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5 Marriage Mistakes Women Make That Lead to Divorce
Your Tango Expert's Blog ^ | April 25, 2013 | Nikki Ransom-Alfred

Posted on 05/02/2013 2:54:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The five common mistakes can drive even the greatest of great husbands away.

There is nothing more beautiful than two people journeying through life together! As women, we can place a lot of emphasis on getting married but not enough on staying married. Here are five common mistakes that women make in marriage that you should be sure to avoid:

1. Nagging. Being nagged by their wives has become so common in marriage that it's become almost expected by men! As a wife, I can say that saddens me especially since nagging is so completely unnecessary! Do not allow yourself to become a stereotypical wife by paying attention to the way that you speak to your husband. Your job as his mate is to uplift him, not bring him down with your words. Speaking to your guy in a positive, loving way will go a lot further than nagging in his ear and fussing at him. An important fact to know is that studies have shown that the male brain does not process the female voice the same way it would another man's voice (Source: Discovery). To have effective communication with our husbands, we should not only remember to watch what we say but also how we say it.

2. Forgetting to be his girlfriend. Continue to be his girlfriend (even if you happen to be his wife). Remember how hard you worked to make sure you were flawless whenever you saw him at the start of your relationship? Don't stop once you get a ring. Keep it sexy. I know that age, pregnancy and other health factors can get our bodies all "out of whack", but we still should keep ourselves looking good for our husbands.

Also, throw away those flannel pajamas that you sleep in....

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KEYWORDS: gender; marriage; men; sex; women; womenbashing
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To: TalonDJ

I did everything I could. I did it right or tried to. And yes marriage is dull by nature. Single life is much better.


61 posted on 05/02/2013 2:09:11 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Yossarian

So... you’d advise men to deliberately ignore the legal, financial and reputational risks of getting married, and just jump right on in?

Sorry, I have a habit of speaking the truth when I give advice, and the situation as I see it holds no benefits for men, only risks. When a woman can drop a dime on a guy, get him locked up, a RO issued against him, any guns that he owns seized without compensation, etc - ALL WITHOUT ANY TRIAL, there’s no question that the odds are stacked against men to a point where they have to opt out. A woman can get a divorce, take half of the assets a man has labored to earn, take his children etc - all without any ability of the man to put the brakes on the situation.

The only way of fixing the problem is to destroy the feminist grievance movement, and that’s going to take decades, and it will require an attitude of “we had to destroy the village to save it.” It’s going to have to be starved to death, and one of the ways to do this is for men to say “No” when the marriage conversation comes up.

Women did this to themselves. It’s time that women choose what they want: functional relationships, or to let the feminists run amok in the Congress, courts and press.


62 posted on 05/02/2013 4:36:24 PM PDT by NVDave
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To: Hyman Roth
And yes marriage is dull by nature. Single life is much better.

It is only dull if you give up things that are more fun to be married. Or if activities you regularly do while married are less fun than ones prior. There is no rule that this has to be the case. I gave up ZERO of my fun hobbies when I got married and added several new fun hobbies. There is absolutely no aspect of my married life that is more dull than my single life was.
63 posted on 05/03/2013 1:28:55 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Yossarian

Exactly what I thought when I ran into this drivel originally.


64 posted on 05/04/2013 6:14:19 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: PapaBear3625

When will your book be published?


65 posted on 05/04/2013 7:02:53 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: servantboy777

Bingo.

#1 cause of divorce is arrogance.

It isn’t limited to one or the other sex.

It doesn’t require both spouses to be arrogant.

Arrogance in the man might lead to him looking for sex as a counterfeit substitute for the marriage contract, be it with his spouse, with fornication, or in adultery.

Arrogance in the woman might be a desire to have the power of a man’s role in life, getting high of her ability to control worldly things independent of what the marriage provides.

Nagging is generally consequential to arrogance. A desire to control the behavior of a spouse to live they way they think they should live, instead of respecting the volition of their spouse.

It boils down to basics in God’s Plan.

If the couple remain faithful to God, they also can enjoy the fruits of the family. Adversity is inevitable, but how it is handled is our testing in life.


