I have been a male homemaker and primary parent since 1987. I am 56 years old. I put my wife through graduate school.
It’s my opinion that men have no idea what women want and that women have no idea what men want.
Men: If you want to make your wife happy, do three things every day and one thing every week.
Take out the trash. Tell her that you love her. Thank her for something she’s done. And once a week tell her that what she is wearing looks good on her.
Women: Let him pretend to be in charge. Let him pretend that he’s stronger than you are. Let him have his delusions. Fair is fair. You don’t want him to say exactly what he thinks of your complexion and weight do you?
And men if you want to go over the top, show up at her work tomorrow with $15 worth of flowers in a vase, and $15 worth of chocolate in a bowl. Put them both on her desk. Tell her you love her and go back to work. Doing that occasionally is much cheaper than a marriage counselor, more effective, and less annoying than answering stupid questions about feelings. And it’s a lot cheaper than a divorce attorney.
If we spent half as much energy building up our spouses as we do tearing them down we would be a lot happier. Remember, your wife is prettier when she is happy.
