[PapaBear3625]

All humor aside, I believe this is absolutely correct for most men.

I agree. If she admires him, then all the other stuff will follow. If your women has contempt for you, it's a sign that it's time to move on.

[Sherman Logan]

I quite agree. Which is why I find it so interesting that so much of modern entertainment puts forward the notion that it’s a wife’s duty to make sure her husband knows she holds him in mild contempt.