Maryam Lemu – Marriage Gems – 5

Maryam Lemu

We explored what decent men WANT and what they DO NOT want. Now it’s the turn for the Ladies. Here are the results of the third part of the survey, “What women DO NOT want in their spouse”. Some of the points mentioned do not apply in some marriages however, these were the top concerns for most of the women.

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The speaker discusses several complaints made by women during marriage, including ones about their spouse's lack of engagement and instability. They also mention issues with their spouse's lack of commitment and instability, as well as problems with their spouse's behavior. The speaker invites viewers to share their own experiences and ideas on how to improve their relationships.

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			hours of electromagnetic energy Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh.
My name is Miriam LIMU. And welcome back to my series that I'm calling marriage gems, where I share
tips and ideas on how to strengthen the marriage how to build ourselves and make us more aware, so
that the relationship between us and our spouses will become stronger inshallah. Now, in the
previous episode, I told you that I had gotten curious about what decent men and women want in one
another. And they shared with you what men like and what they don't like in their spouses, and what
hopefully we can take as tips that will help us improve upon ourselves. Now, during this episode,
		
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			The wheels are turned, where we get to go into what women want in their spouses and what they don't
want. Let's start with the complaints. The overwhelming complaint by women have men, the first thing
that came up over and over again, was neglect and lack of attention, that during courtship, you get
so much attention, you hear sweet nothings in your ear. However, after the marriage, you're no
longer made to feel special. So neglect is a big one. And I hope the men listening will take heed,
and then neglecting self. That is that the spouse doesn't take care of himself anymore the way he
did during courtship, where he was hurt chunka chunka burning love, where he took his time to look
		
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			good to look presentable. Unfortunately, after the marriage, again, since you're not trying to win
the heart of your spouse anymore, you find that women complain the men neglect themselves, then
husband is not involved. The spouse is not involved in raising the children and disciplining them,
often out there pursuing their own needs or goals or their job. And unfortunately, leaving one
person, the wife, to be the one to discipline the children. And then of course, when things go
wrong, she's the one who's blamed for everything. Another problem that keeps reoccurring or
complaint, I should say, is this issue to do with being saddled with responsibilities that they feel
		
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			it's not for them to bear like fees to pay, and then household expenditure. That is not the spouse's
responsibility. That is not the wife's responsibility. Obviously, if there are financial
constraints, that is where you could have mutual understanding on how to share. But I remember when
I got married, my husband said to me, what's mine is mine and what's his is ours that is under
Sharia. So be aware that if your spouse does end up supporting in any of the household expenditures,
the main necessities, not the trivalent ones, that is not her responsibility. Then another complaint
women had of their spouses is that they were unacknowledged and unappreciated that they didn't
		
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			acknowledge the things they do, and didn't appreciate the things they were doing the hard work they
were putting into the relationship and into taking care of the home. And still feeling unappreciated
goes back to that first one of neglect. This kept coming up over and over again. Then another one
was this thing to do with insensitivity to moods, when it comes to intimacy, we fight and then you
want to be intimate with me. Or you can tell I'm really stressed out. And it's at that time, you
want us to get intimate, but this causes a lot of frustration, and sadly, even resentment, that the
spouse is not considerate of that. And then in spite of existing challenges that you're having,
		
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			especially financial challenges, and so on, that another wife is brought into the home, it's like we
were have we finished with our own trying to make sure we are okay, and then another spouse is
brought in to only spread the money thinner and strained the relationship, then this one keeps
coming up and it's overwhelming, I won't deny I am so concerned about the number of women who keep
talking about extramarital affairs, that this causes a lot of problems. Of course, we know that in
the relationship about infidelity, the spouse not being loyal, then the other one is to do with more
time spent with family and outsiders with friends than with them than they themselves. Now if you
		
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			watch my video on capturing the heart of your spouse, you should be able to get tips on how to make
sure your spouse doesn't fulfill some of their needs outside that you are the one who's able to
satisfy all their needs. Then this as I said, is in no particular order for some they don't even
care about any of the things I've mentioned, just a few of them. So like I said before, if you have
more to add, please share it with me so I can learn and share with others. If you enjoyed this
episode and any others, share it with friends, then follow me on my Facebook page and Merriam lemo
or you can also subscribe to my YouTube channel. Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh