Have you ever referred to your husband as your child? Y’all I’m far from perfect in our marriage, but this is something I DO NOT do. Ever. Period. Never. Ever.
My husband is not a child and neither is yours.
My Forever is the man that guides our lives. My Forever is the one that leaves his socks all over the house. My Forever is the one that runs a multi-million dollar farming operation. My Forever is the one that can fix a six figure piece of equipment on the farm, but struggles to find the dishwasher. My Forever can be asleep in 2.3 seconds of his head hitting the pillow. My Forever is the love of my life.
My Forever is and does a lot, but never will I refer to him as a child. And you shouldn’t either.
A quick google search showed that only 1 in 3 people are happy. 33%.
We, or I guess I should say I, want my husband to be happy. I want him to love me. I want him to praise me. I want him to want me. I want him to give me his opinions. I want him to share with me what’s stressing him out.
But why would he want to share the deepest parts of him when I publicly or privately call him a child. How do we expect our men to be strong leaders when we’re constantly calling them children?
Now, I know that when most women do this, they are going for a laugh. Insinuating that her husband is as helpless as a child. Insinuating that her husband is incapable of taking care of himself. Haha. He’s just another for me to take care of.
I’m the first to say I love taking care of my man. I love being able to fix him a nice din din. I love making sure he has his favorite lumberjack shirt washed in the winter. But this is not because he’s a child. This is because he spoils me and I like to spoil him by filling his love tank the way he needs it filled.
What really gets me is when people do this in front of their young children. Impressionable children. They learn that their mom doesn’t respect their father, he’s just another child, so why should they?
Quit it. Quit calling your husband a child, in jest or not. Quit it! Quit it! Quit it! It’s not okay for anybody. Your husband isn’t going to be the man you’re looking for when you keep cutting him down. Your husband isn’t going to rise to the occasion when you are giving him nothing to reach for. Wives, moms, sisters, females…this is not okay for anybody. Quit doing it!
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~Matt & Kelsey
At this house, the reverse is
True…I am the child, constant
Being taught..very humiliating.
Not a multi million farm just
Plugging along..slow learner I
Guess.
We’re all always learning and growing. Don’t be down on yourself. That’s the joy of marriage and learning from each other!