66 posted on 05/04/2013 7:23:13 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How does one become “a Certified Master Sex Expert and Sex Coach”? What are the exams like? Who certifies you? And how much beer is allowed during the qualifying exam?


67 posted on 05/04/2013 7:27:34 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Liberals are like locusts...)
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To: John O

Every article about this assumes the man is dying for sex and the woman isn’t interested. There are a lot of marriages where it’s the opposite and no one ever writes articles about that.


68 posted on 05/04/2013 8:51:55 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: PapaBear3625; ro_dreaming

You are right that sometimes the wife is not interested in her particular husband any more. Separation or counseling might be the only choices there if she doesn’t love you as a man any more.

But sexual interest is totally hormonal. Totally. Otherwise a lot more 10 year old boys would be out meeting chicks.

In the infertility world, infertility docs prime the woman with plenty of estrogen and progesterone as she begins to cycle to attempt pregnancy. Nearly every woman notices a HUGE, 100% increase or more, change in her sexual appetite. To the point of wet dreams. They are told to avoid sex after embryo transfer, and often call in worried sick because they had orgasms in their sleep! Every couple where the woman has desire issues definitely needs to get her to a good doctor who prescribes bio-identical hormones that are applied to her skin only, NO ORAL HORMONES. Topical hormones will be perfectly safe, will not cause cancer, and will enhance her life in many other ways too, better skin, less aches and pains, better sleep, etc. And the desire of her life.


69 posted on 05/04/2013 9:10:53 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cool advice from a tiny black woman


70 posted on 05/04/2013 9:19:08 PM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: jsanders2001

How old before sex less important

Which sex are you?


71 posted on 05/04/2013 9:22:29 PM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: ro_dreaming

My wife shuts me out

Unless she is sick

Then I’m not going to go without female intimacy forever

Discretion if one must

Same goes for gals


72 posted on 05/04/2013 9:24:30 PM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t lose you’re job. That richer or poorer stuff doesn’t fly in too many cases.


73 posted on 05/04/2013 9:31:24 PM PDT by Blackirish (Forward Comrades!!!!!!!!!)
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To: ro_dreaming
At this point, I’d be happy if she was cheating; at least then I would know it’s me. But for a mid-40’s woman to just lose all interest isn’t right. And not wanting to see a doctor about it, isn’t either.

We're late 50's. We tend to have sex at least 4 to 5 times a week. Sometimes she isn't all that interested for herself, but she obliges me to keep me happy.

She understands that many days, I'm not really all that enthused about getting out of bed and going to work to make money for her to spend. I do it anyway to make her and the kids happy. Meanwhile, she does stuff to make me happy.

As I said earlier in this thread, if she's not making an effort to make you happy, then the real problem is that she doesn't love you. This is something that guys are often reluctant to face.

74 posted on 05/05/2013 5:32:22 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Blackirish; 2ndDivisionVet
Don’t lose you’re job. That richer or poorer stuff doesn’t fly in too many cases.

What I've seen with my friends' marriages, is that the #1 cause of divorce, was the husband went bankrupt, or his career wasn't moving to the satisfaction of the wife. This was especially true when the wife was young enough that she thought she could land somebody better.

One friend, his wife decided to go work at a place where she would meet affluent men, found a prosperous lawyer, started an affair, divorced my friend and married the lawyer. She took the kids, too.

75 posted on 05/05/2013 5:43:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Yep especially if your wife / girlfriend is hot. You come up short financially and their gone in a hot second. I know. They have a limited window to capitalize on their looks and they’ll jump right though it.


76 posted on 05/05/2013 6:44:53 AM PDT by Blackirish (Forward Comrades!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Yaelle
Every article about this assumes the man is dying for sex and the woman isn’t interested. There are a lot of marriages where it’s the opposite and no one ever writes articles about that.

There are of course exceptions to every rule. But in general, men know they are loved because their wife has sex with them and women have sex with their husbands because they know they are loved.

77 posted on 05/06/2013 6:21:13 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Blackirish
Don’t lose you’re job.

And always pay attention the grammer spelling.

78 posted on 05/06/2013 6:24:05 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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