Look at him when he’s talking to you and try to pay attention to what he is saying.

Sometimes I find myself looking at him or near him and halfway through his discourse I realize I’m planning my grocery list or something! “Oh no!” I think. This thing, of which I may have no interest whatsoever, interests him and I can at least listen. After all, I can talk about the decision of what kind of material to use for the living room curtains or what font I should use for a certain web page, something in which he has no interest, and I expect him to listen.

“But I’m in the middle of cooking something and he caught me on the way back from the bathroom!” Then, may I make a little suggestion? Communicate!

“I’m in the middle of cooking something and I’d love to hear what you have to say, if you wouldn’t mind moving to the kitchen” or “Excuse me, I’ll be right back. Hold that thought.”

How would you treat your friends? Would you yell at them and say (or give them a look that indicates this), “Can’t you see I’m busy? I don’t care about what happened to you today”? It seems that some people communicate with their friends better and treat them with better respect than their own families! These things ought not so to be!

Let’s try to focus on being attentive when our husbands speak to us.