101 Things I Love About My Wife

Posted by Dan Sunday, April 01, 2007
So the other day my wife Courtney and I were driving in the car before work, coming back from getting an early dinner, breakfast for me because I work night shift. I was carping like I always do about what I was going to write about that night on my down time. Jokingly, she said something to the effect of "Write about how awesome your wife is." A few days later, here's what I wrote over two nights. All in all, it was one of the easier things I've ever written. I could have done 1000.

1. I love the way she smiles.

2. I love her sardonic, dry wit.

3. I love her black sense of humor.

4. I love the little noise she makes when she's exasperated with me. I can't really describe it but our bird mimics it perfectly.

5. I love the fact that I can't take her to the animal shelter without an hour long discussion about why we can't have just one more.

6. I love the fact that she loves animals.

7. I love the fact that she wants to go to college.

8. I love the fact that she has no idea what she wants to be when she grows up.

9. I love her sense of style.

10. I love her sense of color, design, and placement.

11. I love the color of her eyes.

12. I love the fact that she's not afraid to dye her hair, or get a tattoo, or get pierced in odd places.

13. I love the fact that she can never decide what she wants to eat...

14. ...and I love that every so often she knows exactly what she wants to eat.

15. I love the fact that she gets so frustrated with video games that she will throw the controller.

16. I love that she likes music...

17. ...and that she likes different music than I do.

18. I also love the fact that she likes electronica, but doesn't like Moby.

19. I love the fact that she seems genuinely interested in what I'm rambling on about, even when she's not.

20. I love the fact that she's patient with me.

21. I love the fact that she steals the covers...

22. ...and cocoons herself in them so tightly that the only way to get them back is to wake her up.

23. I love that she'll stay up all night with me watching re-runs of Roseanne.

24. I love the fact that she's an obsessive compulsive collector.

25. I love the fact that she collects naughty nic-naks.

26. I love the fact that she'll snuggle with me even though she's not a "snuggler".

27. ...except with the cats, but everybody snuggles them.

28. I love the fact that she'll trade movie quotes with me.

29. I love the fact that she's a wizard with the computer.

30. I love the fact that she's an impressive researcher.

31. I love the fact that she reads.

32. ...and that her reading list is as large and as backlogged as mine.

33. I love the fact that she prefers to wear slip on tennis shoes with no backs and no laces.

34. I love the fact that she won't make me give her long foot rubs when she knows my hands are sore and tired.

35. I love that she loves McDonald's breakfasts.

36. I love that she has a favorite kind of pen.

37. I love that she's a talented artist, but doesn't think so.

38. I love that she's stunningly beautiful but doesn't think so.

39. I love that she will fall asleep with the TV on, but the computer monitor must be off.

40. I love the fact that she has Courtneyisms.

41. I love the fact that she always wants to drive over the river on the back road.

42. I love that she has pen pals.

43. I love that she tolerates my quirks, moods, and foibles well.

44. I love that it's easy to tell when she's upset...

45. ...and easy to tell when she's happy.

46. I love that I can talk to her about anything...

47. ...and that she'll even talk about stuff she doesn't want to talk about given enough time.

48. I love the fact that she likes movies...

49. ...and that she's willing to try any movie I throw at her.

50. I love the fact that she's found several comics she likes, even though she's not particularly interested in comics in general.

51. I love that she hates Star Trek.

52. I love that she loves Dr. Who.

53. I love that she's tiny but mighty.

54. I love that she can sleep through almost anything.

55. I love that she'll game with my friends and I even though she's not particularly interested in it.

56. I love the fact that she has a great butt, however she insists that some of her jeans make it look better than others.

57. I love the fact that she loves the ocean and marine life of all kinds.

58. I love the fact that she knows how to properly set up and maintain fishtanks of all kinds.

59. I love that she loves to take pictures of everything.

60. ...and that she's really good at it.

61. I love the fact that she loves a good horror movie.

62. I love that she's generous, and loving, and kind.

63. I love the fact that she loves insects of all kinds.

64. I love the fact that she drinks Dr. Pepper like water.

65. I love the fact that she's constantly tinkering with her blog.

66. I love the fact that she's an atheist.

67. I love that sometimes I can introduce her to new music.

68. I love the fact that she can listen to a song twenty times in a row without blinking.

69. I love the fact that she's a Libertarian.

70. ...and that she calls me a Communist because I'm a bleeding heartliberal.

71. I love that she has no fear of offending anybody, ever.

72. I love the fact that I always learn something new about her every day I'm with her.

73. I love the fact that she's extremely polite.

74. I love the fact that she can out belch any man...

75. ...and that she says, "Excuse me." after every one.

76. I love the fact that she can curse fluently in several languages, but usually doesn't.

77. I love the fact that her sneezes almost always come in twos.

78. I love the fact that she almost always needs help to stop the hiccups.

79. I love that she'll hit the snooze button twenty times before getting up, even when I have the clock across the room.

80. I love that she thinks that the bed must be made every day.

81. I love that she likes 80's music.

82. ...and cheezy 80's cartoons.

83. I love the fact that she's loyal.

84. I love that she will never answer the door when I'm there, not even for the pizza guy.

85. I love that she can spend twenty hours straight web surfing, then tell me that there's nothing good on the internet.

86. I love that she loves to watch boxing.

87. I love that she's a creative and talented cook.

88. I love the fact that her foods must never touch, unless they're supposed to.

89. I love the fact that her favorite jet fighter is the SR71 Blackbird, even though she can never remember what it's called.

90. I love the fact that plastic wrap is okay to seal refrigerated containers with, but aluminum foil is not.

91. I love that Beethoven's Fur Elise will make her purr like a kitten.

92. I love that she ranks the cats in order of preference, and tells them this often.

93. I love that she's an outstanding gardener.

94. I love that she stays in touch with current news.

95. I love that she's addicted to Jeopardy.

96. ...and that she hates Wheel of Fortune.

97. I love the fact that she reviles Microsoft.

98. I love that she's the first person I want to see when I wake up...

99. ...and the last person I want to talk to when I go to sleep.

100. I love the fact that she lets me spoil her rotten.

101. Most of all, I love the fact that she picked me to share her life with.



4 comments

  1. tweetey30 Says:
  2. Nice list man. I just hope she appreciates you for this. I got your name off her blog anyway. LOL.. I am not so sure i could make list like this for my husband because after ten years almost eleven I dont know how to describe the love between us. Its there but in a real funny way.

     
  3. Lex Says:
  4. Found this on TheGoodBlogs, and all I can say is - wow. Even if you are sucking up, you are both very lucky or blessed... or both.

     
  5. Bunni Says:
  6. Wow.....
    You are both amazing, imho. :)

     
  7. kuanyin333 Says:
  8. I don't think this is a Suck-up! You BOTH are so damned lucky and blessed-you've met your Twin Soul. How often does that happen? Not often enough!

     

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