That does it--I'm convinced the literary chicks are somehow passing the Death Cold back and forth via cyberspace. Next fall, we need to do a virtual flu shot clinic.

I have a husband very similar to yours. Mine had my heart before we even dated when we were in a grocery store together running an errand for our church deaconess (my best friend) and I saw something on a tabloid about romance novels (the exact thing escapes me but isn't important - they cause cancer or something sensational and wrong!). I said in a sheepish quiet murmur: "I want to write those." He said, without a pause, "That's great." How could I not fall in love?

Qualities: he makes me laugh; he's the most intelligent man I've ever met but so absent minded it's adorable; if he doesn't know what an actor has been in before (or since he/she was on something he liked) he believes that person hasn't done any work before or since, but he's considered a pop culture savant at work (just how geeky are supercomputer guys???); he'll take The Boy to McDonald's or another favorite restaurant on Saturday mornings so I can sleep in or take my time getting up; he DOESN'T take me because he knows I'm committed to my Lenten/weight loss plan of staying below 1200 calories (approx.) a day; on my cheat days, he'll buy the whole family ice cream and never say a word when I reach for another slice of bread at dinner; he mows the lawn and takes my car to have the oil changed. Like yours, he has his cell phone or instant messenger screen with him. He called AAA for me from California when I was stranded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and couldn't remember AAA's phone number in my panic. He sent on of his students (calling him from California) to come and pick me and The Boy up when AAA wouldn't be there for an hour. He deals with the stupid cockroaches the south is famous for and never reprimands our 16 year old daughter for getting him out of bed to do it. He used to have (until we moved) posters of both of my books pinned up on the wall outside his cubicle at work.

I could go on and on, but you get it. He's the best.

Here's a big pot of cyber chicken soup!

My SO is so mellow, just the sort I need, being temperamental LOL Of course, I just have to love someone who still loved me after nearly 20 years of being apart, who loves me still even after dealing with me going thru menopause, and who does the dishes for me! Of course it helps that I feel "at home" with him along with safe, relaxed and loved.

You've convinced me. I want one of them. Do I go to the groom store? Or maybe there's a groom mall where you can go to the sports grooms, the geek grooms, the GQ grooms, etc? Really I've been wanting one since I was 18 - that was 40 years ago and I still haven't found one. Or he hasn't found me. Dunno. Still hoping.

I have one of those men too! And mine is an ex-Navy guy. Now he's an uber-geek. He works for one of the super-secret government places, and I never know what he's doing, but he can fix any kind of problem I get my 'puter into, so he's golden.
He also rubs my feet when I feel blucky, brings me coffee with just the right creamer, sends me out of town with my mommy-friends when I need a break from the kiddos, plays 'our' song when I need to hear it, doesn't mind it when I want to snuggle, really believes I'm beautiful and tells me often, and is generally just the nicest guy I know.

ps- love this site, the "LC" are just amazing.