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I have noticed this throughout the years in social circles as well as most recently, social media. It seems it is mostly the men praising their wives to a point where it is "mushy" (not that there is anything wrong with that). My thoughts about this seem to center on the wife really loving her spouse, but to "praise" him would seem too "Ozzie and Harriet" and undermine females having any kind of independence. Don't get it twisted, I AM NOT saying wives shouldn't be independent.
Nah. I didn't noticed that. But you know the saying: Happy wife - happy life. A little praise goes a long way.
I know many couples praising each other equally. That's what loving people do. There is nothing "mushy" about it. And surely has nothing to do with wives independence. This reason would never cross my mind...
Really? Maybe you don't see it but many women go out of their way to "stroke" their man's ego - thanking him for stuff they've done. Women may get more compliments from men about their looks but women praise men for doing stuff, being thoughtful - it's call reciprocity, however it is done.
If you want your spouse to feel loved and appreciated, you praise them. It's important for women to realize that men thrive on sincere compliments as much as they do.
I am very appreciative of my husband and vice versa. I certainly don't feel compelled to make a public show of it. I'm always suspect of couples who do, especially those gushing Facebook posts. If you're confident in your relationship, there's no need to put it out there for public comment.
I am very appreciative of my husband and vice versa. I certainly don't feel compelled to make a public show of it. I'm always suspect of couples who do, especially those gushing Facebook posts. If you're confident in your relationship, there's no need to put it out there for public comment.
Yes, when there's gushing on Facebook I often wonder who they are trying to convince.
I am very appreciative of my husband and vice versa. I certainly don't feel compelled to make a public show of it. I'm always suspect of couples who do, especially those gushing Facebook posts. If you're confident in your relationship, there's no need to put it out there for public comment.
^^This. I don't pay much attention to the curated versions of lives on social media, but some people are just less publicly demonstrative than others. No biggie.
I don't really notice what you're speaking of. In my social circles, women tend to be complimentary about their spouses. I'm sure mileage varies greatly depending on who you are associating with. My husband is military, and I don't spend a ton of time socializing in military spouse circles (mostly because we are remotely located, versus in a heavily military community), but when I have spent time around those spouses, they are generally kind of two ends of extremes on the spectrum. Either they are the rah-rah cheerleaders about everything their spouse does, or they are constantly annoyed by things that are part of the package, like doing a lot of solo parenting, long separations, etc. and harp on the spouse. It works both ways, whether they're men or women.
I feel like this is too varied a topic to really solidly generalize.
Also, if you're talking about social media, keep in mind that you get a pretty filtered and curated glimpse of people's lives, based on what they choose to share. And there isn't anything wrong with that. If you looked at my social media profile, you'd see mostly photos from trips with the family smiling and carefree. Does that mean we are always smiling and carefree? Of course not. But it's the sort of thing you put in photo albums. Not when you're home and baby laundry is piling up and people are stressed and sleep-deprived and you're out of milk and snapping at one another. People tend to share the good.
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