I watch people. Now maybe it’s because I’m a writer or maybe it’s just that I’m interested in people but I watch how couples relate to each other especially in marriage.
Some couples never seem to touch each other. They never hold hands or stand with their arms around each other. I think it’s sad. I could never imagine being with a man who didn’t want to, or was incapable of showing affection.
I hear of other couples where men never express their love, of men and women who have been married for years and the husband has never said those precious words, ‘I love you’ to his wife. And I admit I find it incomprehensible. I’m a great believer in never letting a day go by without telling Mick I love him and I can’t remember a day when he hasn’t told me the same at least once.
Yes, it’s nice to show it by the things we do for each other in marriage, those little things that probably only the other person would notice. Take the other day I’d left my bottle of cold water at home and discovered it when we got to church for music practice before the service. I could have gone and got some from the tap but Mick insisted on driving home and getting me the cold water.
It was something no-one else would have known about except us. That is, before I told people how sweet and thoughtful he’d been to do that for me. It was a small but practical way of him showing his love. I was thankful for it but thankful also for the time he tells me he loves me and the way he reaches for my hand when we go out.
My advice is never let a day go by that you don’t tell your spouse and show them by some little act of kindness or affection that you love them. Experts also agree that couples who show affection suffer less stress, so from a health issue it makes sense.
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