Eat at places other than steak restaurants!

These tips are from The Husband Book: A Guy's Guide To Marriage by Harry Harrison Junior, which I plan to give to my brother for his wedding.

Intimacy

Don't make her feel like every time you kiss her, you want to have sex... as hard as that may be.

Instead of getting up first thing in the morning, hold her for a while. You'll come to treasure those moments.

Ignore her bad habits.

Hold her hand all the time. In the movies. Walking. Watching TV.

Consciously smile at her. Even when you're exhausted. The payoff is big.

If she has a dream about you having an affair, she will wake furious. No amount of logic will help here. Just hold her.

Draw her a bubble bath. Then leave.

Treasure those times when you can just sit and read and enjoy each other's company.

Remember, there are few aphrodisiacs more powerful than just listening.


Food and Meals

Remember these words: "This tastes great."

Realize no one wants to do the dishes, especially the cook.

Accept that while a man can live on barbecue alone, most women can't.

Eat at places other than steak restaurants.

Meet her for lunch someplace if she can get away - this brings about all kinds of wonderful things. (See "Sex.")

Dress for dinner. Some men think they can show up in their boxer shorts, and their presence alone will carry the day.

If you're going to be late for dinner, call her. You're never too busy to be considerate.

Go to the grocery store for her. You can bring home stuff she'd never buy.

Wake up early every morning and cook her breakfast. You can pretty much get away with murder the rest of the day.

She won't believe beer is one of the basic food groups.

If she wants make the family dinner every night, count yourself very lucky. And show up on time.

Unless invited, do not under any circumstances venture into the kitchen to adjust the heat, add ingredients, or check the taste.

The reason you don't know why you need a Dutch oven is because you don't know what it does.

When you or the kids get sick, something genetic inside her will make her cook soup. With noodles. Enjoy it.

When she makes a meal that is truly horrible, you have two choices: shut up and make dinner the next time, or shut up and eat it. If it's that bad, she'll notice too.

Remember, ketchup and steak sauce can hide the taste of just about anything.

When you are really hungry for a steak, and you come face-to-face with an artichoke, and she's really happy with everything... smile and nod.

No man has yet figured out what women like about pimento cheese sandwiches.

Every now and then, take her to a truly fussy, lace-on-the-walls, high-tea-served place to eat lunch. Order the chicken.

Remember, one of the great things about being married is that a woman can never finish her dinner. So you get more food. (SO NOT TRUE IN MY CASE, MOST TIMES!)

Share your cookies with her.

Let her have the last piece.