The One Thing Your Wife Really Craves From You

Last weekend I wrote an article about the one thing your husband really craves from you, and as expected, many readers wanted to know when the “wife version” would appear. As one reader rightly guessed when I said it would take a while, what your wife really wants from you would fill a book! Still, I thought, what if we could condense it? Men need respect, women need love…same old phrase we’ve heard over and over again, but what does this love really mean? How can you show it? The word “husband” is derived from a root word that means “to cultivate”. How can you make sure that your wife doesn’t fade and shrivel under your care? How can you ensure that being one with you sees her blossom and bloom? It’s not just love your wife needs, and it’s not just leadership either. Loving leadership is what your wife craves, and believe it or not that includes honouring her. She needs you to be a man, but more than that she needs you to be a man who knows his woman’s worth. Let your love for her show in everything you do; in the way you listen to her, the way you defend her, the way you support her dreams, the way you correct her, the way you talk to her even when you’re upset. Let her feel your love in the way you lead your home, in the way you take her thoughts and feelings into consideration, in the way you put her first. Above all, let her feel your love in the way you respond to her submission. Far too many men take their wives’ submission for granted. They assume that because a woman needs love, she doesn’t deserve respect. Your wife defers to you not because she is less intelligent or in any way inferior to you, but because she has chosen to; she has placed her hand in yours for life, because she trusts you to lead in love. Don’t let her down. About the author: Joy Ehonwa is a writer, editor and online proofreader who is passionate about relationships and personal development. She runs Pinpoint Creatives, a copy-editing, ghostwriting and transcription business, and blogs at www.anafricandiva.wordpress.com and www.girlaware.wordpress.com

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This article was first published on 9th November 2014 and updated on August 14th, 2015 at 11:30 am

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