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July 3, 2012 by: Shell

Pour Your Heart Out: He’s There for Me

Hubs has to travel quite a bit for his job as well as sometimes working odd hours. But, it’s what he needs to do, so I don’t whine about it(too much).

Besides, he’s there for me when it counts.

Like last week, when he knew something was wrong, even when I just mumbled “I’m okay” after a run in with a clueless idiot. And he listened to me rant about it and agreed with me as I made up new cuss words to describe this encounter. And then he got the kids to bed so that I could take a bath and relax.

Then the next day, he took me on a date to a movie he most definitely did not want to see and was only one of about five guys in a packed movie theater. And even though even I thought the movie was boring, he didn’t complain and ask to leave, but humored his wife by staying and not complaining. Yes, we saw Magic Mike. And aside from a few cute eye-candy scenes, it was bo-ring. I know, I know, did I really expect a plot?

It really is the little things that make such a difference.

We’re coming up on 10 years of marriage. And I still feel so lucky that he came into my life.

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Comments

  1. Robin | Farewell, Stranger says

    July 3, 2012 at 11:04 pm

    I know the feeling. 🙂 Sounds like you’ve got a keeper.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:40 am

      He’s definitely a keeper! 🙂 

  2. Lily says

    July 3, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    Awww, sweet post! I saw Magic Mike for a girl’s night and I thought it was boring too- they should of went full-blown comedy with it instead of doing the drama/love story thing. meh.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:40 am

      It really would have been better as a comedy. Much more fun that way! 

  3. Jessica says

    July 3, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    How sweet!! I wrote a post about my hubby too. Great minds think alike. 

    You are not the first person I heard from that Magic Mike was boring. I probably will just wait for it to come to Netflix.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:41 am

      Wait for Netflix- AND make use of the fast forward button! 

  4. Galit Breen says

    July 3, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    Love this, you.

    It’s good to have these keepers on our side, isn’t it?

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:41 am

      I don’t know what I’d do without him! 

  5. Robbie says

    July 3, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    He’s there when you need him most…which is important.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:42 am

      He really is! 🙂 

  6. The Mommy Therapy says

    July 4, 2012 at 12:21 am

    If your husband will put your kids to bed when you really need the break, and will see movies about male strippers, in public for you? Well, pure gold right there. Very impressive! Have a happy fourth!

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:43 am

      I never would have thought that male strippers and good husband would go together, but they really do! 

  7. JDaniel4's Mom says

    July 4, 2012 at 7:10 am

    What a wonderful gesture! He is such a keeper!

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:43 am

      He is, thanks! 

  8. Victoria KP says

    July 4, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Your husband went with you to see Magic Mike??? That is true love. He’s a keeper!

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:44 am

      After seeing how few guys were in the theater, Hubs wanted bonus points for being there. LOL

  9. Missy | The Literal Mom says

    July 4, 2012 at 8:05 am

    He went to see Magic Mike?  Totally awesome husband, clearly!  Sorry it wasn’t any good.  Our paper made it sound kind of fun and cute.  

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:45 am

      I thought it would be fun and cute- but it moved really slowly and the acting was bad. 

  10. Barbara says

    July 4, 2012 at 8:49 am

    You definitely have a keeper!

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:45 am

      I do! 🙂 

  11. Leigh Powell Hines @Hinessightblog says

    July 4, 2012 at 8:56 am

    I”m so glad you two found each other.  He’s a good one if he goes to Magic Mike. 🙂  Happy 4th of July, and upcoming anniversary. 

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:46 am

      I couldn’t believe he actually went! 

  12. Tara R. says

    July 4, 2012 at 9:02 am

    You’ve got yourself a real Keeper. It makes life so much easier to have someone who will listen to your rants, and support and encourage you. Congrats on your upcoming 10th Anniversary.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:49 am

      Don’t know what I’d do without him!!

  13. myevil3yearold says

    July 4, 2012 at 9:06 am

    Really, the movie stunk? Crap… what a let down.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:50 am

      It was still pretty to look at. 

  14. Julie says

    July 4, 2012 at 10:08 am

    Sounds like you got a keeper!

