Sentences with phrase «expectations in a husband»

Their expectations in a husband involve much more than just an income — they want an equal partner who brings more to the table than just money, like sharing childcare and chores.

Not exact matches

But it also subtly accommodated itself to such elements of late modernity as the therapeutic culture, increasing numbers of wives working outside the home, and a new expectation that husbands as well as wives should involve themselves emotionally in home life and the well - being of the children.

My husband and I struggled to honor the expectations of our parents but still honor one another in our marriage.

Sadly, she is wrong in believing that «being a good wife shouldn't be any different than being a good husband»; an overwhelming number of never - married women want a husband who has a steady job (while men say they favor someone who shares their ideas about raising children) and that male - as - provider model most likely perpetuates gendered expectations when it comes to marriage.

Included in the above are a few prevalent beliefs about marriage: that it creates a sense of ownership (well, it's true — women were the property of their husband for many, many, many years); that it stifles freedom and independence (it has been called a «greedy institution «-RRB-; it enables couples to become «too comfortable,» and the label «wife» and the expectations that come with being a wife are troublesome for some women — especially woman who have been married before.

Even though there are more ways to be a married couple than ever before, including blended families and families in which the dad stays at home and mom's the breadwinner, we still tend to fall into gendered expectations when we heard the word «wife» — she's responsible for the home and kids, even if she works outside the home full time — and «husband» — isn't he the provider?

Chua's book was a somewhat tongue - in - cheek memoir of her experiences raising her two daughters with her (non-Asian) husband, which involved hours of forced music practice every day, severe restrictions on extracurriculars, outright bans on social activities like sleepovers, and punishment and shaming on the rare occasions her children failed to attain their mother's high expectations.

Lambert grew up Mormon, endured a series of husbands in the effort to live up to her religion's expectations and came out as a lesbian in her 30s.

My husband and I have just concluded a month long stay at the Perfect Health Retreat, which exceeded our expectations in every way and added years to our lives.

My husband and I actually have an expectation of being pregnant sooner than later; before this, we just had faith and prayer with no physical evidence that things were going in the right direction.

Survived how much is great expectations dating service husband and manor in the century and around 4, 680.

And the 35 - year - old actress starred alongside her husband in «A Quiet Place» and says he «surpassed her expectations».

McEwan's novel is set in England in 1962 and «tells the story of Florence and husband, Edward, starting with the unspoken expectation of their marital -LSB-...]

My husband and I's experience in quality and service alike with Jaguar Land Rover of Fort Myers was beyond any expectations set ahead of time.

My husband and I went in to look for a vehicle and had low expectations.

She was always a kind, thoughtful person, but she needed to break away from the expectations of her husband's family in order to fully realize her own happiness.

And every day I don't meet that expectation of perfection, a little voice in my head (my husband calls her Evil Sweetie) tells me that I'm a worthless failure.

At the Supreme Court, the judge found that Mrs. Gonzalez did not obtain the documents from password - protected areas, and the husband had, at most, had only a slight expectation of privacy in the computer.

Paul's professionalism, support and knowledge in managing this tricky case went well beyond expectations The end result was a settlement that more than compensated myself and my husband.

«Some marriage «experts» claim that a significant cause of unhappiness in marriage is that husbands and wives have overblown expectations of each other.

For instance, United States census data indicate that 7.2 % of heterosexual married couples feature a man who is more than ten years older than his wife; in contrast, only 1.3 % of marriages feature a woman who is more than ten years older than her husband.1 Thus, it is certainly more novel and a violation of our social expectations to see the latter.

Two examples of these «deal breakers» could be strong differences in religious beliefs, or gender role expectations — that is, where one person wants a traditional husband and wife relationship whereas the other person wants a progressive, egalitarian relationship.

In terms of the potential for marital conflict, differing expectations between spouses related to the relative importance of the husband meeting the needs of his wife versus the needs of his mother may be one area of potential friction.

Very often, the monotony of daily living, which is a fact of life, includes the demanding management of unfinished business from the first marriage, for example, when a new husband stumbles in his perhaps unsought role of stepfather to his second wife's children, or when a mother finds herself in a tug of war between her children from the first failed marriage and the expectations of her new husband.

It's when our relationship expectations are violated in some way («You were flirting with a coworker, and I expect my husband not to be flirtatious») that jealousy may arise.