I hadn't been to cirque du soleil since i was probably 7 or 8 years old. It ended up coming to my area. I sighed longingly at the posters and lamented at the price.

Well, he bought tickets and surprised me before Christmas. He totally had me off track too, i thought he was bringing me elsewhere until we turned the corner!

Obviously it was amazing, but the memory with him is even better.

We were also planning a trip to Maui, but I was stressing out about the cost. He ended up surprising me with the plane ticket for my birthday. We just got back and made the most awesome memories of my life.

Seriously, i feel so undeserving of his kindness. I need to work extra hard to be the best person i can be for him!

A couple of years ago for Christmas my SO got me a dog charm for my charm bracelet. My father is severely allergic to animals so I was never able to have any sort of pet. The charm is a little silver Labrador ( the type of dog that I has always wanted) and said that since we couldn't get a dog yet, he got me the next best thing.

My husband bought me a heated toilet seat for Christmas one year because that winter I had started making a tiny yelp whenever my behind hit the freezing cold seat. He would laugh when he heard me and yell out "Cold?", and we would giggle at my ridiculousness.

I've told him many times how much I really appreciated that gift and how sweet he was to pay attention.

My man also got me socks :). It's an idea that sounds boring at first but he has really good taste in clothes and they were the kind I would have never gotten for myself: fun, colorful, and high-quality. I've never been the type to treat myself with fun garments like that so I really appreciated it. It's been a couple years and I still wear them regularly.

My husband does woodworking and it's pretty freakin awesome to see what he makes for me. My favorite was the guitar stand.

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I once mentioned how much I love tea sets when my SO and I were watching Downton Abbey. For my birthday, he bought an entire DINNERWARE set specifically for the tea pot/set. I thought it was funny and super sweet when I found out. Now when I have tea/coffee I feel all fancy and feminine. It's a beautiful pattern and now I have matching bowls and plates for entertaining! :)

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My husband bought me an electronic device one year for my birthday. He charged it the night before then put it back in the box which I thought was quite symbolic of how he thinks of the things that no one else thinks of. He's awesome.

I'm currently single, but my ex once bought me a book in a language that I was learning, and was his native language. It was a book that he'd read a few years prior when he was my age, and was very important to him. The relationship didn't work out, but I still have the book and think fondly of him when I see it.

I had briefly mentioned to my husband awhile ago that I was thinking of learning how to knit because I thought it would be a fun hobby. I didn't think anything of it until he came home from his last business trip with a beginners knitting kit for me. I was so touched that he remembered my comment, but also went out of his way to find it for me.

Just a little while ago he came home with a build your own fairy garden kit. I had mentioned a long time ago that I can't wait for the girls to be old enough to make fairy gardens (something I remember spending hours doing as a child).

So he bought me one to do myself since it'll be a while before they outgrow their destroying stage and start their creating stage :P

My ex bought me a graphics card for my birthday last year (hear me out).

I'd just spent a reasonable amount of money building a desktop computer that I could run my engineering programs on but also that I could game on. GTA V was about to come out and I was gutted because I couldn't afford both a graphics card and the deposit for my new flat... Birthday rolls around and I realised he hadn't asked what I wanted so when he handed me the present I was a little worried!! When I opened it the box was empty - he'd already put it in the computer for me :) incredibly thoughtful and still incredibly useful!!

Once, my ex bought me a small food chopper for Christmas. It was the first time I had ever received a "practical" gift from a man, so at first I was a bit angry that it wasn't "romantic".

Finally, after a few days of me giving him the cold shoulder, he said he bought it because he knew that I hate chopping onions but love using them. Then he reminded me that he didn't really like onions, I was the one who was always adding them in my salads, chili, etc. Basically, it was a completely selfless gift.

When he told me why he bought it, I felt like a fool and it taught me an important lesson in appreciation.

I love the pagan necklace SO got for me one year ago. He bought it in a street stand. It has so much meaning for me because he is atheist(?) but still respects my pagan beliefs.

I had mentioned to my SO that one time I saw on the Food Network this restaurant that has a Toasted Marshmallow milkshake and that I wound up taking a 4 hour bus ride that day to go get one. It was just an offhanded comment but he started picking out all of the toasted marshmallow jelly beans out of this HUGE jelly bean bag his kids got him for Christmas and putting them into a little baggie for me. It didn't dawn on me that he was doing this until I asked. His reply "I listen". I was like wow. I don't think I would have remembered such a small detail.

I had told A that I loved reading this book 'Balloonia' when I was a child and reminisced about the story line to him. He bought me a copy of the book for my birthday. It was such a meaningful thing to me that he picked up on it, I have the book on my desk and get to be reminded of it every day.

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That is so sweet!my SO works like a dog and often feels that he "neglects" me because of his schedule. (I totally disagree, but whatever ). The last two times I've gone to get my hair done, when I get to the counter the associate told me it was already taken care of. He had his card put on file. So touching. Now when I get a haircut I'm reminded of my honey love :)))

I come into this thread and I'm just blown away by the level of gratefulness here

Christmas present I loved-- my amazing husband put all of the music stuck on my old iPods and iPhone onto my newest iPhone (I lost a CD book and changed laptops, so ended up with different iTunes lists). Free for him, fantastic for me! Incidentally-- it turns out that you can buy a machine that converts old tapes and records into MP3 files to be loaded into iTunes. So I also got to hear a "demo tape" (heh) from his screamy college "punk band". Very cool.