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25 Ways to Show Your Wife You Love Her

August 14, 2012 Doug Flanders Family Life, Marriage25 ways to show your wife you love her ,

doug flanders, list for husbands, love, marriage, relationshis, rese!t

"he #ey to a su!!essful marriage is utting your souse$s needs ahead of your own% &ere are 25

ra!ti!al suggestions gleaned from 25 years of hay marriage%

1% Listen"o be truly heard is the longing of every human heart, and your wife is no e'!etion% (tsounds simle, but listening !an be harder than it seems with so many distra!tions around

us and within us% )et aside some time every day to loo# into your wife$s eyes and really

listen to what she has to say% *ou may be surrised at what you hear% +ames 1-1.,Matthew 11-15/

2% CommunicateDon$t ma#e her guess what you are thin#ing or feeling%

% Sing Her Praises

)hamelessly brag about her good ualities and uietly ray about her bad ones% &erreutation is your reutation% +roverbs 1-232./

4% Pray For Her and With Herraying on your wife$s behalf not only enlists the hel of the Almighty, but also uts her

and her needs at the forefront of your heart and mind, right where they belong% raying

alongside your wife will strengthen your relationshi li#e nothing else% )tudies show that

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!oules who regularly ray together stay together, enoying a 16 divor!e rate !omared

to the usual rate of 506 or more% +hiliians 4-78 Matthew 13-1./

5% Value Her Individuality *our wife is wonderfully uniue% Don$t !omare her to your mom, or your e'wife, or

your old girlfriend% *our mom may ma#e the best !ho!olate !hi !oo#ies in the world, but unfavorable !omarisons won$t win you brownie oints%

7% Put the Seat Downeretually raised toilet seats are a et eeve of wives everywhere% And while you$re at

it, tidy u a bit% A little !onsideration goes a long way% +hiliians 2-4/

9% Throw Your Dirty Clothes in the Hamer(t$s li#ely ust a few stes from wherever you are droing them anyway% Ma#e this a

habit, and it will let your wife #now your don$t !onsider her your ersonal maid%

3% Turn !"" the T#V#Lay aside the video games, o!#et the ihone, and shut off the !omuter, as well% (t isstaggering how many hours we waste ga:ing at some sort of s!reen instead of intera!ting

with the real eole in our lives% ;ons!iously set limits on your tubetime, whatever formit ta#es% veryone needs an o!!asional brea# to rest and re!harge, and this is ese!ially imortant

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for a wife who is at home all day with young !hildren% *et it$s very easy to negle!t this

legitimate need unless you regularly and intentionally s!hedule time for it% +Lu#e 5-17/

1% Set )side Coule Time)oa# in the tub together ea!h evening or go on a date night on!e a wee# ? whatever gets

the two of you alone on a regular basis% +@enesis 2-2425/

14% *e Care"ul with Female Friendshis=e all have friends and !olleagues of the oosite se', but tread !autiously% ot all

affairs are hysi!al ones% &onoring your marriage vows means remaining faithful in

thought and word as well as in deed% +Matthew 5-2923/

15% +se (ood Hygiene(t is ama:ing how meti!ulous guys !an be rior to marriage in their attemts to imress a

girl, but on!e they wal# down the aisle, all bets are off% ;lean u a little8 ( romise it

won$t #ill you%

17% Limit the (ross Stu"" Few women find buring and farting nearly as hilarious as the tyi!al guy does% @ood

manners are always a win% +>hesians 5-4/

19% *e Patient(n whatever way this alies to you and your situation, aly it% +1 ;orinthians 1-4,

roverbs 14-2./

13% Cherish Her ChildrenA mother$s bond to her !hildren runs immeasurably dee% =hen you invest time or

energy in them, you are investing in her as well% Bindness to them !ounts as #indness toher% +Mala!hi 4-7/

1.% Choose Her !ver Ho&&ies and *uddies(nvariably there will !ome times in your relationshi when you will be for!ed to !hoose

between your wife and something else that you enoy% Always !hoose her%

20% Provide "or Her ,eeds"his is so mu!h more than ust utting food on the table% (t is allen!omassing% =hether

it is hysi!al needs, emotional needs, siritual needs, you name it ? do your best to

rovide% )ometimes life$s !ir!umstan!es hinder us in one area, but we !an !omensate in

another area% Cften the effort is as imortant as the out!ome% +@alatians 7-2/

21% Dial Down the )nger*our !aveman instin!ts are handy on the battlefield, but horrible for a hay home life%>very outburst or flareu is a relationshi setba!#% "o go forward, the first ste is to sto

going ba!#wards% Learn to !ontrol your temer or it will !ontrol you, your marriage, and

every other ase!t of your life% ust be!ause your wife uts u with it and your !owor#ers tolerate it, doesn$t ma#e your short fuse an asset% Do whatever it ta#es to gain

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vi!tory in this allimortant struggle that has haunted man sin!e ;ain slew Abel%

+>!!lesiastes 9-., >hesians 4-1/

22% Cut !ut the Condescension(f you have been blessed with a ui!# wit, you !an either be the life of the arty or a ain

in the ne!# deending on the !ir!umstan!es% ;ondes!ension is anger$s younger brother% (tisn$t as loud or as dramati!, but it !an be eually hurtful and all the more so for itssubtlety% Lay off the snide remar#s, the sar!asm, and the belittling% )ea# to your wife in

the same way that you would sea# to a rese!ted !olleague% )he is, after all, your artner

in the most valuable investment of your life ? your family%+, +>hesians 4-2., ;olossians-1./

2% )ctively See- Your Wi"e's Insightsalue her inut and give it a referential la!e in your de!isionma#ing ro!ess%

+roverbs 1.-208 12-15/

24% Learn to ForgiveFreely forgive your wife$s ast, resent, and future offenses% Forgiveness is at the heart of the gosel and at the heart of every meaningful relationshi% +>hesians 4-2, ;olossians-1/

25% Ver&ally ./ress Your Love"here are lots of ways to show your love, but women still li#e to hear it so#en%

Cbviously no list is !omrehensive, and one si:e !ertainly doesn$t fit all, but hoefully this onewill romt you to !omile a list of your own, tailormade for your own wife% For any women

reading this blog, you may be interested to #now that my wife has ublished a similar list entitled

25 =ays to )how Eese!t to *our &usband% ;he!# it out and let me #now what you thin#%


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Also, for those who$ve reuested rintable versions of these arti!les, you$ll find the list for

husbands here and the one for wives here, with an otion to rint either arti!le in its entirety or as

a oneage summary%
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