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:50 am

      I do!! 🙂 

  15. Kim says

    July 4, 2012 at 10:10 am

    He definitely is a keeper. 🙂

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:51 am

      He is, though now I’m wondering if he’d really want to ‘fess up to seeing that movie…

  16. Making It Work Mom says

    July 4, 2012 at 10:12 am

    Love this.  When my hubby does things like this it makes me realize that I need to try harder to.  That’s a good thing!

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:52 am

      So true here, too! 

  17. Delilah says

    July 4, 2012 at 10:18 am

    I’m so sorry that happened to you. I missed that on facebook. Some people are just too stupid to be walking free and at some point I truly hope natural selection takes over. You did good mama, I’d have probably made a scene and made the situation worse. Good job hubby, for knowing exactly what to do! And y’all are so cute together. I love the pic 🙂

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:53 am

      Oh, how this made me laugh! 

      I thought about writing the whole stupid encounter out, but it still makes me furious to think about all this crazy person said. Can’t type it all out without shaking, still.

  18. Emmy says

    July 4, 2012 at 10:21 am

    Yea!! Yea for a good husband who is there for you and supports you.  So glad you have him in your life.  You are the second person that I heard that said Magic Mike was kind of boring- due to lack of plot.
      Hope you have a wonderful 4th of July.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:55 am

      Guess a plot would be too much for that kind of movie. Ooops. LOL

  19. Denise says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:14 am

    It so so awesome to have a wonderful and supportive husband. I am also very lucky to have a husband that is always there to lift me up.

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:56 am

      We’re so lucky! 🙂 

  20. ilene says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Any woman who has a man who can “read” her like your hubs can read you is lucky.  If he can read you and take actions to support you, even luckier.  You definitely have a keeper – but from what I know of you from reading your blog – he’s pretty lucky too! 

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:56 am

      Aw, thanks! 

  21. Angie says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:33 am

    It is so important to be there for each other. I am glad you found your someone

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:57 am

      And that you found yours, too! xo 

  22. Susi says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:44 am

    I agree with you. It’s most definitely the little things… Those moments that just make you smile and appreciate what you have!!! Happy almost 10th anniversary. Oh, and I actually liked Magic Mike… but maybe because it is set in Tampa and Ybor City, places the hubby and I love and have meaning to us. 

    • Shell says

      July 4, 2012 at 11:57 am

      I found myself checking the time often, wondering if the movie was over yet! 

  23. recreate anddecorate says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:58 am

    I just linked a post from June, “I’m such a bad mom” its about the day my husband was deployed to Afganistan. I wanted to blog today on our first month away but just can t seem to bring myself to bring up these feelings. Glad you have a supportive husband! I do too and that is what makes him being gone so difficult!

    Wanda www.
    recreateanddecorte.com

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:06 am

      Hope the time he’s gone goes by quickly! 

  24. IASoupMama says

    July 4, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    Congratulations on having an awesome hubby! He sounds like he’s as much in love with you as you are with him — that’s such a great feeling!

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:07 am

      It is a good feeling! 

  25. Lourie says

    July 4, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    He’s a good man to take you to see that.  Hahaha.  I saw one of the ecards on Pinterest it says:  I promise honey it’s just movie about a magician named Mike.  Hahahaha.  

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:07 am

      LOL I’ll have to find that ecard! 

  26. MiMi says

    July 4, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    So sweet.
    Any man who takes his wife to Magic Mike is AWESOME.

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:07 am

      I can’t believe he really went! We giggled through the movie. 

  27. BarefootMedStudent says

    July 4, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    You’re so lucky to have him! Happy almost-ten years! I hope that you guys will continue to support each other and become one of those oooold and in-love couples. 

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:08 am

      Thank you! 

  28. Angel says

    July 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    OH see I saw that this weekend and loved it . I think when you think about his realization that the lifestyle was not what he had hoped. Growing up and coming to the truth that he had much more in his life than stripping, he wanted someone who loved him for him, not because he took his clothes off. you definitely have a keeper on your hands

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:09 am

      Yeah, I got the point, I just think it was slow.A comedy plot would have worked better, I think.

  29. molly says

    July 4, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    You are truly blessed with a good partner! I can’t believe he saw that movie with you!

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:09 am

      I know. I probably owe him whatever he’d like to do on our next date! 

  30. Karen says

    July 4, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    This is exactly what I love about being married.  In fact I wrote a blog post very similar to this one that I haven’t published yet.  When my car battery died and left me stuck at work my husband came and rescued me.  I never had to think twice about who to call.  I love that your husband sat with you through that movie.  That’s one thing I don’t think I’d get my husband to do!

