Jan 01 2009
How to Make Your Husband Happy
Ladies, I want to challenge you to not frustrate your husbands by not understanding how men think. One of the greatest weapons against having a strong marriage is operating in the unknown. Do you know how to make your husband happy?
Consider how your husband thinks: One of the worst things that a wife can do is to continue to operate in her marriage under her own pattern of thinking and never consider how her husband thinks. What is even more frustrating is when your husband has already communicated to you what he feels about certain issues and his wife continues to think like she thinks.
Resist playing mind games: There are many games that men like to participate in and enjoy with great passion like football, baseball, soccer, and hockey. But men absolutely hate mind games in a marriage. It simply frustrates a man when his wife has intentions about something, but she continues to function as if she does not because she considers it to be an element of surprise or my husband should know this if he loves me. Ladies, this is not the game to play. We do not like mind games! Put those games away for someone else. Just be totally up front with your husbands about your intentions for spending money, spending time together, intimacy, etc… No more mind games.
Respect your husband: One of the greatest desires of husbands is to be respected by his wife. Men define respect through tangible exchanges and interactions. It is not solely verbal acknowledgement. In other words, that husband wants his wife to need him. Yes, he needs her to tell him that she needs him, but her response to his needs and the way he is wired also contributes to respect for him. Any thing that reinforces the manhood of your husband is considered as respect to him. Ask any man and he will tell you the exact same thing as it relates to respect. Respect includes listening to his advice sometimes even when you think that he is totally off base. You never know, he may be totally correct.
