Warning: this is a very disturbing video. Not for the faint of heart or women who consider the truth too painful to hear. But for the brave and those who are ready to face facts, this could change your life.
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Consider the following challenging quotations from the thoroughly-researched book, For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn:
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“…our men desperately want us to know, but feel absolutely unable to tell us…the effort you put into your appearance is extremely high on his priority list. Yet the chances that you know his true feelings are extremely low” (p. 156)  The men who responded to the anonymous survey agreed overwhelmingly that it hurts a man deeply when his wife “lets herself go.” Remember that phrase, because it is key. Men don’t expect their wives to look like super-models, but they do want their wives to have self-respect and to take a reasonable degree of care in regard to their personal appearance.
Feldhahn puts it this way: “Since men are so visual, seeing us make the effort to look good makes them feel loved and cared for” (p. 165)Â
Your husband wants you to care enough about him to make a serious effort at self-care: 47% agreed with the sentence, “I want her to make an effort to take care of herself–not just for herself, but also for me.” Get ready for a shocker: 70% of men surveyed said “It emotionally bothers me” if my wife is overweight, wears baggy sweats at home and only does her hair and make-up when she goes out in public. Only 12% of men said, “It doesn’t bother me at all”  Most men also dislike it when a wife hates being overweight, complains about it, but does nothing to change her condition. (p. 161)
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The message is clear. Married women need to be jarred out of complacency. Men ARE visual and they are surrounded by seductively-dressed, visually-appealing women all day long. As old fashioned as it may sound, the truth is you are not the only person who is negatively affected when you “let yourself go.” It’s not about the amount you weigh; it’s about the amount of effort you put in to take care of yourself.
83% of men surveyed said, “I want my wife (or significant other) to look good and feel energetic” (p. 162)
Men indicated that they feel “disregarded, disrespected and hurt” when the woman in their lives let’s herself go.
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How do you know if you have “let yourself go”? Look in the mirror and ask a few basic questions:
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1. Allowing for the normal aging process, do you reasonably approximate the appearance of the woman he married?Â
2. Do you present yourself better in public to total strangers than you do to your husband at home? (This is one thing I’ve learned from my women friends from the Middle East. They are stunned that Western women get it exactly backwards: we look our best for strangers whom we should NOT be trying to attract and look our worst in front of our husbands whom we SHOULD be trying to attract. They are right!)
3. No matter what anyone else may think of your appearance, how do YOU feel? If the changes inn your appearance have affected your self-esteem, then it has affected your husband. And possibly your children as well.
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4. Is your physical activity limited in any way due to poor conditioning or weight gain?
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Okay, sister, your husband will never tell you any of this, but I just did! Now what will you do with the information I just shared? Let me suggest several practical steps:
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