Dr. Laura:
Your book, "
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" helped me stay married, and we'll be celebrating 46 years of marriage this year. Here's what I did after reading the book and listening to your show:
- I started letting my husband be the man. I did little things like ask him to open jars, get things from high shelves and generally help with things I could do by myself.
- I greet him every day when he comes home. I get up from whatever I'm doing and meet him at the door with an intimate kiss that lets him know I'm his woman and I'm glad he's home.
- I stopped withholding sex as punishment. I changed my thinking after hearing you say sex was a stress reliever for women too. We now have a great sex life!
- I treat him like a king, and he treats me like a queen.
Just doing these few things dramatically changed our relationship. I feel more feminine and actually like my genuine true nature (rather than "fighting" with him, which is what I learned from the feminist movement)! Little did I know that at 18 (when we married) that this many years later I'd be married to the same guy. We know we beat the odds, and you helped! We treat each other kindly now every day.
A fan forever,
Patty
