Tip #41: Husbands, signal love in a way she can feel it Recently at an event, a man came up to me looking worried – and confused. His wife had just told him that she felt they were “settling” in their marriage. That their marriage was mediocre. That she didn’t feel particularly loved. He was…
Dear Shaunti, I wish my husband were more romantic. I love spending time with him—we work out together and go to the movies, you know, normal couple stuff—but some of my best friends have husbands who plan candlelit dinners or whisk them off on romantic getaways a lot. My best friend’s boyfriend just surprised her…
Dear Shaunti, I’m in deep soup with my wife, and I don’t know why. We went out for a really nice dinner last night – an actual date without the kids. We were both excited about it beforehand, but by the time we got in the car, it was obvious she was bummed. At the…
Dear Shaunti, It seems like I am always the one to initiate sex. Even when I do, my wife sometimes seems less than enthusiastic. In other ways, we have a great relationship, but this is a big deal for me and it really bums me out. What can I do so that she finds me…
All of us have seen – and chuckled at – those sitcoms that show a bumbling husband forgetting his wife’s birthday, or frantically scrambling to find a lame anniversary gift at the last minute. And how many times have we seen the handy but insensitive home-renovation guru buy his wife something like a power saw…
Ladies, don’t assume that just because your man doesn’t initiate your idea of romance that it’s not important to him. Men usually need to be affirmed in their efforts at romance. This is a continuation of the audio message from Shaunti originally recorded in the studio at Family Life with Dennis Rainey.
