- Cindi McMenamin Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer January 5, 2021
It’s pretty safe to say every wife has habits that annoy her husband… and vice versa.
Living together under the same roof for an extended amount of time can bring out the worst in any of us. After all, familiarity breeds contempt, they say, and after a while just breathing in the same room as your man can cause him to be annoyed if he hasn’t eaten, slept, or had his space in a while.
Chances are he’s not talking about your behaviors that annoy him. Why would he load that gun? Why would he open that closet door?
But if you could get a glimpse at some of the habits or behaviors you might not even realize you have, wouldn’t it be worth it to try to stop doing them and bring a little more peace and a lot more joy back to your relationship?
While writing my book, When a Woman Inspires Her Husband, I interviewed husbands married anywhere from 5 to 50 years to find out what they needed most from their wives, what they loved most about their wives, and what made them roll their internal eyes or want to get some space from their wives.
That last category they really want to talk with you about, but don’t how to safely bring it up. Perhaps after reading this list together, and sharing these items with him to see if he agrees, you’ll have the opportunity to let him know which habits of his drive you nuts.
(But my guess is he already knows that. It’s not as if wives keep those things a secret!)
For the sake of starting a healthy conversation between the two of you–or just giving you a mission to work on in secret–here are 4 habits that most likely secretly annoy your husband:
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1. Too Much “Chick Chat”
One of the annoying things we do, as wives, is talk to our husbands like they are our girlfriends and then expect them to respond as such.
Talking girl stuff, rambling, or going on and on about topics that truly would be inane to him can drive him up the wall.
Is your husband going to tell you this? Not a chance. He will most likely quietly endure it.
But he might rather be scraping his nails on a splintery door than hearing about the female drama in your workplace, or what your best friend said to the clerk at the cosmetic counter, or how the other moms are over participating in their children’s classroom project so your child will likely not get a fair grade in comparison.
Read more:
4 Habits That Secretly Annoy Your Husband – Christian Marriage Help and Advice (crosswalk.com)