Thankful For My “Dream Man” Because….

Chatting via email with my best friends a few days ago, one girl asked the rest of us who were married, engaged, or in a long term relationship if we really thought we found our “dream man” and what makes him that for us.  We’ve a very honest group of friends and she expected real, raw answers from  us.  She wanted us to share the struggles, the triumphs, or anything else that made our significant other- perfect for us.

So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I would share a few of our mushy, lovey-dovey answers to this question about why our husbands or fiancé (aka our “dream man”) makes living in this world a wonderful reality and why we’re thankful for them…

Written and shared by friend Nicole (married 4 years):

I know LaMonte is my dream man made for me. I’m not perfect and Lord knows he’s not perfect by any means but when we first started kickin it I really wasn’t sure I was feeling him like that and he would tell you the same about me. The funny thing is before we started dating I actually prayed about wanting to meet my perfect match even if we didn’t have to be involved at the time but I laid out specific guidelines in my prayers and LaMonte was who I got. Honestly I smile and think about how lucky I am all the time because he really does make me happy, we talk all the time about every and anything and sometimes just for hours and hours about nothing. I miss him a lot when he’s out of town on business. He is a Great Dad and a Great Husband.

Written and shared from friend Tahiana (married 5 years)

I know I have! =)  Just when I think I can’t be any happier in my marriage something else comes up and we overcome yet another obstacle. But I can say that I did not know he was my perfect man until we grew together as a couple. So maybe we just grew to be perfect for each other. It’s amazing how much you continue to learn about each other as you get older.  One thing that I love is how much we talk or communicate to each other about anything and everything. Future, past, present, finances, sex, work, kids, etc. When we first met we spoke on the phone for 6 hours straight…and if you stick us in a room alone now we can still talk for 6 hours straight.  When he’s gone for the night I realize how much I get done around the house because he’s not around for us to chit chat. I can just see us at 90 years old in wheelchairs just talking about the past 70 years of our life, LOL. Another thing I love about him or us is that we make a great team. Of course we’ve also had to build that throughout the years with the kiddies and both of us working. Anyway I can go on and on about this topic. =) 

Written by Me (Engaged! Together 2.5 years, marrying July 2010)

Do I think I found my “dream” man? Of course! I sit here saying “where do I begin?”

We wake up loving each other more than the day before, we know each other better than anyone else, can read each others minds, and take care of each other better than anyone else could. We know how to entertain ourselves and make each other laugh uncontrollably every single morning, afternoon, and night. Laughing now thinking about how silly we can be. We can talk for hours about nothing at all.  Although “space” is good for us, we hate being away from each other- even if it’s one of us just running to the store around the corner for 15 minutes. And our life revolves around “fun”!  We eat “fun” food, play “fun” games, watch “fun” things on tv- fight with our infamous “fun” swords to lighten the mood if we’ve been arguing. We want a “fun” wedding day! Feels like we’ve known each other our whole lives but still feels so “new” at the same time. We’ve experienced so much in our short 2.5 years together and because of it, know we can get through a tsunami together if we needed to. We can get “down” like anyone else or any other couple, but when we do we just remind each other about how bright our future is together. 

Mark is all the good things I’ve ever dreamed of having in my future partner. As I dated different guys over the years, I’ve said before “I wish he (whoever he was at the time) could have the fill in the blank that so-and-so had, and the fill in the blank that so-and-so had, etc.” Well the weird (and great) thing is, Mark has ALL the fill in the blank’s!!! LOL. We clicked from the first email, phone call, to our first date (and my best first date ever!), and of course ever since! I knew he was “the one” during our first date. He’s a true gentleman (still opens my door, car door, pulls out my chair at restaurants, lays down his jacket so I can walk over a puddle! Ha ha! He cooks for me every night, okay- I’m spoiled and maybe I just need to learn how to cook!).  I love how he loves everyone in his life including my family and friends and knows how to take care of his “family”- me!

Mark is good for me because he keeps me on my toes!!  Never know what to expect from him! Lol!  Okay- I’m done for now. Whoops I wrote a lot as usual…but I’m the engaged one though right- still on “Cloud 9” and “head over heels in love”….LOL!

Why are you thankful for the man in your life and what makes him your dream man?

***Thanks Windy for the post idea!