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Being a Better Husband an Easy or Difficult task
Tips for a Husband
If you have a good marriage, everything else seems perfect. But if your marriage is struggling, then it doesn’t really matter what else is good; a tension-filled home can easily carry over into the rest of your life and sour your demeanor. No matter how fortunate the rest of your life is. Many husbands think that their spouse could be doing something differently. But the truth is, you can’t change anybody without changing yourself first. If you make an honest, genuine effort to be a better husband, then you being a better husband improves your marriage. To that end, here are eight tips for becoming a better husband right now.
When things go sour, rather than looking to get a new replacement right away, we instead would focus on what we can control — how we can improve our relational mechanics. How can we be more patient towards our wife? More thoughtful? More loving? You can’t control your wife’s actions, but work on you and trust the rest will take care of itself. Here are 10 tips for becoming a better husband.
1. Every day, aim one “random act of kindness” at your spouse.
Plan for it, write down what you’re going to do, then check the deed off once it’s done. Odds are, being deliberate in this way will lead naturally to more.
