i find loving my wife very easy. and i’m not just talking about the flutter flutter feeling “ooh i luv my wife” but love in action
i would like to imagine everyone loves their wife as well as i do but i’m sure a lot of people don’t. and i’m not talking from an arrogant point of “ooh look at me, look at how well i love my wife” but just a day to day thing of being intentional, and it’s really so easy… [and i imagine there are some people who love their wives better than i do and i am hungry to learn]
sending her an sms i know is going to make her smile (possibly about some dodgily fun comment from a movie we watched together) or just reminding her text’ily that i love her
doing something small for her when she comes home. I know Val loves candles so having the lights out and some candles burning. so simple, takes thirty seconds, and yet has such a huge impact – and if really on top of it, running a bath or having a glass of wine ready or a cup of coffee to greet her as she arrives
making coffee for her in bed every morning, or most mornings. i honestly find this one ridiculously easy and not a chore at all. i just love the fact that i get to love her into the morning so easily and simply
i try to tell her a lot. and often. i know she knows. but i want her to hear, and feel, and experience, and know some more
i think intentionality is the key. really. It’s a choice to love someone far more than it ever is a feeling. when the feeling is there and pumping and fluttering then it’s maybe easier. but often the action welcomes or invites or remembers the feeling
may this not be a first year of marriage thing. may i still be sending tbV naughty sms’s when we’re both 60 (and making sure i send them to the right phone when my mind and eyesight starts to go)
married guys, love your wives. better!
Greetings Brettfish,
Just came across your lovely blog. Keep doing what you are doing, you are a perfect loving husband which men need to adhere to your outshining qualities to being a provider and protecter for your wife. You are doing everything right and I’m sure she deserves every bit of your efforts as she does and would do the same for you. Women do want to see it, feel it and most of all hear it, so don’t ever stop doing what you are doing! I wholeheartedly agree with you that it is a choice, a choice in which we should all be choosing too, it’s such a waste when two people feel for one another, and no action has been taken. Talking from experience here :-). Much happiness to you and your wife!
ITYAS
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