What do women want from marriage?

Question

"Where women in the late 1960s said that happiness was having a husband who was industrious enough to be a good provider, women today want a husband who is emotionally supportive. Whether she believes that describes her husband is now the single best predictor of a woman's marital happiness. The second-best predictor is how fair she believes the household division of labour to be."

Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing, and why? :-)

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/9011,opinion,are-women-really-less-happy-now-,2

Answer 1

what a good study!

there are many anti-fems here who say that all women want from a man is money....(most of them who say this also happen to be single, big surprise) and this clearly smashes it in the dust.

this is certainly the way i feel, and my never-happier marriage has benifited. We both work, we both fairly divide up household chores, he loves and respects me (and i return the love and respect), we are each other's rocks.... this is the formula for a happy marriage. not money.

Answer 2

love, trust, friendship someone they can fall back on, some one you can talk talk and just talk with, never loosing the love and affection the list is endless.....

Answer 3

They want to be taken care of with a lot lot lot of love, they want her man to be completely devoted to her, and that generally doesn't happens that's y woman is never satisfied coz she wants more love than she gives and that's not in ability of a man.

a woman is a wonder full living being, she has a heart like .........i mean i cant compare it.

Answer 4

good thing for me because im never gonna be rich but i can be a rock to lean on.

Answer 5

Personally, I don't think I want to get married because that's what I want from a relationship anyway! :)

That makes a lot of sense to me, that feelings have changed. Right now the economy stinks, but women can work for themselves-- emotions become more important, especially post-feminism.

Answer 6

Expectations will always color our perceptions. I've spent some time here at GWS, and I get the impression that many of the women are younger and have limited life experiences. One issue that keeps come up is the unrealistic expectations of marriage placed upon men by women. Example: I want a man who knows me, I want a man who will listen to my concerns, I want a man that I can talk, talk, and talk to, I want a man that will do half the house work because I'm not any-body's slave. These statements sound nonsensical, and over time you will come to realize just how nonsensical they are. It seems to me that women today desire qualities that are more common in other women. Ladies, Men in general are poor listeners. We have an attention span of about 10 to 15 minutes, unless it involves sports, gambling, alcohol, or a stripper. In regards to division of house work and raising children. Some men may do half the work for a short time, but no man will do it on a consistent bases for the life of the marriage. What I am saying is women today need a reality check about what to expect from marriage personally and what to expect from a man. Most, if not all of the demands and changes concerning marriage over the last 25 years have been initiated by women. What do men want from marriage would have been a shorter answer.

Answer 7

A best friend, who uniderstand and listen, have fun, pshycially love and be together through everything