Marriage secrets exposed. What these husbands do that makes them absolute keepers.

Kindness under stress beats butterflies in your stomach. Choose the partner who listens,

apologizes without excuses, and shares in the not-so- raunchy stuff like chores and budgets.

Quiet, daily respect ends up feeling like real romance. Mine has made a few grand

gestures in his time, but the most special to me is that he always, always fills my water

bottle with icy water, just how I like it, right before I get home, so it's waiting for me.

We got married before either of us could afford nice jewelry, so I still have my plain

silver engagement ring, but every ice cube in that bottle is like a 20-kart VVS diamond to me.

Loves me unconditionally, cleans around the house, supports everything I've ever done,

looks at me as if I created the sun, spends as much time with me as possible, figures out what I need before I do, talks to me and about me as if I'm the greatest person he's ever met in his life, makes me laugh, still makes me blush after nearly ten years, can still give me goosebumps, and makes me smile when I'm crying. It's a lot of things, some of them are small and some of them are large. But he's always been there,

and I can't imagine going through the rest of this life with anyone else. We have been having

an absolutely terrible month, with a layoff and a parent being deathly sick amongst other

tragic happenings. So all of the responses people sent to this absolutely made our day. I hope

all of you find the kind of love in your lives that you deserve.

Veteran husband and father here. Helping around the house and helping out as much as you can is the

kind and caring thing to do. It amazes me that men don't realize that it also leads to more time

spent together. He's so ferociously on my side, no matter what. He makes me laugh until my

stomach hurts, but he's also

so kind and helpful to those around him. We were at a wedding a few years back, and while walking

into the reception area, one of the waiters dropped an entire cart of plates that shattered everywhere.

Everyone walked right past or just around the guy, not my husband, though. He stopped

and helped that man pick up

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