I was in Las Vegas last week for our annual industry tradeshow. Our company has a big booth and brings a lot of folks out to meet with customers. At the end of the last day, our team goes to a "hole in the wall" Mexican restaurant for dinner. We let our hair down and talk about our week together and our sore feet. Lots of laughing, food and then we all head our separate ways. So many of us telecommute these days.
At dinner, I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker. She's a Wife, a Mom (of two cute kids), and a hard working employee. Highly educated, she's our society's definition of a successful woman. Her husband is studying to be Doctor and they have it "all together."
There's only thing missing in her life... That feeling of being really loved by her guy and those kids.
Why do I say this?
She told me a story about the cute nurses at the hospital and how they fawn all over her husband. She had a hurt look on her face - like she was doing all this stuff that our society defines and still it's not enough to get her the attention she craves. Like she's losing a battle that she can't possibly win. And that guy probably doesn't even know that she needs a hug, some reassurance ("Sweetie, I'm still nuts about you!")
Guys, let's learn from this. Let's make sure we tell our woman how much they mean to us - often. Let's all commit to learn our wife's love language (read: Gary Chapman's The Five Love Languages and use the right one to show our love.
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Love-Languages-Heartfelt-Commitment/dp/1881273156/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240876408&sr=8-1
Let's make our wives the most loved people on the planet.
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