Quick Tip: How Does Your Wife React To Affection?
This month is Gauging Your Wife’s Mood Month. The Donkey provides quick tips for determining your wife’s mood at the end of a day. Don’t wonder how her day went…know how her day went!
Kiss this!
Another great way to determine how your wife’s day went–besides the number of open food containers in the house–is her reaction to affection. The following reactions to common types of affection such as a kiss, hug, or slap on the back will provide the necessary clues:
- The move away. If your wife moves away when you try to advance, this is a clear sign that there is a problem. But what’s not clear is whether it’s your fault or not. Go in for a second try. If she accepts, then it isn’t your fault and you can grab a sandwich while she tells the tale. If she stills avoids, then it’s best to leave at once.
- The push away. If you are physically repelled during the attempt at affection, then you should know that everything is your fault, or so it may be in your wife’s mind. You should quietly, yet deliberately, walk out of the room and get changed. Stay away for at least 15 minutes unless she needs help with dinner.
- The embrace and cry. This is a bad one, but the good news is that it’s someone else’s fault. Don’t worry about it. You can either look at your watch and pretend you need to be somewhere so you don’t have to get involved or you can stick around and listen to what’s happened. It wouldn’t hurt to be faced toward the television so you can multitask while she is reliving the story.
- The warm acceptance. Although rare, this reaction is highly desired and should be favorable for you. Don’t fool yourself though. You probably haven’t done anything great, but you’ve at least managed to stay out of trouble.
- The verbal warning. Yes my friends, at times you may not even be able to attempt the affectionate maneuver before your wife yells at you to get out of the room. Simply oblige and run. Try to figure out what you have done and identify a fall guy. That’s your only chance!
6 Responses to “Quick Tip: How Does Your Wife React To Affection?”
Apparently my husband is lucky because according to Donkey the “warm acceptance” greeting is a rare one, but this happens almost every day in our home. Marriage experts say the the first four minutes that you and your spouse spend together after being apart all day are the most important. You might as well make them a happy first 4 minutes.
By Brittany on Apr 28, 2010
whether or not her husband is lucky depends on who this brittany character is, if he is being tickled by whiskers during a smooch is that lucky? I gotta hand it to you donkey you nailed it you are back on your game. not only have you given us sound advice, but you threw in a cheesy 80s tv show reference BRAVO!
By phillyz on Apr 29, 2010
Loves it! Such great advice I need to show this one to my husband!
By Queen of the Rant on Jul 16, 2010
Donkey,
There is another element to gauging your wife’s mood. Keep track of her mood as it goes through the month and correlate it to her monthly hormone changes. Her hormones sometimes make her pre-dispositioned to be in a great mood. Or sometimes her hormones make her NOT in a good mood (i.e. PMS).
Use WifeMood (www.WifeMood.com) to accomplish this. Another area that is affected by her hormones is her sex drive. Sometimes her hormones have her ripe for sex and sometimes NOT. Her hormones have a huge effect on this and WifeMood will tell you what “stage” she is at in her cycle.
By Ken on Aug 4, 2010
My husband returns from work at 1:30am, so we don’t get to do the greeting often, maybe that’s why when we do, we enjoy it – He comes back from an errand or visiting his Mom and we smooch. If I’m upset with him, I usually just say so, never got into all that other stuff, and if something else upsets me, I often text him about it at the time, and he usually sends back a supportive comment. Then when I do see him, it’s done with, I’m over it. As for hormones and cycles, I felt bristly when I first saw that, but you know, it’s true. Makes sense for a guy to keep track and be aware, but if you ever throw a comment like, “You’re just like this because…”, uh-oh, World War Three. Until, we get to a point where it’s no longer an issue.
By Pat on Aug 28, 2010
You can either look at your watch and pretend you need to be somewhere so you don’t have to get involved or you can stick around and listen to what’s happened. It wouldn’t hurt to be faced toward the television so you can multitask while she is reliving the story.
lol you cud tell them to listen youuuu know.
By hotcakes on Sep 6, 2010