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His Least Favorite Food
Author: MInTheGap
You don’t ever do this, do you? Do you cook his least favorite meal on purpose to try to teach him a lesson?
There is a lot of truth to the statement that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. So if you’re not taking the time to learn how to cook something well, you’re likely hurting your own relationship.
Hey, don’t look at me, I’m just trying to help you out!
Not Tonight
Author: MInTheGap
The truth is, the two of you were made for each other—both physically and as the cliche goes. Part of the marriage covenant means being physically available to one another, and though you may believe that you’re making him want it more by withholding—or that you’re teaching him a lesson, you are hurting the physical glue that helps bind the two of you together.
Seriously, physical intimacy does so much to hold the two of you together—and it is something that is pure inside the marriage relationship!
Remember The Children
Author: MInTheGap
Something happens when a woman becomes a mom. The dad loves his children, spends time with his children, but is still a man. A woman changes, and is much more easily focused on her children than on her husband.
It may be that the wife is more invested in the children. She’s more nurturing, probably spends more time with them. They were a part of her insides once, and they have a special bond.
The problem is that the primary relationship that a wife needs to maintain is the one with her husband—both for their sake and the child’s sake.
Your Pledge
The truth is, your marriage will not survive if you do not give each other the attention you pledged to each other. When you said “forsaking all others” that included your children in a way. You promised to have a primary relationship with your spouse. Yes, you love your children and need to show them that love. But that love cannot come at the cost of losing your relationship with your husband.
The Only good Wife is the Trophy Wife
Author: MInTheGap
I’m sure there are many wives out there that believed, before they were married, that the only way they could get a man was to look “hot”. Why else would you have young ladies going to great lengths to get or keep in shape, to be able to show off their bodies, and look at magazines thinking about proms, formals, and their wedding gowns.
The point being that I believe many women believe a lot of their worth is derived from their ability to look attractive to their husband.
But that’s just simply not true.
Why does my hair even matter?
Author: Lois Lane II
I’ll never forget the day I cut my hair.
Drastically cut, I mean. I let my hair grow out in college, and for our wedding, it was a great length – not too long, but definitely past the shoulders.
Probably three weeks after my husband and I got married, I chopped it off. It was unintentional. I wanted something that hit right at the bottom of my neck, and, as I had a new home over an hour away from my former stylist, I decided to find another one.
BIG MISTAKE.
I Need To Be Like a Man
Author: MInTheGap
One of the foundational lies that wives believe centers on the fact of what women are. As long as wives believe the following, they will never have fruitful relationships or joy:
[M]en are smarter, have all the power, and are more important, so if we want to have influence we should be more like them – Sheri Dew [Hat Tip: A Good Husband]
This is one of the core tenants of the modern feminist movement. Rather than glorying in what women and wives are, the feminists focused rather on looking at what men are and fell for the lie that if they were more like them, then they could experience the freedom that they believe men enjoyed.
It’s the “grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” all over again.
Think before you speak
Author: Lois Lane II
We were in the car the other night, riding to dinner with some friends, when Hubby said something SPECIFICALLY to get under my skin. You know the comment. The one where you really can’t say anything about it because a) well, it is a PRIVATE thought that only Hubby knows, and you don’t want to let the cat out of the bag and b) let’s not start a fight in front of friends.
So what did I do in this situation? Simmered.
Does the thought REALLY count?
Author: Lois Lane II
It’s Dec. 25. You unwrap your gift and find a mustard-green and camo-green horizontally striped sweater. Oh, yes, it’s certainly going to make those extra 10 pounds you gained during the few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas really stand out. Fabulous. And there’s your husband, unwrapping his own PlayStation 3 games and not having a clue that you’re displeased with his gift.
The In-Law Conundrum
Author: Lois Lane II
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, but the majority of us have in-laws – and, sometimes, we are too close in proximity to them, as well.
I told my husband the other day that I didn’t think it was quite fair that he had one mother-in-law and I had four. “Four?” he repeated, confused for a moment.
“Yes,” I replied in a matter-of-fact tone. “Your biological mother, your aunt, who is closer than your mother; your stepmother; and your grandmother, who says she raised you.”
See? FOUR. And you thought YOU had it rough. :p
Trusting through trials
Author: Lois Lane II
Trials will come in marriage. They do. They’re like the unwanted houseguest (think your in-laws…lol) that come over unannounced and stay for as long as they like.
Hubby and I each have gone through our own personal trials. One of my biggest hurdles to overcome was, frankly, getting kicked out of grad school (TECHNICALLY, I was not kicked out, but I was asked to consider other options). I felt like a failure, and I had no idea how much I wallowed in self-loathing for an entire year before everything burst open like a dam. I remember the day well; it was in the summer, and Hubby and I were driving down the backroads one Sunday afternoon. And… the dam burst.