For everyone else. Just not me.
I know some spoiled wives. They are the ones who have me daydreaming about being one. Some of my girls have husbands who make so many grand gestures for their special days, late night dinners and weekend getaways. Husbands that love to cuddle and shower them with gifts, large and small. I smile as I listen to the details, happy for them as well as secretly wishing that I was the one doing the bragging. Sometimes I have to shake myself and remind myself of how lucky I am to have the wonderful husband that I do.
Sigh...
As much as I would love the wow factor of romance on Valentine's Day, I have to remember that I love the one I married. Even if his romantic bone is fractured, he does his best to make sure that my family has every thing that it needs to be happy.
Ephesians 5:28
"In the same way,
husbands ought to love their wives
as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife
He who loves his wife
loves himself."(NIV)
I hear about all of the amazingly thoughtful gestures that some women get and that some couples do for each other. The Valentine's Day traditions that seem to become more elaborate every year. People do it big, and I love to hear and see the stories. Its just never been like that for me. Even before I got married, I always seemed to date the guys that believe holidays like Valentine's Day were some type of conspiracy created by "the man" to get men to spend money. I smiled and sighed and eventually got over it, but it would be nice to just, one day, have my husband do something creative and romantic for me this time of the year. I would even like to spoil him in return. I'm a timeless romantic I guess.
My point is, whether you get the full romance treatment next week, a card and a hug or maybe just a "Happy Valentine's Day" text, you're a spoiled wife. Your husband trusted you with his heart and gave you his name. He loves you the best way he knows how. That's being spoiled. He gives you all of him and knows that you have his back. He may need to work his romance muscle out so it can get stronger, but you all can work on that. We wives have to realize who our husbands are and how they show their love. I'm trying to learn how to appreciate my love for what he does everyday, not just a few select days a year. He does his best to make me happy, and I am.
I'm spoiled, I guess. Just in a different way.
Are you a spoiled wife? Do you and your hubby have Valentine's Day plans? Please share!
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8 What Do You Think?:
you know- my husband shows me he loves me every day of the year so Valentines day is just another day. Excellent post. ~Amber~ BTW stopping byfrom SITS Sharefest
That is so sweet. Thanks so much for reading!
Wow! I really love this post. I'm not sure if I feel like a spoiled wife, but I certainly feel blessed and highly favored. Valentine's Day has never been a huge, fall over ourselves holiday for us, so we're throwing a little party for our toddler and her friends. Not sexy, but ah well. Lol. #sitssharefest
My husband is so very romantic - I haven't gone without fresh flowers for more than a week in the last two years... but he's still a man, and today his love language is blowing me kisses whenever the next level of his video game is loading.
Aw that is so sweet. I love it. Thanks for reading!
Aw you have a lifetime for sexy time. And he's spending Valentine's Day with his favorite girls, which is sweet. Thanks for reading!
Hey there Samantha,
Question for you, you say you are okay with how your hubby expresses love overall yet you wish you could brag about something extra romantic he did for you on Valentines Day. Have you told him that? Since you say you are a timeless romantic, have you spoiled him on Valentines Day the way you want to be spoiled? Curious...
Stopping by from SITS Sharefest!
Hey Yvonne,
Most definitely I have expressed my feelings to him. He brings me flowers just because and does sweet things for me. I contribute my hopeless romanticism to too many romance novels and romantic comedy movies.
I spoil him when I get the chance, just like he does me. I would like something special on Valentine's Day just because, but we have had birthdays and anniversaries that were amazing thanks to him. Having 6 kids sometimes limits what we can do for each other, but we make the best of it and know that one day we will be able to do everything that w want to do.
Thanks so much for reading!
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