14 Day Love Your Husband Challenge - Day 10

Have you ever heard a bunch of ladies together complaining about their husbands?  Have you ever been one of them?  I know husbands and wives are totally different and sometimes it's nice to talk with a fellow female who understands the struggle.  It's nice to know that it isn't just YOU, and there isn't something terribly wrong with you...it really IS a male/female thing.  I think it's possible to discuss common frustrations without making your husband sound bad.  That's not really what I'm getting at here...

I'm talking about those women who just seem to be miserable 24/7.  There are ladies who would have others around them think their husband is completely incompetent and incapable of doing anything right.  Sadly, it's really EASY to jump in and swim around in the negativity pool.  What is it about putting someone else down - even when it's someone we supposedly love very much - that makes us feel better about ourselves?

Once a person gets comfortable talking negatively about their husband when he's not around, it soon becomes easy to put him down in front of people too!  This has some close ties to yesterday's challenge about respect.  This is the ultimate in disrespecting a man...putting him down in public.

Today's challenge isn't simply to NOT do that...to NOT publicly criticize your husband...but rather, I'm going to challenge you to praise/compliment your husband in public!  It doesn't have to be overly dramatic, or mushy...but simply mentioning something he's great at does a lot to affirm him!

Mark Twain said, "I can live for two months on a good compliment".  If that is true for most men, then guess what it does when that compliment comes from a man's "other half"...the one he gives the most to, sacrifices the most for, and the person he gave his last name to - that's powerful!

So take the challenge, and make your husband feel loved by learning the power of publicly praising your husband!