Lifestyle Design and Marriage: Compliment Time

by Cory H. on November 18, 2008

I don’t think I can say enough good things about complimenting your spouse.  At the end of Companionship.  Inventory each week, my wife and I make sure we tell each other at least 4 – 5 things that we appreciate about each other that week.  We do this without fail, every week, whether we’ve been fighting or not.

In previous posts, we’ve discussed:

It’s a pretty simple concept, but praise and positive reinforcement do a lot for a relationship, especially if one partner is feeling underappreciated.  I should say that no matter what, you must be absolutely sincere.  If you and your wife can’t find anything to compliment each other on, then you need to seek professional help.

Compliment time is my wife’s favorite time of the week.  What is the best compliment that you ever received from your spouse?

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(He's the Canadian equivalent of a D.A.-- secret info.) I think he has good language skills too. He doesn't think so. But he's not confident enough.

I've been blessed to have men in my life write me wonderful things. "A day without you in it is like a box of white crayons."

Natashas last blog post..Braces: A chastity belt for your mouth.

That's amazing Natasha. Is your husband a professional writer? If not, he should be. Geez.

The BEST compliment? My husband wrote this to me on our last anniversary. (And I had it saved in Google Docs.)

Natasha, you make poetry mean something. You put life into music and life into what would otherwise be the mere duty of existence. You make love worth protecting and a family out of a group of children and a motley husband. Natasha, you breathe spirit into soul and feeling into touch. The water from your well shall always satisfy. You are the wonder that all metaphors fail, the gift that can be opened everyday. ...There are days when I am forced to pause, when I am struck by the fact that you are my wife. You are a dream I get to touch, a future unfolding before me, a fantastic mysterious and challenging encounter of womanhood as it should be. I love your cheer, your courage and determination. I love your smile and the life that makes that smile an insight into our eternal origins. May the next nine years be better, as growth-filled and as warming.

Love, Jude.

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What is the best compliment that you ever received from your spouse?

That she ever agreed to marry me in the first place!

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