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:09 am

      It’s reassuring to know our husbands are there for us! 

  31. Maggie S. says

    July 4, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    Sounds like you found a treasure! Congratulations on that anniversary.

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:10 am

      Still months away, but with how fast time seems to fly, it feels like it’s almost here. 

  32. Adrienne says

    July 4, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    How sweet! Happy (almost) anniversary!

    • Shell says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:10 am

      Thanks- it’s actually not til March, but that will be 10 years for us. 

  33. Lauren Johnson says

    July 5, 2012 at 12:22 am

    So sweet! Glad you found a good one! 🙂

  34. Drew Robinson says

    July 5, 2012 at 2:38 am

    Now that is someone that can understand you as a partner. You are lucky to have him. He is such a keeper.

  35. Not a Perfect Mom says

    July 5, 2012 at 10:25 am

    I went out with the girls Sunday night to see MM, and I think the experience was better than the movie itself…which, I’m sure, will amass a huge cult following and become the awesomely bad movie one must see. I was laughing so hard at the women who were hooting and hollering like they’d never seen either a naked man or a stripper…I swear I almost peed my pants listening to those women…so a fine time was had by us gals!

  36. AnnMarie says

    July 5, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    It is so reassuring to have someone in this world that gets us. I’m so glad you found yours and I am so sorry that you ran into someone as clueless as that woman. I once had someone tell me good nutrition, my boys would “grow out of CF”. I just did a post on things people should not say to moms of kids that are battling something. I wish that woman would have seen it.

  37. Julia says

    July 5, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    Sometimes it’s my husband doing something with me that I know he has no interest in that really means the most to me. Though I don’t think he woudl sit through Magic Mike. Congrats on 10 years.

  38. Natalie says

    July 5, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    He scored some major points by taking you to that movie! 🙂

  39. Heather says

    July 5, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    Great post!  He’s a keeper!  I love my DH too and he’s always doing fantastic things for me and being my all around best friend.  He has to travel a lot for work too.  He’ll be in Colorado next week.

  40. Ali says

    July 5, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    Yes, you ARE a fortunate lady. I’m laughing because I was just about to start writing a post about this very thing. 

  41. SassyModernMom says

    July 5, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Oh that is a good man that will sit through a movie about male strippers! Yeah for the little things:)

  42. Sorta Southern Single Mom says

    July 6, 2012 at 7:47 am

    I think you hit the nail on the head as to why it works…he “gets” you and you realize it! YAY!

  43. angela says

    July 6, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    I love that he saw Magic Mike with you 🙂

  44. stephanie @ babe's rockin' mami says

    July 8, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    Such a sweet husband!  Mine works a lot and varied schedule and it can get obnoxious but he is there when I need him.

    I didn’t expect much out of Magic Mike!  Big points your hubs for sitting through it!

  45. Dawn @ Come Over For Coffee says

    July 9, 2012 at 9:55 am

    He sounds like a wonderful man. Also sounds like he really knows you. What a gift!! Thank you for sharing.

  46. Jamie says

    July 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    What a sweet story, and it definitely sounds like you’ve ended up with a great guy.  Makes me think back to how awesome mine is too. 

  47. joann mannix says

    July 10, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    You have a good one there. A man who’ll go see Magic Mike with you is pure gold indeed. 

    My BF and I took our husbands to see Sex and the City. At one point, my hubs looked around and whispered or more like yelled because he doesn’t know how to whisper, to his friend, “Check it out. We’re the only dudes in here.”

    A few weeks ago, I was having a very sad day because I got a really harsh rejection. My hubs knew how much it devastated me and he walked in that night with a pinky pink Michael Kors purse. 

    Congratulations on the upcoming anniversary and nabbing such a wonderful man. 

  48. Kristen says

    July 10, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Sorry I missed this one while our power was out. You’ve got one great husband there, Shell. Not just because he listens to your rants but because he loves you enough to go see that movie. I mean truly, I don’t know if there is love any deeper than that! 😉

  49. Mark says

    August 13, 2012 at 4:10 am

    Your husband is sweet. Well we men could really endure a boring movie we’re not interested just to please our women. I see that in your husband. He sure loves you, it shows. 

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