Women often blurt out this line with a heavy sigh, a frustrated tone, or out of wistfulness.  Due to the multitude of tasks that wives need to fulfill, a myriad of matters to attend to, and numerous things to think about, don’t we all sometimes wish our husbands were mind readers?  Having spoken to a number of women who express this same sentiment, I list down some of the things wives hope their husbands knew:

•    That I’m too tired from wifely duties to have sex! After a full day’s work, household chores, mommy matters, and a number of other things, many wives simply long to cap their day by stretching their tired bodies and getting a good night’s sleep. Being intimate with the husband is often far from their minds in spite of their passionate leads.

•    That I would love to sit and talk awhile.  Wives by nature,like to talk, discuss, converse, especially with their husbands. It irks wives when they rattle on about their day and the only thing her husbands say is a nonchalant “Uh-huh…” They also wish for their husbands to be more disclosing, engage in emotional discussions, and listen without judgments.

•    How to get cues.  Women secretly hope that their men would understand cues without them having to run down minute details on the matter.  Multitaskers by nature, wives sometimes resent it that their husbands need to be told explicitly about things that sometimes only needs “common sense”.  

•    That his habit is killing me!  Many women wish their partners would change a habit or two, especially those that aggravate issues lurking in the marriage.  It may be smoking, spending too much time on video games, or perennial lateness. Yet no amount of fixing or nagging can change your spouse – change must come from the person himself.

•    How to be more thoughtful.  Many husbands stop courting their wives once they wed.  However, it is important to continue the romance in a relationship, and for men to find ways to affirm wives of their love, through their words and actions.  

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