After nearly twenty five years of marriage I can safely say “He loves when I greet him at the door.”
Today he went to help our arena team leader, work a few calves. As I hear the rattlin’ of the trailer pulling up this afternoon, I took a quick look in the mirror, swiped on a little lip gloss and greeted him at the door.
This simple little practice of greeting him at the door, we have done for most of our marriage. This is what it does……
- It tells him I appreciate him and the hard work that he does. You may both work together, or even get home at different times but regardless, a quick acknowledgement of appreciation for someone does a world of good.
- Lets him know I respect him. Some of you hear that word and say “Oh no! Not respect, sounds like you’re beat.” Not even close. Respect is a wonderful word that goes hand in hand with admiration. Both of which I have for him.
- I desire him. This is important for both of you. I always want him to know that he is my love.
- I care about him not only as my spouse but as a friend. If a friend pulled up to our house, I wouldn’t just continue my work in the office. I would greet my friend at the door. Don’t we owe that to each other?
- It shows him that I am interested in how his day went . I want to genuinely know. I enjoy our conversations and he in turn ask me about my day as well. If it’s been a bad day for him, I hope it will help him to know I’m here for him.
- It shows him that he’s a priority to me. Everything else can wait.
I wish I could say that I was the smarty pants that came up with this idea, I wasn’t. A older, wiser lady told me this when I first got married……I never forgot it. I thought she was crazy at the time but I only had to practice this a few times to see what it did for my marriage.
I asked my man, what does it mean to you that I greet you at the door? He said, “It showed me you wanted to look attractive for me. I didn’t want to go hang out with the guys I had been working with all day, I couldn’t wait to see you.”
Wow! I had never asked him that question before today…..little bit of lip gloss goes a long way I guess. I wasn’t expecting that response at all, but I’ll take it.
Let’s face it ladies, you don’t have to be perfect, look like a model in a magazine, be the perfect size or wear the perfect clothes but no matter what you’ve heard, he does care about how you look. Just think about it, what did you do when you were dating? If you were anything like me, I was taking that quick glance in the mirror and trying to calm down the butterflies in my stomach! Still get them!
I can’t say that I have done this every single time, of course there have been times when I’ve been caring for one of our crying babies, sick, or am just a sweaty mess from a project but even being conscience of making an effort will mean the world to him and you will feel better too. He loves me like I am and has come right in and given me a hand when I needed it.
Just give this a try and see if you don’t get a response. I bet you will!! And you will find he will do the same for you. It’s a simple little practice that probably takes less than fifteen minutes but what a great way to say “I love you.”
What’s a little way that you show your husband you love him? Would love to hear from you? Please, don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter, on my homepage, I would really appreciate it.
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