Lies Wives Believe
A Satirical Look at Married Life
My Partner Can’t Do Anything Right
Author: MInTheGap
We’ve seen it on countless sitcoms—from the Dick Van Dyke show to the present—where the wife that’s at home continues to make mistakes. She burns the food, leaves an iron mark on the shirt, and ran the car into the pool.
Today it’s the man—he’s a bad dad. He can’t do anything useful. He wouldn’t know how to clean a dish if he were standing in a bucket of soap and water.
The Evil of Comparison
read comments (1)I Know All There Is To Know
Author: MInTheGap
You were married. You have lived together for sometime. But at some point—and we all reach this point—you decided that there is no longer anything new to learn about your spouse. Indeed, you’ve stopped learning about your spouse and have decided that there’s nothing new to learn!
The problem is that you’re both changing people. You are both a product of what is going on around you, and your opinions and feelings about things may change. So why is it that the people that are closest to us stop trying to learn about us?
It’s all About Me and My Dreams
Author: MInTheGap
People have dreams. No, I’m not simply talking about that time you ended up in front of your school giving the speech of your life in your underwear, I’m talking about goals, wants and desires.
There are things that each person wants to do, what they see themselves doing with their lives and what they want to become.
It’s these dreams and goals that help make us who we are, they define us, and they halp us to feel successful when we reach them.
Space, The Final Frontier
Author: MInTheGap
Do you have to know where your spouse is 100% of the time? Is he or she only allowed to do things that you want to do or that you approve of?
Now, having somewhere specific and knowing where your spouse is can be a good accountability system, but if you or your spouse has to always report in, and does not feel that they have time that they can call their own and space that they can call their own, you’re probably setting up “the perfect storm.”
Do You Know His Hobbies?
Author: MInTheGap
You may believe that your husband should have his hobbies and you can have yours, and that both of you can be happy pursuing your own thing on your own time. To some extent, it was probably true. You see, you both entered into a relationship with things that you liked to do.
However, you both learned to do some of the things that the other person liked to do, and you spent time with each other. That time that you invested in your spouse is part of the glue that holds you two together.
What you do together increases your feelings of love for each other because it associates positive experiences with that other person.
He Got His Ears Lowered
Author: MInTheGap
Do you want to know why this man is angry? Because his wife noticed that he got his haircut—today. He had it done the day before.
Have you gotten to the point in your marriage when you begin to not notice changes in your spouse? Perhaps it’s weight they’re losing, or the fact that they are wearing something that they like.
You need to make sure that you pay attention to each other, and you don’t get to the stage where you aren’t admiring what they look like.
Especially if they have a twin!
Happy Anniversary, Sweetheart
Author: MInTheGap
It was eight years ago today that my wife and I said “I do” in a small church that was her home church. We had met online and she came near to my hometown to go to college.
I proposed to her on February 6th, nine months after we had begun dating, and we were married July 7, 2001.
Three kids later, with the fourth on the way, I can say that I love her more each day, and that I’m so blessed that it is she who is at my side—and that’s no lie. 
Family Vacation Are The Only Type You Can Go On
Author: MInTheGap
For many parents, once they have had children they can’t imagine leaving them behind anywhere, with anyone. They are constantly occupied with thinking about them when they are away from them. They fear the worst might happen.
I’ve only been away from my children a few times since I’ve been a parent. It’s difficult to get a babysitter you can trust, and it’s difficult to plan these types of things with the demands on your daily schedule.
But do you let your fear, or the fact that you have children, limit your ability to get away from them?
Have You Stopped Dating?
Author: MInTheGap
When he was just your boyfriend you couldn’t get enough time together. It didn’t matter what you were doing—the movies, dinner, miniature golf, etc.—you were happy just because you were together.
When you got married, things changed a bit—there was another “activity” that was thrown into the mix, and you started doing all your meals together.
When you add your first child, the dynamics of the family change again, such that you start spending time and focusing on the child’s development.
So my question is, have you stopped dating?
Does He Think You’re Sexy?
Author: MInTheGap
When’s the last time that he’s told you how attractive you are to him? If it hasn’t been a while, that’s not necessarily because he doesn’t think you are.
A lot goes into a relationship. The more that each spouse puts in, the more that they get out. Here’s some reasons the man in your life may not have told you recently how attractive you are to him:
He’s been distracted
Has your husband been consumed with some task around the house or at work? Is he under stress?
Chances are that if he’s got heavy matters on his mind he may not be paying as much attention to you as he would like to.
All you have to do is to make sure that you’re present, and maybe surprise him by wearing something that he likes or giving him a massage. Chances are he’ll take notice!