husband who planned what turned out to be a really wonderful trip.  In my opinion, it’s not the things themselves that are all that romantic, but instead the way that he carefully planned it all.  Pay attention to that guys, and see if you can understand why this wife is so happy about this trip.

Of the two of us my husband, Jason Ries, is much better at planning romantic trips. While our adventures do not follow movie scripts or fall into cliches, they are romantic because they involve things that we are each passionate about.

For instance, in the Spring of 2005, he planned a trip to Philadelphia for us. He is a huge baseball and he wanted to go to see a game in the Phillies ballpark. By researching the Philadelphia tourism site, though, he
discovered that some of the hotels had package specials that included tickets to see the sold-out Dali exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This was the only place in the States to catch this comprehensive show of one of my favorite artists.

As luck would have it, the Philly Fanatic was at our gate to greet our flight and then an airport employee insisted on driving us through the terminal to our bags. I know that he didn’t plan either of these events but they helped to make the trip feel slightly surreal and magical.

After we hopped a train into the city center and checked into our hotel, we stumbled onto an exquisite boutique named Linu filled with handmade Latvian linens.  Since Jason’s mother is from Latvia, we had chosen to travel to Latvia on our honeymoon. Linu’s owner, Karina Sotnik was delighted to discover our Latvian ties and gave us a gift of some pieces of raw amber (which Jason had mad into a necklace for our first anniversary).

She gave us many tips for our time in Riga as well as some suggestions for Philadelphia.

When we left there we roamed down to Abode, a now defunct furniture shop, to view some of the whimsical pieces by Richard Dunbrack. Jason had purchased one of Dunbrack’s pieces for my birthday that year and the store evoked many wonderful memories.

At the game that evening, I was happily knitting while Jason cheered.  After a while, however, Jason realized that I would be more interested in the game if I understood the strategy. He began explaining how he was recording plays in his notebok in a way that related to my work as a choreographer. When he went to get a hot dog, he was very touched to find that I had filled in the plays that he had missed. As someone who
didn’t play sports growing up, I hadn’t understood why they were exciting to Jason, but now I found myself getting swept up in the drama.

I could prattle on and on about this quick 36 hour jaunt to Philadelphia but the point is how we traveled is what made things romantic. I don’t know perhaps this isn’t even what you are looking for. If you have more questions feel free to let me know.

My wife sweetly requested that she be given an opportunity to say something…

This is a post in the Good Husband Series. A series meant to highlight husbands who go the extra mile to care for their wives.

This is a post in the Good Husband Series. A series meant to highlight husbands who go the extra mile to care for their wives.

My husband is the most understanding and wonderful man!

We currently live with his parents, who are good people, though sometimes messy. Since I am a housewife and everyone else in the house works outside of the home, all household duties have rested on my shoulders, which have caused at times great stress and often pain.

In February I left my husband and family for a few weeks to attend to a sick family member. When I returned, I was greeted at the airport with flowers and taken home to a near spotless house. “I never understood the things you went through every day, and I’m sorry for that.” He said to me.

I later asked my Mother in law what happened while I was gone. “He wanted everything to look perfect for you. He was working at his job, coming home and cleaning every single day.” My husband went out of his way to understand the things I go through. While I never used to require him to clean anything in the house, as it was my job, he has surprised me now by pitching in without being asked, and that makes him the most wonderful and understanding man in the world.

Jia
www.modernmollymormon.blogspot.com

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Hey there everyone. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the Good Husband Deeds Series is looking for some new husbands to praise. Good Husband Deeds is the series where:

“women can do us all a favor by sharing stories of how the chivalrous men in their lives have made them so happy. Each post will feature a story shared by a woman about one thing that her husband did for her that made her feel special and loved. It can be any sort of deed, big or small.”

Send your story (with a picture of your husband) to cory_huff at yahoo.com and we’ll post his good deed here for all to see.

