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Dr. Laura Schlessinger: 'The Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands'
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Tuesday, January 6, 2004 | Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Posted on 01/06/2004 12:06:06 AM PST by JohnHuang2

'The Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands'

Posted: January 6, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Why did you write this book aiming at the women – aren't both responsible for the quality of the marriage?

Of course! However, women are in the unique position of having an extraordinary amount of influence over their husbands, which when exercised thoughtfully, compassionately, lovingly and intelligently results in a happier husband who will "swim through shark infested waters to bring her a lemonade."

Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands. Men are very emotionally dependent upon women from the day they are born to the day they expire. This book teaches women to use this power benevolently – which will definitely result in them being happier with life and love.

What are the most common complaints men have about their wives?

What are husbands' most important needs?

What is the No. 1 worst mistake women make with respect to being happy in their marriages?

They marinate in negatives. It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc. Women, more typically than men, will go over it ad infinitum in the own heads, with their mothers, sisters, friends, co-workers, neighbors, social groups (remember Jerry McGuire?) – in doing so they reinforce the negative and create a bad attitude – one which turns into entitlement for not being particularly nice.

Attitude is about believing that your mate has your best interests at heart – it is about not letting loving feelings be squelched by everyday annoyances and disappointments; it is about benefit of the doubt; it is about cherishing the moments and living for the well-being of the other and being sustained by the joy of giving and the blessing of receiving in return.

All through the book you say "men are simple" ... isn't that an insult?

Not at all! In fact, most all of the many hundreds of responses I received from men in preparing this book confirmed just that: "Men are only interested in two things: If I'm not horny, make me a sandwich," and "As a man, I can tell you our needs are simple. We want to be fed, we want our kids mothered, and we want lovin'."

What about sex? Are wives obligated to give their husbands sex on demand?

As a woman who happens to believe that orgasms are a fabulous gift and blessing from God, I am amazed at how many women callers are willing to give them up to the gods of "I'm tired," or "I'm annoyed." Now, anyone cannot be in the mood from time to time – that's natural. However, the denigration of male sexual needs (They are just animals) and the use of sex to punish or control (You didn't do what I wanted) and inappropriate prioritizing (My work and children take all my energy) are self-centered and self-defeating.

I ask my women callers who complain that their husbands are not happy with virtually no sexual intimacy (and, by the way, that's what the men truly feel about sex with their wives – it's the ultimate in "acceptance and approval" for them) if they would be satisfied with that profound a rejection and dismissal. They always say, "No, I guess not." Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.

Are there any marital situations for which your book does not apply?

Yes, most definitely. Where the behavior of the husbands is blatantly destructive, dangerous or evil, this book does not apply.

However, these ideas and techniques have salvaged and revitalized innumerable strained, stagnant, boring, disappointing, annoying, frustrating and even seemingly dead marriages. When I nag a woman caller to try just one simple behavior for one day, I inevitably get the call back that they are amazed at the difference a day made.

Are you going to write the book for men on the proper care and feeding of wives?

Nope. Men are born of women and between girlfriends and then a wife; men spend their entire lives in the tutelage of women. What women accept or reject is largely the guiding force for what men will and won't do. When they are treated with the Three A's, they naturally, and in gratitude and affection, give their women the attention, regard, respect, support and love they want.

The ideas and techniques in this book are simple and sweet. What a blessing for women to know that they largely control their own happiness! My job is to get their prejudices and bad attitudes out of their own way. Transforming your guy into a loving man is its own reward.





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To: AppyPappy
Don't worry. When you get older, we stop leering

Young women are offended that so many guys leer. Decades later, they get offended when we stop. Can't win

321 posted on 01/06/2004 4:45:34 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Nine out of the ten voices in my head told me to stay home and clean my guns today)
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To: sauropod
What the hell is a doily?

Remember those white lacey things on homemade Valentine's Day cards?

322 posted on 01/06/2004 4:46:02 PM PST by independentmind
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To: chris1
HOW TO GET INTIMACY FROM A RELUCTANT WIFE: 101

Do these things throughout the day;

1. Hug her from behind while she's doing dishes.
2. Be in a good mood. Be funny.
3. When she walks into the room, look mildly surprised, then growl and grin. (Be subtle. Let her know you want her.)
4. Let her know that you find skinny women repulsive.
(unless she's skinny) Salvalate over women who have the feature she hates most about herself. (Use sparingly.)
5. Be playful.
6. If she still doesn't want to, say, "That's OK. Let's cuddle on the couch and watch a movie." Make the moves you made in college. (BE SUBTLE.) Remember, closeness = pheromones.

