I have always appreciated, accepted and admired my husband but never told him so, partly because I thought he must know it. Reading Fascinating Womanhood, I realized I sometimes get so busy and are mentally occupied with my own world and the kids that I neglected to take time and admire my husband and to really listen to what he is saying.
What is the difference between to admire your husband and to appreciate him? You appreciate your husband for his worth and what he does for you, whereas you admire him for his manliness.
Deep in every man's heart he longs for admiration of his manliness such as his masculine skills, abilities, achievements, ideas, dreams and manly body. Just as you need love he needs admiration.
The center of a woman's happiness in marriage is to be loved, but the center of a man is to be admired.
He likes receiving it from people but most of all he needs to hear it from the woman he loves, knows him the best and and who respects him for who he is.
A wife who can look past her husbands human frailties and discover things to genuinely admire, things which others don't notice or appreciate is a wife to be treasured, as she gives him admiration he returns love.
Rules for Admiring your husband is:
Assignment:
With Love
Liesel
References:
Personal experiences and Fascinating Womanhood by Helen Andelin