| It is often a part of the male ego to want to be | | | | partners will end up being frustrated, and criticisms |
| someone's hero. Married men, for example, usually | | | | will start firing against each other. Fights will be |
| look at themselves as the one who should | | | | frequent and sooner or later, the love will start |
| provide for the family, the one who should | | | | slipping away, and will be replaced by disgust, |
| provide solutions to problems and take care of | | | | anger and even hatred. |
| the family's needs. And when he feels | | | | It is never too late, however to examine what is |
| comfortable that he has fulfilled all that is in the | | | | missing in your relationship that has turned it into |
| "specifications" of a good husband and father, he | | | | something bland and unexciting. Drifting apart |
| usually starts thinking that he deserves a break, | | | | because of the busy everyday schedule can |
| too. | | | | easily happen, but if you and your spouse are |
| Oftentimes this break comes in the form of late | | | | committed to make your marriage work, it will be |
| nights out with beer buddies or simply sitting in | | | | easy to spot trouble early enough, before the |
| front of the TV with a six pack and just watching | | | | relationship goes beyond repair. |
| the latest football game till he falls asleep. Not a | | | | Find a reason to celebrate your love and your |
| nice picture, actually. Now how do wives usually | | | | marriage, even without an occasion. Be |
| take this kind of behavior? Some may just bear it | | | | spontaneous in showering your wife the love and |
| and get used to it, some will complain, while | | | | affection that she still craves for, even after |
| others will secretly plan an escape. | | | | many years of being married. One does not |
| Through time, the superhero will develop a beer | | | | overcome the need to be hugged and adored. |
| pouch and will probably wonder whatever | | | | Instead of being critical of the smallest things, |
| happened to that wife of his who used to be a | | | | show you appreciate the way your wife is taking |
| damsel in distress, and now suddenly looks like a | | | | care of your needs and your kids' through sweet, |
| female warrior, who is often after his throat? | | | | sincere words and small gestures of kindness. |
| Something happened and he can't figure it out. | | | | Turning your marriage into a happy relationship is |
| Does this sound familiar to you? Do you find | | | | not that difficult, for as long as you start thinking |
| yourself wondering whatever happened to that | | | | of your wife's needs and desires. Look at her with |
| perfect picture of wedded bliss you had in mind | | | | a new sense of wonderment, and try to |
| when you proposed to your wife of twenty | | | | remember the early days of your courtship and |
| years? Well, have you ever paused to think if | | | | romance. Fill up your days together with love and |
| your wife is wondering the same? You may | | | | patience, and you'll soon regain that hero worship |
| never hear what is going on in her mind, which is | | | | that your wife once felt for you. Marital bliss is still |
| probably constantly telling herself that this is not | | | | yours for the taking, for as long as you stop |
| what she expected the way marriage would turn | | | | neglecting your wife and being more considerate |
| out to be? | | | | of her needs. |
| When expectations are not being met, both | | | | |