If you do not get any play that night, don't worry. The seed has been planted and she will come around. Unless she has a physical problem.

If she has a physical problem (pain during intercourse) suggest other ways to pleasure each other. BE AFFECTIONATE. Falling asleep in 2.4 seconds will not make her feel loved. And rest assured, gentlemen, women need to feel loved. Remember your manners; ladies first.

Women do NOT want to have sex if they are stressed out. Or if their partner is stressed. (Then they feel like they're being used for a release. Wives hate to feel like street walkers... most of the time. ;-)

WOMEN DO NOT WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH A MAN THEY DO NOT LIKE OR TRUST. Does she see you blow up and throw wrenches frequently? Are you criticizing her without realizing it? Are you a grumpy b*stard? Does foreplay for you mean saying, "wanna do it?"

I know you don't understand this, you don't have to. Just accept it. Foreplay for women begins hours before the lights go out. It's called a "mood". If you want it, you'll get her in it.

If we can make you want to give us what we want, you are perfectly capable of doing the same.

323 posted on 01/06/2004 4:49:21 PM PST by Marie (I smell... COFFEE! coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee! COFFEE!!)
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To: carlo3b
I don't really know how to ask this, but don't most women give some long and deep thought about what it takes to be a wife and mother before they actually try it?

In my experience, no. They are too fixated on what it takes to be the princess-bride.

324 posted on 01/06/2004 5:02:30 PM PST by Woahhs
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To: dc27
BTW, no amount of catering will increase my odds. I help with the kids homework, bath them, clean up the house, and put the kids to bed. She is still "tired." After 10 years of marriage, I have learned not to humiliate myself and beg.

I take a different approach. I do things for her when she's nice to me. When she can't be bothered being nice, then I can't be bothered doing what she wants me to do. She likes it when she's able to get me to do stuff for her, so she makes an effort to be nice.

There's one columnist on the subject that seems to make sense. The short summary of his advise is: generally, women are only sexually attracted to men that they can respect and admire. If you are too much of a "nice guy" doormat who delivers what she wants, but she can get away with not needing to care about keeping you happy, then she will have no respect for you, and things will go south from there.

325 posted on 01/06/2004 5:06:38 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Nine out of the ten voices in my head told me to stay home and clean my guns today)
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To: carlo3b
Your post was beautiful. I'm saving it to share with my daughter when she gets older.
326 posted on 01/06/2004 5:07:51 PM PST by Marie (I smell... COFFEE! coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee! COFFEE!!)
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To: rintense
Laura is talking about the natural, positive transformation that can occur within relationships when women actively and joyfully pursue the fullfilment of their husbands' most basic desires.

She isn't talking about manipulation. Manipulation isn't a manifestation of love; it's a manifestation of a dwarfed, powerless egocentrism which will, in time, turn a woman's heart stone-cold if the calculated action doesn't achieve the desired result.

A confident, self-assured woman-in-love who truly wants to please her man will give everything she has to do so. A woman who doesn't love her husband and is going through the motions to get what she wants will find something of herself to withhold from him, and he'll eventually figure out that he's being played for a fool. Men can be quite slow, but by and large we're extremely sure.

327 posted on 01/06/2004 5:11:56 PM PST by Chunga
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To: sauropod
What the hell is a doily?

A doily is an unnecessary something that I inherited from my grandmother that my daughter insists on terrorizing me with. I take a shower and return to find my living room covered in little bits of lace. Coffee tables, chair arms, sofs backs... she'll put them under the dog's dish, under every plate at the dinner table, on top of the television and under my coffee cup. I hate doilies with the passion of a thousand suns.

328 posted on 01/06/2004 5:13:08 PM PST by Marie (I smell... COFFEE! coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee! COFFEE!!)
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To: Woahhs
More likely they want to be understood by their intentions rather than their actions.

Best advice I ever got: ignore what they say -- watch what they do. A person's actions are a much more positive indicator of their true feelings than words are. Somebody who goes on about how much they love you, but can't be bothered to make an effort to make you happy, is lying

329 posted on 01/06/2004 5:15:31 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Nine out of the ten voices in my head told me to stay home and clean my guns today)
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To: Marie
There is a very old thread on FR titled, "To all women: From a man that's had enough". Then there was a long list of things, the last of which was "What the hell is a doily?"

