1. PROLONGING SILENT WHEN OFFENDED TO SHOW YOU ARE ANGRY:
This makes you and your husband used to not talking to each other and makes you two draw further apart doing major damage to your communication. Even when he does wrong, get angry, but get to talk about it and forgive quickly
2. KILLING YOUR SOCIAL LIFE:
Don't isolate yourself. Have mature friends to surround you, to grow with you as a wife. This makes your life richer, widens your worldview, challenges you and makes you less demanding on your husband's time. Again, make sure the female friends you keep are of good influence. You need fellow women who will stand with you, iron sharpens iron
3. OVER REACTING:
When your husband reveals to you information and you over react or you become highly suspicious or of him, that will discourage him from sharing matters with you in future and he will begin to be secretive, not because he wants to but because he would rather avoid the toxic environment you bring when over reacting. Secrecy opens up a door to many dangers in your marriage
4. USING SEX AS A WEAPON:
Never try to punish your husband by denying him sex. This will make him desire you less and he will seek for sex outside your marriage. Once your sex-life is damaged, your marriage will suffer. Never play games with sex
5. LISTENING TO OUTSIDE VOICES:
You and your husband know your marriage and the issues concerning your marriage best, not your family or friends. When you listen to multiple voices to direct your marriage, you will get confused. The best person to talk to is your husband. Don't make your husband feel you value what others say than what he says
6. SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH OUTSIDERS:
There are things to tell your friends and there are things best kept between you and your husband. Do not bad mouth your husband to the public. Don't gossip about him. Cover him, you are his back bone.
7. ABANDONING YOUR DREAMS FOR THE SAKE OF MARRIAGE:
Don't end your career and throw away all your years of education and experience, all your talent and skills because you are a wife. Get a job, keep your job, make money, get into business, study, advance your goals and Grow. There is more to your life than marriage. When you stagnate and stop growing, you will become less compatible with your husband and he will soon struggle to relate with you because he has grown more than you over the years
8. COMPARING YOUR HUSBAND WITH OTHERS:
Don't keep telling your husband, 'Why can't you be like this man or that man'. The fastest way to kill your husband's self-esteem, ego, dreams and drive is by praising other men and looking down on him. Never look down on your man.
9. ABANDONING YOUR HUSBAND:
When you get a child/children, don't abandon your husband and stop meeting his needs. If you do so, it will make him feel alone. Show him you still need him. Have time for your kids but remember you both need to keep the warmth as a couples. Yes, you can balance being a wife and a mother, just as he can balance being a husband and a father. Don't push him aside, You need each other's attention.
10. COMPETING WITH OTHER COUPLES:
Don't compete with other couples in order to make an impression. When you want to live like other couples and have what they have, you will only make your marriage shallow. Don't make your husband feel not good enough because you are admiring other marriages instead of yours. Stop playing catch up. Find your own identity, goals and pace as a couple
11. CRITICIZING YOUR HUSBAND:
Do not be the woman who sees no good in her husband, Of course you saw good in him and that's why you agreed to marry him. Don't forget all the good he has done for years when he does one or a few mistakes. Forgive him when he offends you, Don't keep a record of his wrongs. Be his biggest fan and he will do great things with you and for you
12. BEING A LIABILITY IN THE NAME OF SUBMISSION:
Being a submissive wife doesn't mean you sit pretty and lack initiative, it doesn't mean you don't have a voice or you wait for your husband before you do everything. Contribute, Get a vision for your marriage and share it with him. Ask your husband questions. Identify needs at home and meet them. Lead with your husband, don't just tag along. Take your husband out on dates. Come up with ideas and discuss them with your husband.
13. KEEPING THINGS TO YOURSELF:
Don't just keep things to yourself alone and pretend you are happy. Do not hold grudges deep inside of you. Stop wearing a fake smile and thinking your husband will know what is bothering you if you don't say it. Stop calling your husband insensitive when you don't voice out to him what is disturbing you. Discuss whatever that is bothering you with your husband and find solution to it. If your husband wronged you, confront him with love.
May we all have a happy marriage life.
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