Father Son Relationships and Marriage
I was born a bastard. I used to hate it when my friend Jeremy would call me that. He did it as a joke because he knew that I never knew my biological father. He and my mother weren’t married when I was conceived, and he took off when he found out [...]
Take Responsibility for Your Actions
Leo Babauta over at Zen Habits asks a good question today: How Can You Take More Responsibility Over Your Own Actions?
It’s a good question and worthy of some discussion, specifically how can you take responsibility for your actions in your marriage?
It’s easy, especially in the heat of an argument, to want to blame whatever [...]
How Do You Show Love?
There’s a question being asked by a national women’s magazine. If you’re a member of HelpAReporter’s Mailing List, you already know about this. I thought that Melissa Walker’s question was a good question for my blog, so copy her question here. (I’ll send the best ones on to Melissa. Leave a [...]
The Manival #2
Welcome to the second edition of the Manival. The Manival is a blog carnival that brings together the best posts by man bloggers written with men in mind. I’m really excited about the response we got for the first edition. We received 21 great submissions for the second Manival.
If you’re ready to man up, [...]
When A Husband Gets Praise & Compliments
Men like to receive compliments and praise, ladies. Women may joke that men have fragile little egos that need to be stroked, but few things go as far for a man as a little recognition of his inherent worth.
Men, I’m here to tell you that is okay. Women, you should read this story [...]
Four Ways Husbands Can Help Their Wives with the Kids
I have to give credit to Elder M. Russell Ballard for this post. At last weekends General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints he gave a talk about how couples with kids can help each other out. Since this blog is about being a better husband, I thought [...]
How Important Is Your Relationship With Your Wife?
Work was ending yesterday and I was excited because I was heading out with a coworker for an evening of watching manly men beat each other with their fists (UFC is a guilty pleasure). Before logging off of my work computer I checked my personal email.
Message from my wife. She was asking me [...]
How Does She Know You Love Her?
The question is not do you love her, but how does she know that you love her?
I just saw Enchanted the other day. This song gives me pause to stop and think. Men, as silly as it is, listen to the song and then answer the question for yourself.
What have you done today [...]
I Am A Failure
Wendy over at eMoms at Home got me thinking about failure. I have very diverse interests and I like to try a lot of different things. Most of the time I’m not very good at them when I start. Why do I keep trying new things?
A couple of years ago I took [...]
Form a Relationship Mastermind Group
Have you ever read Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich? I highly recommend it.
For those of you who have never read the book, one of the things that Hill suggests is that you form a mastermind group for your life. Find people who have skills and attributes that you admire, or that you [...]