What kind of stories are appropriate? You might check out some of the past Good Husband Deeds Series posts to get an idea. Stories have ranged from taking care of a sick wife, to planning a nice date, to mowing the lawn, to finding a long lost cabbage patch doll. What a bunch of great guys!

My husband does many good deeds

1) he knew that when he went on deployment, and I was lonely he bought me a doggy so that we have a pet, but also so I am not lonley next time he goes on deployment.

2) I have a dentist appt this Thursday. Due to bad childhood, my teeth need some major work. My biggest fear is having to have all my teeth pulled and have false teeth before I’m 25. And him not loving me anymore. He’s gone above and beyond convincing me that he will love me no matter what!!!

3) In the begginning of our marriage I told him a story about how when I was really little, I had a bog cabbage patch kid and loved him so much. I described him well, and for our 1st christmas he went on ebay and found an exact replica nearly of the doll I had as a kid…I cried

Those are a few things he has done in our 1 1/2 of marriage!

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There are literally thousands of good deeds my husband has done for me. I must confess that picking just one was no easy task. I could tell you how after a really long day on my feet yesterday, my husband, of his own accord, got the lotion and rubbed my calves and feet until I was almost asleep. Or, I could tell you how I was feeling overwhelmed this past weekend, and while I was in another room, he quickly gathered up the kids, put coats and shoes on all 3 of them, and took them to the store to do MY grocery shopping so I could have a nap (turns out he had a migraine too…MAN)! But, I think I’ll go for one of my classic favorites. When we were very first married, the hot water went out in our apartment. I was in serious need of a shower and was doing homework while debating taking a cold one. When I finally decided it was worth it, I went into the bathroom to find that my husband had drawn a hot bath for me…with water he had boiled on all 4 burners in the kitchen! I LOVE him SO much! He is the greatest husband.

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Angela Super writes:

Josh is always home before me and leaves for work before me, and since we’re a commuter couple that means he’s up before me making breakfast and coffee and home making dinner and cleaning the kitchen and house.

When I come home absolutely trashed after a 8.5-9.5 hour day because I don’t take lunches, and am damn near married to my boss and not my own husband, I want nothing more than a clean house, dinner ready, and a foot rub. Most nights, that’s exactly what I get, and to top it off, most of the time it’s with a kiss, a hug and a big huge smiling “I love you so much.”

Most people would gag and say, “Newlyweds,” but we’ve been living like this about a year before we got married. He still does it. I still love it, and I think this Valentine’s day, I might do something extra special for him (Note from AGoodHusband: check out Valentines Day gifts for him) . Nice breakfast in bed, dinner and a movie? He deserves it. He treats me like a queen every day.

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I’d like to introduce a new series on A Good Husband. I’ve noticed that I have quite a bit more female readership than I originally thought I would have. My thought is that while there are a lot of women looking for advice on how to improve their relationships, there are also a lot of women who have truly great men in their lives. This series is all about those great men.

Introducing Good Husband Deeds: a weekly series where women can do us all a favor by sharing stories of how the chivalrous men in their lives have made them so happy. Each post will feature a story shared by a woman about one thing that her husband did for her that made her feel special and loved. It can be any sort of deed, big or small.

Ladies, I know you’re reading my blog. Take a look below to see some examples of what some other men did for their wives. The first example is an unsolicited compliment from my wife. The Good Husbands are out there, and they feel truly appreciated when praised in public. If you have any Good Husband Deeds to share, please contact me via a comment, or send me an email at cory_huff at yahoo dot com.

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I have the greatest husband! it’s just a fact. and I like it. (hee hee, of course right?) So yesterday I was feeling so yucky, ucky, ill and then I was cranky because of it and well, it was all around a discouraging me that my dear husband was having to deal with in the evening. but wonderful man that he is he just went to work making everything “better,” so he propped me up on the couch tucked a blanket around me, put on my favorite show, made dinner, brought it to me, and snuggled next to me . . . then he continued to play “butler” getting me water, and a book to read, and then later tucking me into bed. He’s just the bestest!!