6 Ways Wives Disrespect Their Husbands (without Even Realizing It)
1. Emotional manipulation
She uses her moods to control her husband’s reaction. Aggression or passive aggression, the silent treatment, ultimatums, crying for mercy, or exaggerating disappointment are all ways that women emotionally manipulate their spouses.
Be honest in the disappointment or sadness you feel, but there is a line between what you say to help your marriage and what you say to control it.
2. Constant complaining
If she spends the majority of her time criticizing the things her spouse has done wrong rather than praising the things he has done right, it’s likely she feels like she’s never good enough for you. No matter what her husband does, his wife doesn’t seem to be satisfied or happy. It is as if nothing you do is good for her.
3. Mothering
If she regularly tells her husband what is best for him or makes her own beliefs her beliefs, you are likely playing the role of “mom” rather than “wife.” This tends to make a man feel smaller and smaller in his protective role.
4. Aggression
Using aggression as a way to fight or get what we want will never win our husbands over. If he responds with gentleness or silence, we make him look like a coward. If he responds with anger, we make him look like a bully. If you need space after an argument because aggression tends to be your response, take some time before coming back together.
5. She openly flirts with other people in front of her husband.
Just because she is married to you does not stop her from flirting or being romantic with others in front of her husband.
This has the ability to immediately make her spouse feel “inferior”, ashamed and embarrassed. This means that your feelings no longer matter to her and her husband, which is disrespectful in any relationship.
6. Devaluing
Devaluing your husband, especially as a father, teaches your children that he is not competent and should not be respected. Overriding his decisions in front of your children not only teaches them to disrespect him, but brings discord and conflict into your home rather than peace and unity.
