The proper Care & Feeding of husbands by Dr.Laura Schlessinget

About this book

Generally the content of the book is about Dr.Laura suggestions to the wives on how to maintain a healthy, balanced and fulfilling relationship with their husbands by giving them the proper care and feeding.

In my opinion, while the book presented various real life situation, it does not emphasized much on each topic that she was supposed to talk about. The content barely scratch the surface. Nonetheless it reached its goal to bash the women for becoming too independent until they become selfish and thus could not care less about the husbands need.

In every pages it feels like the author offer the same principles which are to not nag your man,to appreciate them more, to give him his own space with his friends and to be grateful and to be contented for what he is.

Let me just list down a few of the notions that I get from reading this book. Please note that this book maybe helpful to some and especially helpful if you are someone who loves to be in control and loves nagging your husband, or always demanding an equality in everything.

1. The common need of men are food, love and sex. Don't neglect any.

2. Men are simple creatures. They talk less (although I have met some who talk more, so its a generalization by the author) and do more. They don't beat around the bush like women do.

2. Appreciate the inherit attributes of each gender. Woman has the attribute to nurture whereas the man has the attribute to "slay the dragons".

3. If a woman decided to stay as a homemaker, then do the house chores, care and nurture the children, teach the children the right value but when its time for the husband to go home, make yourself presentable enough for him to see the moment he walks in the door. Give him a BIG HUG and a kiss! ^_____^ . Don't complain, sulk or pout or make excuses to not become intimate because you think your life is colorless compared to him. You and your husband share the same weight on your shoulders. It's only fair to enjoy each other after a long hard work on each day.

4. Woman should not be blindly submissive to the husband in case he is the sort of a criminal type who really are oppressive and a bully. We are only to submit to a man who is equally loving to us.^_^

5. Give him your best loving and care and you will no longer have to beg for your husband attention nor to nag them inappropriately.

6. He do loves making his wife happy so don't burden him with complaint you don't want him to solve. It only leaves him confused. Please forget about the so called woman neediness to make a man listen to everything just for the sake of making him understand it. It might not help.

So, is that helpful? Honestly I took a deep breath after reading the book. It felt as if, my mom just had finished nagging me. ^_^

Good luck wifey and wifey to be. May we please our husband more so he may rejoice and be blessed because of us. ^_^

Let me leave you with a joke shared in the book

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" A new Perfect Husband Shopping Center opened where a woman could go to choose from among many men to find the perfect husband. It was laid out on five floors, with the men increasing in positive attributes as you ascended the floors. They must choose a man from that floor, and if you go up a floor, you can't go back down except to leave the store. So, a couple of girlfriends go to the store to find a man to marry.

The first floor signs reads: "These men have high-paying jobs and love kids.' The women read the sign and say, 'Well, that's wonderful...but', and wonder what's on the next floor.

The second floor sign reads: 'These men have high-paying jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking.''Hmmm', say the girls. 'Wonder what's further up?'

The third floor sign reads: 'These men have high-paying jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking, and will help with housework.' 'Wow!' say the women. 'Very tempting...but there's more further up!'

The fourth floor sign reads: 'These men have high-paying jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking, will help with the housework, and are great in bed.' 'Oh, mercy me. But just think! What must be awaiting us further up?!' Say the women.

So, up to the fifth floor sign reads: 'This floor is just to prove that women are impossible to please.'"

^__________^ r we?, men are the same aren't they? :P