Before we go into the article concerning “What Every Husband Should Know About His Wife”, we have a You Tube comedy music link for you titled, “Things You Don’t Say to Your Wife.” It’s pretty good advice (and funny too)!
Please click onto the following link to enjoy:
“THE WIFE SONG“
And now for the article:
What Every Husband Should Know About His Wife:
Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, said, “Despite my
thirty years of research into the feminine soul, I have not yet been
able to answer the great question: What does a woman want?”
Well, Freud, may not have been able to identify the deepest needs of
women, but modern research has. A wife’s most basic needs in marriage
are: (1) to be cherished, (2) to be known and (3) to be respected.
• She Needs to be Cherished
“I can’t understand
it, Doc.” Doug was talking before he even sat down in my counseling
office. “Lisa has everything she could possibly need. She doesn’t have
to work, she buys lots of clothes, we live in a great place, we take
wonderful vacations, I’m faithful—but she’s miserable.” Doug shook his
head and said, “I just don’t get it.”
We talked a bit more about his seven-year marriage and how he tried
to express his love for Lisa. “I’m not the talkative type, Doc,” he
said. “I show my love by providing the very best I can for her.” This
poor husband didn’t realize that his love-starved wife would have
traded all the clothes and vacations in the world for a little
tenderness from him.
Without meaning to, a husband can completely miss one of his wife’s
most important needs: to be cherished. This need is too often
overlooked by husbands because we don’t feel the need for it as deeply
as women do. But that doesn’t discount its validity. Your wife needs to
be cherished.
She needs to know she is number one in your life. If it came down to
an evening with your buddies or a night with your wife, she needs to
know you would choose her—not because you have to, but because you want
to.
What can you do to cherish your wife? [Read more →]