Retrospective: Chivalry is Dead Because Men Are Killing It

The one year anniversary of A Good Husband came and went without much fanfare (first post here).  This has been a modest project by any measurement, but I am glad that it has been met with well wishes by so many of you.  For the next few days, until after the New Year, I want [...]

Retrospective: 10 Ways to Be A Good Husband

The one year anniversary of A Good Husband came and went without much fanfare (first post here).  This has been a modest project by any measurement, but I am glad that it has been met with well wishes by so many of you.  For the next few days, until after the New Year, I want [...]

Could You Forgive Your Spouse for Cheating?

Could you forgive your spouse for cheating on you?  Many people would say no way, it’s not worth it, there’s too much pain and too much trust lost.
Monday’s post about the signs of a cheating husband stirred up quite a bit of controversy - but not in the comments section.  I received a flood of [...]

Signs of a Cheating Husband

It’s unfortunate, but cheating husbands are a reality, and it seems like it’s more permissible now than it ever was to cheat on your spouse.
1. Admit that it’s possible. If you’ve found this page via a search engine, you may already be ready to admit this.  If not, then you need to realize that you [...]

Husbands: Get Out of Your Way

All husbands are interested in skipping foreplay, right?
There are hundreds of thousands of husbands the world over who make it regular practice to get out of their own way.  One of the biggest traps that husbands can fall into is being too prideful to realize when it’s time to make it about what your wife [...]

We Need to Talk

Just because the blog is titled A Good Husband doesn’t necessarily mean that I am that all of the time. Even the best of men can fall down and make a mess of things.
Sometimes it’s easy, after marriage has been going smoothly for a while, to become lax. How many guys dread hearing, “We [...]

What’s Wrong With This Email?

Yesterday I received an email from a well known dating website asking me to pitch a survey to my readers. Here’s the text (embedded links removed):
Hi Blogger!
We hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend! It’s officially the start of Holiday Season and the entire staff at Date.com, Matchmaker.com and Amor.com have been thinking [...]

10 Pieces of Marriage Advice from Don Draper

Don Draper is the lead character from Mad Men - the hit Emmy Award winning show on AMC.  Don is smooth, good looking, and rich.  He’s also got a strange take on what being married means.
Not talking can lead to adultery. Don won’t talk to his wife about anything.  Instead, he visits his mistress Midge [...]

Lifestyle Design and Marriage: Compliment Time

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 [...]

Tweeting About Marriage Advice

Salespeople who aren’t aggressive are driving me crazy. Close the darn sale guys. C’mon. #
Catch the awesome @marcwarnke on Blog Talk Radio today - then start a write in campaign to get me invited… #
interview with wife & I at @simplemarriage http://tinyurl.com/6b3uzf #
Interview w/ me & wife at Simple Marriage Project http://tinyurl.com/6b3uzf #
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