{"id":1151,"date":"2016-11-20T00:18:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T00:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copebetter.com\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2016-11-10T20:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:14:18","slug":"10-ways-to-be-a-good-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copebetter.com\/10-ways-to-be-a-good-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways To Be a Good Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you don\u2019t think that marriage is tough, you probably haven\u2019t been married very long. Marriage doesn\u2019t have to be difficult and it doesn\u2019t have to be as much of a downer as your relatives warned you it would be when you got married, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a breeze, either. Here are ten ways to be a good wife:<\/p>\n
Your husband or long-term partner isn\u2019t a mind reader. If you don\u2019t want to go to that restaurant, you have to tell him. If you are lashing out at him because you are stressed from work, you need to talk about that stress, rather than just letting it build up inside you until you are so frustrated that you lose control. If you\u2019re in a bad mood, it\u2019s much better to tell him what\u2019s causing your bad mood, rather than to just let him wonder. Not talking about what\u2019s going wrong in your life or in your relationship leads to resentment.<\/p>\n
Not every marriage has to go through rough patches, if you take the time to talk about issues before they have the opportunity to become real problems. Speaking up before a small problem becomes a huge one is extremely necessary. Whether you are moving and you know that you are going to get stressed out and frustrated or his family is coming and you\u2019re afraid his mom is going to pick on your like she always does, voicing your concerns and expectations before they come to fruition can help keep you two close and stamp out a fight long before there is anything to fight about.<\/p>\n
If you spend a lot of time sitting on your couch watching Netflix, it might be time to rethink your evening routine. Why not try doing something that gets you two talking, instead of just staring blindly at a screen (though if you both love movies and you spend your evenings watching and discussing a movie or show, that\u2019s different than just watching blankly). Find ways to connect with the person you want to spend your life with. Boredom leaves opportunity for unwanted scenarios to transpire.<\/p>\n
Even a handy guy who feels accomplishment from fixing the sink likes to hear that you appreciate his efforts. If he is the breadwinner in the family, all that time away from you is hard on him. Thanking him for his sacrifice (instead of blaming him for his absence) is a game changer. This will train you both to be more appreciative of one another.<\/p>\n
No guy likes to help out around the house and then be criticized because he didn\u2019t do it exactly how you wanted it to be done. If you have to have the house dusted a particular way or the mail organized just so, do those things yourself or learn to get over it if he doesn\u2019t do things exactly how you do them. It\u2019s much better to just do something yourself rather than to resent someone else for doing it \u201cwrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even if you think that everything is going great, it\u2019s still necessary to take some time to talk to one another. Voicing your fears, dreams, and expectations, as well as discussing the current state of your relationship is key to evolving and growing together. Having goals and plans for your relationship and working together on them as partners is only possible if you have these conversations.<\/p>\n
No matter how much you love him, he\u2019s going to do things that annoy you, no matter how many times you tell him that they annoy you. He\u2019s not a project and he\u2019s not your son. Your goal shouldn\u2019t be to mold him or improve him. If you married him because you thought you could somehow \u201cfix\u201d him, you\u2019re just going to resent him. You are two separate people, with your own quirks. Understanding that you can both love him and occasionally be annoyed by him is an important part of keeping your relationship strong.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, it can be fun to get together with your friends and complain about your husbands and boyfriends, but you might find, if this happens too often, that you are actually looking for ways to be annoyed by him. While it\u2019s fine to mention that it\u2019s a little annoying that he doesn\u2019t put his breakfast dishes in the dishwasher, turning girls\u2019 nights into bash sessions of your significant others is a good way to drive a wedge in between you and your partner.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t have to love football, but you could still spend a little time educating yourself about his favorite team and how the game works so that you two can still have a conversation about it. Make an effort to show an interest in what he\u2019s interested in. He\u2019s sure to love and appreciate it!<\/p>\n
He has a lot of people in his life- his boss, his parents, his friends\u2014 telling him what he doesn\u2019t do well. He might even be too hard on himself and refuse to acknowledge what he does well. A great wife and partner goes out of her way to acknowledge what her partner does well. Paying him regular compliments, on his actions and looks, will boost his ego and ignite your attraction to one another!<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t think that marriage is tough, you probably haven\u2019t been married very long. Marriage doesn\u2019t have to be difficult and it doesn\u2019t have to be as much of a downer as your relatives warned you it would be when you got married, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a breeze, either. Here are ten…<\/p>\n