Wives – you are great at deductive thinking. Men are not (as a rule).

Wives, when you are communicating with your husband, you have to “fill-in” the blanks with the details you are aware of and verbalize areas where details are unknown to you now. Leave room for your husband to ask you for more details if he shows interest at the beginning. For example, you have talked about going on errands before going to lunch on Saturday…

1. Here is a common opening by a wife: “Honey, I am ready to go when you are.” Your husband is going to have this quizzical look on his face, “Where do you want to go first and are you completely prepared to leave home?”
2. Try this: “Honey, I will turn off the ceiling fans and open the garage door. Do you have the ads for the paint special and coupon for lunch or do you want me to get those now?”

See the difference in the two bullet points? If only wives will fill-in the blanks with details when speaking with their husbands, marriage would be a smoother ride…

Try this approach and watch “your man” relax…

Mike McCann