appreciate my husband more

I tend to show I care by buying gifts. Last Christmas this meant a new 46” television. Last week I started writing notes on the mirror after a steamy shower. I found out that my husband has the same reaction to secret shower messages that are only revealed in the steam. I never knew it could be so fun to tell him that I love him. I’m going to think of other ways to creatively do this as well.

I need to understand that heart to heart connections mean more than material objects.

This morning he made me french toast and breakfast sausage with medium pulp orange juice. It was delicious.

My hubby tries so hard to make everything right for us. Right now we are trying to buy a house and he is stressing over it. Also we are trying to save money too. He has been a little stand offish, but he gets that way when he is stressed. It hurts my feelings when he is like that. Then I tell him and we get into an arguement. I need to remember how hard he tries to make things better for us. And how important it is to him. He feels that I don’t appreciate him for what he is doing. To be honest, I didn’t see the whole picture. I do that a lot. Only see the little things that are bugging me right at that moment. I really do appreciate him. I just need to show it more. Any ideas on how to show it?

After 9 years together and 3 years of marriage, our relationship has certainly changed. With a toddler daughter about to turn two and a blossoming painting career, my priorities have shifted to being mother and artist. Sometimes I can’t see the forest for the trees; I get hung up on the day-to-day stresses of life and miss the bigger picture. Showing my husband (and our marriage) much-deserved appreciation is a goal I’m committed to. I plan to make more of an effort to make time for him and for us – a monthly date would be so exciting! We need to take time for ourselves and reconnect. It makes me smile just thinking about it….

I need to appreciate my husband more. He got me out of the dead end life I had in St. Louis. He’s given me the world. We live in Japan and just spent a month in Europe. He gives me all this, no questions asked. The least I can do is appreciate him as much as humanly possible. I love you James.

He’s making it so difficult for me to really appreciate him. He was home for three weeks to take care of me and the baby and that was really nice of him. But the last few days, when I was doing a bit better, he wasn’t doing anything anymore, started nagging and looking for things to do. I did not get any rest anymore, because he always wanted to do something. And at night, he slept when I was nursing the baby. And afterwards he was blaming me for always being tired and for insisting to breastfeed our son. He told me that this is taking too much time and formula was so much faster (not that he could also feed him with formula – not one word!!!). He’s right, that nursing our son takes a lot of time. But it’s very precious time for me – and I bet it also is for our son – and I could do so much better if only I had some time during the day to get some rest.
But the worst thing is: when he’s talking to other people, he’s obviously proud of his son and of him being breastfed – it’s so easy, always available, always the right temperature, etc. Only he never tells me those things… I’m always to blame when things go wrong and that I don’t have any more time for our daughter and so on.
Maybe he’s also just tired and we only have to get back to normal. Maybe then he will stop complain about everything I am doing. I really hope so – I really can’t appreciate anything positive he’s doing for me like this right now.

Right now my daughter and me are down with a flu. It’s really bad and we really can’t do much but sneeze and cough the whole day. My husband took these last two days off to take care of us (well, actually yesterday it was my daughter’s day at her granparents, so it was only for me!).
If that’s not worth to be appreciated, then what is???

to add this goal as well, but it’s true: I should appreciate him more than I do now. My husband has his own interests, a job he never talks about and is not much of a talker anyway. This makes it very difficult to really be with him sometimes. But he is a great father end he takes care of me when I need it the most. That’s reason enough to make an effort.

i was married march 14 2006.. we have only been dating for a year we were friend before that for about 6 months he said he new on the first date that i was the woman that he was going to marry but me on the other hand…just wanted to cont to be friends..i have 2 (boys)children and he has a son…i was a little aphrensive about dating him…we talked on the phone every night and i was gettig to know him i realized that he was a wonderful man..well long story..short we are having a child another boy i am 38 weeks he is trying all he can to please me and the children but i feel as though i keeo shying away…from the beginning he knew that i was not an affectionate person…but he is…im not sure if it is because of the other bad relationships that i was in before i feel bad when i move his hand from touching my stomache or my behind i need help before i loose a great husband

We moved this past weekend. I am so grateful for this man of mine. He moved his family without complaining, after all the moving was complete, he then helped me set up the house. I love watching him work around the house, even if it is just changing a light bulb. I see him not only trying to please me but also please our God. He answers the phone everytime I call. Even when he is upset when I need a kiss or hand he gives it to me. He loves our children.