 | Husbands, Kindness, Relationship BuilderActs of ServicePosted Monday, April 7th, 2008 and visited 179 times, 1 so far today by AG |
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Hubby’s and my love languages are very different. And I’m no good at speaking his love language: Acts of Service. A little brainstorming is in order: How do I show love to my husband when I’m terrible at serving him?
My thoughts are below. What ideas can you give me?
Food
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, right? Maybe I should focus on having a hot meal prepared for him when he gets home from work. This will take some creativity since I generally pick him up from work. It’ll have to be something I can cook quickly or that reheats well.
Cleanliness
Staying current on housework, providing a calm, organized environment for him will not only show him love, but will help me feel more collected. Any tips on getting and staying organized with space? I’m no good at the “a place for everything and everything in its place” principle.
Sacrificial Giving
I can’t stand tattoos. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with them, they’re just not very attractive. But hubby wants a tattoo so badly. For Christmas, I got him a gift card to a tattoo parlor. This is one example, but I can’t think of any other bits of sacrificial giving, can anyone help me?
This is about as much as I can think of when it comes to serving my husband, but I know there has to be more to it. Any other ideas when it comes to service? Thanks, everyone!
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April 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
That’s my hubby’s love language too. It’s very difficult for me and I imagine that each man would have different things he would respond to, but here are some of the things that help my husband feel loved.
Having his laundry washed and ironed and ready to go.
Having the house picked up and neat for him.
Keeping his desk cleaned off from the children and my clutter.
Taking care of the belongings he has worked hard to pay for.
Having dinner ready when he wants it.
Just a few things that help him feel loved.
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April 8th, 2008 at 5:02 pm Subscribed to Comments
Lori, thanks for the ideas.
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April 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
AG, there are probably lots of things you do daily that you don’t even realize are acts of service. If you want to come up with what means the most to your husband, why not ask him? Ask him to tell you what things you do for him mean the most to him. He’ll be glad you asked, and you can keep giving him more of what he likes most and come up with other ideas based on what he’s told you.
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April 8th, 2008 at 9:15 pm Subscribed to Comments
That’s the funny thing, Claudia: He can’t tell me. He knows I’m not meeting his needs, but I’ve asked him how I can start to do so and he doesn’t know what to tell me.
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