The adage goes that familiarity breeds contempt. When the husband finds the wife as comfortable as an old shoe, chances are that’s how he will treat her: like an old shoe! Why? I suspect husbands (being one myself) subconsciously think this way, “Well, I have her....
I feel like I could have written this book by Ryan O'Quinn, Marriage Rules, The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Marriage. Really. I feel like he's describing my marriage. 😎 Like many, if not all, marriages, nothing is perfect. Ryan points out many of these...
By Ganns Deen A few months ago, I wrote "Husbands, Our Wives are Not Our…," with the goal of encouraging us husbands to look at our wives differently. Today, I’d like to flip the coin on its head. Wives, your husbands are not your… 1. Saviors. The assumption of this...
The "Happy Wife, Happy Life" statement is sooo true! When you go home, you want to rest but your wife is not all set up for that. As hubbies, we need to learn and be consistent in finding out how we may adjust so that we may have a happy life, and to do that, we need...
By Ganns Deen A few days ago, before meeting for our couples’ group, I bought two pieces of bread: one with pork floss, the other… with pork floss. (Floss is love. But not the point.) When I got to the second floor, my wife was aghast. “You can’t eat that.” “Why not?”...
Gentlemen, if you’ve read author Gary Chapman’s 1995 book, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, you may remember his premise that there are five ways to express and experience love: Gifts Quality time Words of affirmation Acts of...