Respect is an important part of marriage, and if missing, the marriage can never go right.
A lot of men display certain characters, attitudes and lifestyle that end up being disrespectful to their wives.
These are some of those disrespectful things men tend to do:
1. DISHONESTY AND CHEATING
When you lie to that woman whom you’ve sworn to love and cherish till death do you part, you have disrespected her. She deserves to know the truth and anything otherwise is disrespectful. Cheating on her is also a huge betrayal of trust and you also disrespect her when you cheat.
2. FLIRTING
Flirting with other women in the presence of your wife is very disrespectful. A lot of men tend to do this without knowing that they are hurting the feelings of that woman.
3. SAYING HARSH THINGS TO HER
A lot of men to talk to their wife harshly; even if you didn’t insult her, the fact you talked to her harshly is disrespectful. A woman needs to be loved and cared for, not to be treated like a slave but a queen. That’s the essence of marrying her, to make her your queen.
4. Talking bad about her to other people
5. RIDICULING HER IN PRESENCE OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
If there is any time you need to be more respectful to your wife, it is when your friends and family are around. They are watching the examples you set and the way you treat that woman will show them whether you value her or not. And of course, if they perceive you don’t value her, they’d also treat her poorly.
6. NOT GIVING HER ATTENTION
You might not know this as a man, but one of your responsibilities as a man is to give your wife attention. When you pay attention to everything/everyone but her, you are not only being disrespectful but you are also failing in your duties as a husband.
7. YOU TREAT HER LIKE AN OBJECT
A woman needs care, attention, love and respect. When you treat your wife like an object when it comes to sex and intimacy, and you fail to communicate with her and fail to establish an emotional connection and also fail to value her opinion, then you have disrespected that woman greatly.
8. BEING OVERLY CRITICAL
Some men have turned their wives into an object for criticism, but it shouldn’t be so. You ought to appreciate what she does and the value she adds to the home. You can’t have peace in that marriage when all you do is criticise her, and it’s as well a sign of disrespect.
9. NOT LISTENING TO HER
A lot of men don’t value the opinions of their wives; they don’t ask for it and they don’t even listen to her. You send a message that you don’t value her and that’s a sign of disrespect.
10. BEING TOO CONTROLLING
When you’ve turned your home to a military camp, where your wife doesn’t have a say and all you say turn out to be laws and orders then you’ve gotten it all wrong. When you kill the say of your wife in the home, then you’ve disrespected her badly.
A marriage can’t be successful when disrespect is present, and the mistake a lot of men tend to make is that they tend to impose respect and not earn it.
Shawn