7 Coupons Your Wife Will Enjoy Any Time of Year

For any man that is married, you know good and well without your wife you'd be a mess! She's usually the one that picks up after you, the one that thinks about things you forget, the one who (even though it sounds like nagging) helps you do certain things you'd never do under your own initiative, and she's the one who puts up with your... STUFF! In fact, find your wife right now and tell her thank you, then come back and finish reading this article.

Men, I believe God put women on this earth to help us out. That sounds really simple but it's very complex. Part of the complexity is that oftentimes we don't feel like we need any help, either that or we don't realize the asset our wife can be to us if we'd free ourselves from what we think are our strengths and realize that we don't know it all, can't do it all, and don't have to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders! Yes, men, we're the heads of our house, but that doesn't mean we don't need a body. So let's take a few moments and think of ways to take care of the "body" in the marriage.

Coupon #1 - Give your wife a complete non-stop day of pampering. Added bonus: get some real skills and do it yourself!

I haven't met a woman yet that doesn't love to be pampered. That includes (but is not limited to) nails being done, feet being done, hair being done, makeup being done, and almost every body part done in some kind of way. Now guys, what if you were able to acquire some of those skills? Here's the thing: if you can do these skills well, your wife might want you to do this more often. Remember, this is a coupon, so you're committing to this at least once, but do you want to do it all the time? The flipside is, to go to someone else will cost money that you could use for other things. Granted sometimes the pampering experience does need to be done outside of the home by someone outside of the home, so every once in a while you may need to make this tradeoff. But think objectively, pleasing the wife yourself versus her spending money for someone else to do it. Also think that if you do the pampering where else could it lead? Hmm...

Coupon #2 - Dedicate a weekend to doing everything your wife has asked you to do for the last six months or as much as you can at least.

Somewhere in your house, or in your head, is a list of things your wife has been asking you to do time and time again. To her it seems like you're ignoring every request, but what if you gave her a coupon to call you on it for a weekend. If so, no problem! You want that grass cut, baby? No problem! You want me to fix the garage door? No problem! You want me to fix the doorbell? I'll get an electrician! Whatever the issues are, give her a coupon that will last an entire weekend, which is the time you're most at home anyway. Make it challenging for yourself, see how much you can actually get done! It's a relief for her that you're getting these things done, and though it's work for you, it can actually be a joyful type of work that brings results.

Coupon #3 - Sit down and just ramble for an hour, about anything and everything.

Imagine the surprise and elation on your wife's face when you sit down in your living room, without the television on, and just talk to her - for some length of time. Provide her with a coupon where you can do just that - talk. Any subject is fair game, any question must be answered directly, no emotion or expression held back. Man, you may have to prepare for this one, but she'll appreciate you took the time not only to divulge of yourself, but also to hear her heart. You know somewhere in your conversation she'll open up to you just like you're opening up to her; it's an innate response that's usually unavoidable.

Coupon #4 - Create a new first date.

Provide your wife with a coupon for a date that would resemble a new first date. On this date, you would go through the process of introducing yourself all over again, acting like you just met your wife, seeing what things interest her, learning about her family, whatever things you did on your first date, just doing it while you're married. Remember to stay in character - you're you when you first met her, not the you that married her. Does that make sense? If not, just do your best.

Coupon #5 - Get dressed and serve your wife a full dinner, with multiple courses, desserts, appetizers, dancing music, candles, flowers, the whole nine yards.

A day in the kitchen will have your wife cheesing from ear to ear. She is not to lift a finger, from prep-work to clean-up. You husband, are doing all the work for dinner with this coupon. You're organizing the menu (take it a step further and actually print out a menu for her), you're going to the store buying the necessary items, you're preparing the sides, you're preparing the entrees, you're marinating, you're cooking, you're baking, you're sweating. Then after all of that, you're getting dressed up and serving your wife this elaborate meal that you have created for her. Of course you'll get to eat some of it also, but remember, this is a formal dinner. You are the cook, waiter, servant, whatever titles you want to give yourself, you are it. She is to just sit there and enjoy the evening. Enhance the dinner by providing some nice dinner music. If you're a musician, imagine the brownie points you can get by actually creating the music for her. My God!!! If you have time, move some of the furniture in the living room out of the day to create a dancing space for the two of you. Make it nice; have some fun with this.

Coupon #6 - Take a drive through the countryside with the windows down, holding her hand, and just enjoying her company without doing anything stressful.

Your wife may call you on this during one of your days off, or on a weekend sometime, but she is able to do that with this coupon. Just take a drive somewhere. Go to the suburbs, go to the country, just get away from life as usual. Drop the children off at a relative's house or a friend's house. Feel the air get inside of the car as you have the window down. Hold each other's hands for an extended period of time and enjoy the volume from the silence as you drive.

Coupon #7 - Every hour for the next 48 hours (that you both are awake), tell her or show her a reason why she's the most important person in your life.

My wife has asked me before if she was doing a good job of being a wife, and I told her of course she was! I told her that I couldn't have asked for a better woman to be my wife. She was somewhat relieved and proceeded to tell me that I hadn't said anything or let her know so she didn't know. As men we tend to think things and don't say them. We think our wives are the most wonderful people in the world, but only our subconscious expresses it. We may do things, but not SAY such things until we're in a situation like I was where a question is raised, an idea is brought forth, or something triggers a memory to where we fall in love all over again. If she cashes in this coupon, have the assault of compliments, kindness, thoughts, and whatever else ready. Get creative with it. Get extravagant with it. Do a crazy dance, something! It doesn't have to be all sentimental, it can be fun also. Just make sure at the end of the coupon, she is overwhelmed with how you feel and think about her.