Happy Wife, Happy Life?
This is often used to express the idea that if the wife in a family is happy, it leads to an overall happier life for everyone involved, including the husband.
While it is true that a husband needs to make sure his wife is happy, the notion that your life or your family's life is highly dependent with the wife happiness has several issues.
Issues
- Wife's happiness becomes the sole responsibility of the husband. Happiness should come from within.
- It perpetuate gender stereotypes, suggesting that the woman’s mood dictates the family's happiness and that the man’s role is primarily to keep his wife happy.
- It can be used as an excuse for selfish behavior.
- Find the most ideal husband in the world, the wife still have something bad to say about her husband. Its common for wives to be always resentful about their life. Thus if we are gonna base our lives on their happiness, we will end up being unhappy our entire life.
A successful partnership is built on respect, communication, equality, and shared responsibility. A happy life is not solely dependent on a happy wife. Both partners play an equal role in creating a happy and fulfilling life together.
A Happy spouse, is a Happy house.
Remedies
- Understand that your wife is your equal. Neither of you is more important than the other.
- Your happiness is YOUR responsibility. Don't make it someone else's job to make you happy.
- Keep in mind that not everything that makes a woman happy is good for your family. Learn how to set boundaries.