;-)

330 posted on 01/06/2004 5:16:06 PM PST by sauropod (Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
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To: katana
word to the wise...if you are even thinking of this being a birthday present for your wife, you are going to have more trouble than you started with. Try a romantic gift for the birthday and she will gladly read the book you buy her later.
331 posted on 01/06/2004 5:16:33 PM PST by sonserae
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To: AppyPappy
Hey, my minister said that married couples WON'T be married in heaven. Several couples with 40-50 year marriages were pretty put out. Who's right?
332 posted on 01/06/2004 5:18:17 PM PST by DragonflyX
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To: hopespringseternal
--she would rather have a Root Canal than Sex!---

Such an Attitude indicates that We (American Males) have been SERIOUSLY SHORTCHANGED in our "Sexual Education!!"

IF we (American Males) were taught how to "Please" our "Females," the "Proper Response" of our American Females would be, that we (the "sex-Partners of American Females") are TOO TIMID to FORCE appropriate Orgasms.

American Males have been CASTRATED by "Feminism."

There is a SOCIOBIOLOGIC Continuum which accepts the "Biology" of Humans.

"Feminism" is an OBSCENE PERVERSION of Basic Human "Sociobiology!"

"Women & Men" are a "Complimentary SET" of representative Organisms.

We are DESIGNED to "Complement Each Other!!"

Our "Individual Condition" was DESIGNED (By Who Knows??) to COMPLEMENT & Enhance the "Condition" of "The Other!"

In Short, "Society" seems to have been MEANT TO be "Enhanced By" the Interaction of "Men & Women!!"

Maybe That's WHY MOST MEN are Highly Gratified By the (Multiple) Orgasms of Their "Women!!"

If a Woman regards--even Multiple Orgasms--as an "Involuntary Biological Reaction,"; MOST MEN--who have Precipitated "Multiple Orgasms" in their "Loved Ones"--regard such a "Feat" as a "Feather-in-Their-Cap!!"

Most Men regard the "Generation of Orgasms" in thier "Lovers" as a "Measure" of Their "Expertise in SEX"!

Doc

333 posted on 01/06/2004 5:19:33 PM PST by Doc On The Bay
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To: SauronOfMordor; dc27
Sauron has a point. Women want men. They admire strength. They want to be wanted. But some women are worn-out, depressed, self-absorbed, bitter or selfish people. Some women are just not good people. Just like some men. If she won't put forth effort, you can't make her change. Just don't turn into my grandfather and work your butt off for your entire life for a nasty, naggy, lazy wife who refuses to even be kind. He didn't even get to outlive the witch.
334 posted on 01/06/2004 5:21:14 PM PST by Marie (I smell... COFFEE! coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee! COFFEE!!)
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To: GeronL
oops...missed it. :)
335 posted on 01/06/2004 5:22:32 PM PST by Hildy
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To: sauropod
My wife is fine, but her brother is an absolute moron. He just left after a visit, and I had to hear him pontificate about when we fight terrorists we become our own worst enemies. I couldn't help it, I just had to tell him that he was woefully misinformed and not capable of making moral judgments as, along with much of the country, he does not believe there is a GOOD and an EVIL. Needless to say, his visit did not end on a positive note. I feel so bad I told him off, even if he is a fornicating cretin. What do you think Dr. Laura would say to me?

Now that I think about it, I guess I should have paid more attention to my own tag-line.
336 posted on 01/06/2004 5:25:27 PM PST by JusPasenThru (Reasoning with a man is futile when his opinions were not reached by reason in the first place.)
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To: Doc On The Bay
I get SCARED when people randomly CAPITALIZE words in written SENTENCES. Please stop. The only thing worse is ThIs TypE of ThINg:)
337 posted on 01/06/2004 5:25:28 PM PST by DragonflyX
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To: JusPasenThru
Forget it, I get the same thing with my dad. I can stomach only so much before I explode. I remind him that responding to tyranny has been a necessary action since man has been on the planet. They say stupid stuff like "give peace a chance" or war is wrong, or America is the world cop. I remind him that the Romans battled the barbarian hordes, the Spanish had to fight the moors, the WWII generation had to fight Hitler, etc etc. It makes me boil!!!!!!!!!!!
338 posted on 01/06/2004 5:39:12 PM PST by chris1
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To: onyx; Magnolia; dixiechick2000
Yall think WKB will take kindly to be included with us ladies? (I'm betting he will). LOL! Too funny.


Now you've gone and done it onyx.
All these years I have kept my
secret life just that.
339 posted on 01/06/2004 5:39:22 PM PST by WKB (3!~ " More hay, Trigger?" ..."No thanks, Roy, I'm stuffed! ")
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To: sauropod
It's a round thingy ya see.

Kinda woven, sorta like a spiders web...

With these holes and....

.....Oh, never mind.
340 posted on 01/06/2004 5:45:48 PM PST by Neets (Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex)
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