Yesterday morning I went to make a cup of coffee and the K-cup was already sitting in front of the Keurig machine waiting for me – along with my creamer I might add. As a matter of fact, I had zero time last week to even buy K-cups (the kind I like anyway, not his kind which would do in a ‘coffee emergency pinch’) and yet, before I ran out, there was a brand new box.
I am not a morning person and cannot function without my coffee first, most times even before the dog gets let out or fed - coffee is very important to me. Usually, I am up and about before he is and it’s rare that I am not. Most mornings I stumble into the kitchen, trying to avoid being knocked over by the dog in his haste to show me whatever toy he has in his mouth while begging to be let out, rummage through the cabinet for a k-cup, schlep to the refrigerator for my creamer and anxiously await the aroma of that wonderful brew. However, yesterday morning, all I had to do was lift the cover and press the button. Aaahhh..
He thinks I don’t notice these little things – but I do. I notice all the other little things too and I got to thinking, there should be an ‘Unsung Spouse Equivalent Award’…
Unlike the Oscars or the Emmy’s, these unique awards aren't given to the gifted and the beautiful actors/actresses on television or movie screens before huge audiences of people. Instead, only the winners’ spouse equivalent and God witness the Unsung Spouse Equivalent Awards, which celebrate the unnoticed and unappreciated heroes and heroines of relationships. Quick, somebody cue the music and the rainbow laser lights as we applaud and high-five this year’s champion. This award is given in honor of such “little things” which include:
The man who combed through the box of “trash” his girlfriend was going to throw out and found the cover to the exhaust fan (along with several electrical outlet boxes, plugs and switches that couldn’t be found).
The man who sent the “you look very sexy tonight” text even though we were at the same club two weeks ago, who sent the picture of the dog with the caption “we miss you” and strung the rope lights around the gazebo while his girlfriend wasn’t home and sent that picture via text as well.
The man who brought dinner home, lit candles, built her a fire, mixed her a drink, opened the hot tub and stayed home with her because she was too emotionally exhausted to go out last Saturday night.
The man who puts the toilet seat DOWN and makes the bed every morning. Always.
The man who warmed up his girlfriend’s truck all winter on every cold morning we woke up together.
The man who found a shelf for over the stove in the kitchen because it had been mentioned once that his girlfriend would really like a shelf there.
The man whose girlfriend sometimes believes her truck can run on gasoline fumes. He fills her tank and reminds her to charge her cell phone battery so hatchet murderers won't find her stranded along the highway at 11 PM after she’s gone out with her girlfriends. (And he calls to make sure she is home safe.)
The man whose girlfriend is constantly ‘running late’… He sits patiently and without comment as she finishes getting ready and/or getting things together.
The man who’s ‘stuff’ is always fair game. Everything from the tee-shirts and sweatshirts to the hard core items like the sawzall, skill saw and screw gun.
Unfortunately, there is no ‘trophy’, no plastic gold spray painted little figure holding up anything, no plaque with blue or gold edges around it. There is only his knowledge that these things are noticed and appreciated by his girlfriend.
I am not a morning person and cannot function without my coffee first, most times even before the dog gets let out or fed - coffee is very important to me. Usually, I am up and about before he is and it’s rare that I am not. Most mornings I stumble into the kitchen, trying to avoid being knocked over by the dog in his haste to show me whatever toy he has in his mouth while begging to be let out, rummage through the cabinet for a k-cup, schlep to the refrigerator for my creamer and anxiously await the aroma of that wonderful brew. However, yesterday morning, all I had to do was lift the cover and press the button. Aaahhh..
He thinks I don’t notice these little things – but I do. I notice all the other little things too and I got to thinking, there should be an ‘Unsung Spouse Equivalent Award’…
Unlike the Oscars or the Emmy’s, these unique awards aren't given to the gifted and the beautiful actors/actresses on television or movie screens before huge audiences of people. Instead, only the winners’ spouse equivalent and God witness the Unsung Spouse Equivalent Awards, which celebrate the unnoticed and unappreciated heroes and heroines of relationships. Quick, somebody cue the music and the rainbow laser lights as we applaud and high-five this year’s champion. This award is given in honor of such “little things” which include:
The man who combed through the box of “trash” his girlfriend was going to throw out and found the cover to the exhaust fan (along with several electrical outlet boxes, plugs and switches that couldn’t be found).
The man who sent the “you look very sexy tonight” text even though we were at the same club two weeks ago, who sent the picture of the dog with the caption “we miss you” and strung the rope lights around the gazebo while his girlfriend wasn’t home and sent that picture via text as well.
The man who brought dinner home, lit candles, built her a fire, mixed her a drink, opened the hot tub and stayed home with her because she was too emotionally exhausted to go out last Saturday night.
The man who puts the toilet seat DOWN and makes the bed every morning. Always.
The man who warmed up his girlfriend’s truck all winter on every cold morning we woke up together.
The man who found a shelf for over the stove in the kitchen because it had been mentioned once that his girlfriend would really like a shelf there.
The man whose girlfriend sometimes believes her truck can run on gasoline fumes. He fills her tank and reminds her to charge her cell phone battery so hatchet murderers won't find her stranded along the highway at 11 PM after she’s gone out with her girlfriends. (And he calls to make sure she is home safe.)
The man whose girlfriend is constantly ‘running late’… He sits patiently and without comment as she finishes getting ready and/or getting things together.
The man who’s ‘stuff’ is always fair game. Everything from the tee-shirts and sweatshirts to the hard core items like the sawzall, skill saw and screw gun.
Unfortunately, there is no ‘trophy’, no plastic gold spray painted little figure holding up anything, no plaque with blue or gold edges around it. There is only his knowledge that these things are noticed and appreciated by his girlfriend.
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