What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women

Introduction

I remember once when I was browsing through a gift shop in Gatlinburg, Tennessee seeing a shelf of new books for sale.

Now, I am always attracted to books so I quickly scooted past the seemingly endless shelves of nicknacks and souvenirs inviting me to "SEE ROCK CITY," and began to scan their titles. I was immediately drawn to a huge book entitled, Everything Men Know About Women.

Well, thinking that I could glean some practical wisdom on a very important subject, I eagerly pulled it down from the shelf and began to leaf through it's pages only to discover that every page was blank.

The book was a joke -- designed to humorously point out that in all truthfulness, men know absolutely nothing about women. And I feel that way as I approach today's subject. Attempting to do justice in explaining a woman's unique wants and needs in one sermon is an impossible task. So, I feel a little like Sigmund Freud who once said, "Despite my 30 years of research into the feminine soul, I have not yet been able to answer the great question, 'What does a woman want?'" Let me be quick to point out that searching for the answer to this question is a source of great joy in marriage.

We spend our entire lives involved in the adventure of trying to understand each other's needs.

So in a marriage there is never a dull moment. And I should also say at the onset that it is hard for a man to understand a woman wants and needs-and vice versa-because we are so very different. Men and women are unique. And of course humor relating to this subject abounds. It has been said that a man won't hesitate to pay $2 for something worth a $1 if he really wants it. On the other hand a woman won't hesitate to pay $1 for something worth $2 even she doesn't want it. A woman marries a man expecting him to change; a man marries a woman hoping that she won't change. But....all humor aside -- why should we devote sermon time to this subject? Why is it important for men to understand women and vice versa?

So we can live together in some kind of harmony! This understanding begins when we realize that many of our differences aren't due to gender.

Some of us are morning people. We get up at 5AM ready and rarin' to go. Others don't really "wake up" until around10 o'clock at night. And....being an AM or a PM person has nothing to do with whether you are a man or a woman. Some people -- both male and female -- are incredible neat freaks...they believe in a place for everything and everything in its place. Others are like the little guy in PEANUTS.....the one named "Pig Pen". They are just by nature messy people. And there are many reasons to explain these differences ranging from how we were raised, to our birth order, to inherited personality traits -- NONE of which has anything to do with gender.

So we need to understand that no two human beings are identical because of the variety in humankind.

But on the other hand there are obvious differences in people that are due to gender.

Men do tend to be physically stronger than women. But -- whereas men are usually stronger in the upper part of their bodies....many women can equal or surpass men in lower body strength which comes in handy when babies need to be born. And women tend to do better than men in long distance activities like running and swimming. Did
you know that the women's best time in swimming the English Channel is three hours better than the a man's best time? Women tend to live 4-8 years longer than men. A woman's metabolism is slower than a man's....so it is harder for her to lose weight. Women have larger kidneys, liver, stomach and appendix than men. A woman's heart beat's faster than a man's. They withstand high temperatures better than men do. So you see, men and women are physically different inside and out.

Then, a second reason to deal with this subject is because it is difficult for a husband and wife to enjoy any level of intimacy unless they really do understand each other.