Scavenger hunt! Leave clues at each location for the next place. At the last place, have a note there for her to meet you for a romantic dinner at you guys favorite restaurant. Go to the places in advance and get them in on it. She will love it. Been doing it for years.
TJ, this is a great thread and you are a hell of a guy to go public with it ... Dude, for my wife it's easy ...a romantic dinner, some wine, holding hands, and the hardest one paying 100% to what she is saying the whole time I am with her :D It helps to tell her about the things you appreciate about her ...how she still cranks your tractor ... all the hard work she does...what a great Mom she is and what a perfect match she is ...how she has made you a better man .... how she is your best friend ...how she is the peanut butter to your jelly....the gravy to your biscuits .... you get the idea :D I can tell you love your wife just by this thread ....I can also tell that Fletch knows how to get a late night work out :D
For my wife it's easy too really. We are pretty simple folks. That's why it's sometimes a challenge to mix it up a bit a think of something different. The B&B isn't really all that different but it will at least be a surprise and an interesting way for her to find out where she is going
I act like I don't care. Has worked wonders to date... although I may have to adjust my approach if I want any single person to stick around very long.
I treat here the same way I did before we got married. (And she treats me the same way she did before we got married.) I think we're both spoiled.
As men we are the head of our household and leaders, we set the mood. If you want a happy home then act happy & caring and show your wife your thinking of her everyday and that you love her everyday. She will do the same in return and your marriage and home will be a blessing. I've tried it the other way and it just becomes a downward spiral. ps. women has issues and past regrets just like we do and sometimes you can help them through them and sometimes you just need to be there in quiet support. There's a great book on all of this as well. It's been the #1 best seller throughout history.
You know, I'm glad this thread was started. My wife has been a SAHM almost a year now and does a terrific job with it. It's not something I think I could do or honestly would want to do. Don't take that the wrong way as I'm just not a person that can be confined inside my home most of the day and taking care of a kid is no joke! She also supports my hunting passion and doesn't ever gripe about the amount of time/money I spend on it. She seems to have no qualms with my upcoming elk hunt this September in which I'll be gone for two weeks. I'd say I landed a keeper. So anyway, thanks for the tips.
Guns and ammo. Can't go wrong... Seriously, it depends on the woman. If my husband bought me flowers or chocolate, I'd be put out to say the least. Flowers die and him and the kids eat the chocolate. Jewelry, eh. I have my wedding band. However, there are some simple things we love to do... 1.) Drive around and photograph (observe) wildlife. 2.) He's taken me to a B&B, but stopped off at Cabela's and lunch on the way 3.) Dates are anytime the Grandma's are on duty...fishing is fun 4.) He takes me antiquing without complaining. 5.) He doesn't complain when I buy hunting stuff (which is more often than you'd think) 6.) Crab legs and a movie 7.) He's bought me a hunting setup piece by piece (Christmas, Anniversary, Valentines 1 piece each big day say for PRedator hunting) 8.) We save for a big hunting show once a year (PA Show in Harrisburg) So, basically it depends on what SHE likes to do. If you want some tailored ideas, we have to know what her interests are...
My weakness is the Cross Stitch stores... and he goes there with me too. Takes a book and chills in the "Hubby chair" LOL!
I read my husband's post and that's exactly the way it is. It's been eight years now and every day he lets me know that our daughters and I are the most important part of his life. It's all those little things, brushing the snow off my car, driving me to campus unasked when it's really cold, complimenting me on every meal I prepare, I could go on and on.
For our 20th Wedding Anniversary I bought the wife a Digital SLR Camera. She's happy getting her own tools to keep in the house, when we lived in Wichita KS BOTH of us had to stay out of the tool section in the Sears store! Also something for her truck or for her classic Jeep. And to answer the most commonly asked question, "No, she does NOT have a sister!" I will brag and say that she can hook up our 16 foot flat bed tandem axle trailer and hook everything up with the exception of the load transfer/sway bars on our 24 foot bumper pull RV! I got lucky!
