Hear from you: He wants to hear these, no matter what kind of facade he puts on. I grew up in a traditional family. My dad went to work every day. My mother worked too, but she was a school teacher. This meant she was home earlier in the afternoon, fixed dinner, did the dishes, and saw to it that we had our baths and a bedtime story. My father read the newspaper or watched TV in the evenings. On weekends, my mother cleaned the house, while dad did the yardwork or changed the oil in their cars.
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Each had their roles to play. My mother was the “softer” person; my father the harder tough “fixer.”
We have long lived in a society in which the differences between men and women in relationships have been discussed.
Women are the romantics, the half of a partnership that craves physical and verbal affection. Men are the less demonstrative half who crave compliments about their deeds, who want respect for their positions as the heads of the households. Women value emotion; men value logic.
But these traditional roles have become murky and gray over recent decades, and what men want to hear from their partners may now be quite different. Here are 11 things that today’s man, who recognizes new and changing roles and embraces them, wants to hear.
1. I appreciate you.
In a healthy partnership, both members sincerely want to help and support one another. When a man has shown his support and help, he does want to be recognized for that. In fact, don’t we all? It is important for him to know that his partner has understood his contribution and can verbally tell him so. Being appreciated fosters inner feelings of self-worth.
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