A learning man

Last night while I was driving, my wife was explaining a situation that she was experiencing with our daughter. It seemed that the daughter was acting different when I was at home. I listened to my wife and then proceeded to tell her how to fix it. Apparently I wasn't listening to what she was saying. In our almost fifteen years together I have discovered that men and women are different. I had grown up around my brothers and other males. I had never hung around with anyone of the opposite sex. I just didn't know how differently men and women look at the same situation differently. An example of this is when we were out driving one day. We past a four wheel drive pickup For sale that was about 20 years old and painted camouflage. Of course we both noticed the truck. My wife's response was "Who in his right mind would buy that?" I said to her "I was thinking why anyone in his right mind would sell that truck!"
Marriage is difficult. It is even more difficult when you put two people created so differently from each other. Marriage takes work and many enter into this bond without any idea of the work involved. Real men sacrifice for their marriage. Real men go into marriage with a servant's heart. They are willing to give all for their spouse. He will give up his life for his wife. He will protect his wife and make her feel secure. I have fallen short of this example of a real man. I do know that tomorrow brings another day and I have an opportunity to be a real man to my wife. A man who looks to her needs before his own. A man that actually "listens" to his wife and lets her finish before speaking. (I'm still learning.)
I will never be the perfect man but I will continue to study my wife the rest of my days. Each and every day I will try to learn something about her that will bring me closer to understanding what she wants and needs. I challenge other husbands to do the same, understand our faults, but strive to be better husbands.