Your husband doesn't have to earn your respect | The Matt Walsh Blog

Your husband doesn't have to earn your respect | The Matt Walsh Blog

"Often, people will say that a husband should only be respected if he 'earns' it. This attitude is precisely the problem. A wife ought to respect her husband because he is her husband, just as he ought to love and honor her because she is his wife. Your husband might 'deserve' it when you mock him, berate him, belittle him, and nag him, but you don't marry someone in order to give them what they deserve. In marriage, you give them what you've promised them, even when they aren't holding up their end of the bargain."