Tell me if you agree with the following section (from Dr. Laura):
"A husband is like a horse. At the end of the day he is usually rode hard and put away sweaty. Like in the movies, if his master drives and beats him, he'll go just so far before bucking and rebelling. If you love him, if you coax him, he'll drive himself till his heart explodes before he will let down his master. He'll give himself to death for the one he loves. Which way should women handle a man?" I have never gotten a complaint from a male listener in twenty-five years on the radio over my assertion that men are very simple creatures. They agree. I have explained time and again on my radio program that men are borne of women and spend the rest of their lives yearning for a woman's acceptance and approval. Unless you've got a man with a frank mental or personality disorder (the exception, not the rule), men admittedly are putty in the hands of a woman they love. Give him direct communication, respect, appreciation, food, and good lovin', and he'll do just about anything you wish -- foolish or not.
This is from the blurb about her new book " The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands". I agree 100% with everything in the blurb, so I may have to read the book. It seems from what I know, that Dr. Laura has "GREAT" marriages all figured out (at least for HD men and maybe as well for LD men). She reads letters EVERY night from women that have seen incredible changes in their own marriages just by following the principals of this book. Blurb from Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
Hairdog, do you feel like the horse in the example above, I know I sure do. The problem I think that most of us HD guys are in is that we are the horse that is carrying the master(wife). We LOVE to serve her needs, and to take care of her, literally till ours hearts would burst. But if the master(SHE) does not take good care of the horse, there is only so little we as the horse can do to LEAD the relationship. Eventually, without the proper care and feeding, the horse has 2 options: 1)To have it's spirit broken, or 2) To BOLT and throw the Rider, and thus look for a new master(divorce). Boy don't these options SUCK. I hate to say it, but Dr. Laura has it pegged 100%, the woman has almost ALL the power to determine how good the marriage will be. We as the horse must provide whatever the master needs to be happy. But it is still up to the master to determine how we get put away for the night.
Would our wives read a book like this? Would they blow up?
Why do so many women NOT understand how great marriages work? Dr. Laura even comments that she is TOTALLY amazed that women DO NOT UNDERSTAND this theory!
To the HD guys, how many of you find yourself to be a "Simple Creature (the horse)", and all you want is admiration and lots of great lovin'. Put me down for 1 vote!
