I'll give married guys some free advice...
Chase your wife around the house. You turn something on in her. You guys become children for just that 4 minutes running around. 😉
Lift her off the ground. It says something to her mind. 😉
But if you want to keep the spark alive in the middle of a busy life, add these to the list:
Take over the dinner chaos. When she is staring down the pot trying to figure out how to feed everyone, stepping in and saying, "I've got this," or just ordering the Friday night pizza or food so she doesn't have to cook, speaks directly to her soul.
Handle the unsexy logistics.
Give her the gift of absolute silence. Sometimes taking the kids out of the house for two hours so she can just exist in a quiet room without anyone needing anything from her.
Flirt with her during the ordinary moments. A wink across the room while you are both cleaning up the kitchen reminds her that underneath the heavy titles of "Mom" and "Dad," you are still just two people crazy about each other.
Notice the invisible labor. Thank her for remembering the scheduling, the grocery, and all the behind the scenes magic that keeps the house running. It bridges the gap and silently says, "I see exactly how hard you work for us."
The movie romance is great, but the trenches of everyday life are where the real connection happens.
Show up for her there.
Hello Lola, I am a Muslim, and our spiritual tradition has a very deep approach to raising children. I want to share some tips from our scholars that will be beneficial to you regardless of your faith.
First of all, our theology teaches the concept of Fitrah. This means that every child is born with a pure heart. At six years old, she is not a criminal mastermind. She does not have a wicked soul.
If she doesn’t have all these, then what is happening? The truth is that she is just lacking impulse control and testing boundaries. By this, if you look at her as a manipulator, you will fight her. However, if you look at her as a pure soul making mistakes, you will be able to guide her.
Secondly, for every problem anyone faces today, it has been solved in history. The only problem is how to locate them.
A classical scholar named Al-Ghazali wrote about child psychology over 900 years ago in his famous book “Ihya Ulum al-Din.” In his section on disciplining children, he gave a practical rule I want you to adopt going forward.
He advised that parents should never push a child into a corner where they are forced to lie. When you ask a question you already know the answer to, her survival instinct kicks in. She cries and she lies to defend herself because she is scared of you. Stop interrogating her. Just look at her and state the fact. Say, I know you took this, and we are going to return it right now.
Again, another scholar and sociologist Ibn Khaldun addressed this exact behavior in his masterpiece titled: “Al-Muqaddimah.” He warned that when a child is raised with harsh punishment, they learn deceit, trickery, and lying to protect themselves. This is why she is covering her tracks and crying to manipulate you. The fear of a harsh reaction is making her a better liar.
Lola, do not attach a label to her. Do not ever call her a thief. If you attack her identity instead of her action, she will internalize it and grow into that dark label. Tell her the action is wrong but protect her dignity.
Make her return the item. Do not fall for the tears. Hold her hand, walk her back to wherever she took it from, and make her hand it back and apologize. The discomfort of returning a stolen item teaches a much better lesson than beating her will ever do.
Finally, I don’t know if you are a Muslim, but never underestimate the power of your own words. In our faith, we believe the prayer of a parent for a child goes straight to God without any barrier. Pray over her. Pray for her heart to be content and for her character to be straight.
Keep doing this consistently and the habit will break.
Allah knows best.
Lemme tell y’all a true story I heard just this week.
A woman who had lived in Nigeria up until age 55 relocated to the UK with her children after her sister mentioned that “Shey be ohun lo bi eyin si (But you were born in the UK)”.
Apparently, her parents gave birth to her in the UK and relocated to Nigeria just few weeks after. They didn’t get her British Passport. The only thing they had was the birth certificate. Not long after, both parents died.
This woman lived in Nigeria for over 50 years. Omoooo, she suffered ehnnn! She had loads of challenges and things were sincerely not working at some point.
On one of those days while she and her younger sister were having a conversation, the younger one made the statement above. And that was the first time the possibility of her being able to relocate due to that or even being British ever occurred to her.
She searched for her birth certificate everywhere and eventually found a photocopy of it. And the emails began. Loads of back and forth. Eventually, they confirmed from the hospital’s database where she was born and everything is history now. Her British passport arrived while she was still in Nigeria and same for her two children one of whom was already almost 18.
My mouth was left agape when I heard this.
Imagine living 55 years of your life in Nigeria with things not working not knowing you are meant for a better world out there 🥵🥵🥵
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This is not even funny, this is pure wickedness, If it were her mum selling this pepper, let’s be honest she wouldn’t accept this kind of treatment, greedy people
Boy lost his dad during externship, got to school and was spiraling.
NLS gave him multiple queries as expected and he couldn't write the exam.
All he needed was emotional support in school and not "strict measures".
These are things that the Nigerian Law School should look into.
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There's a white woman on Tiktok who expressed shock that she has a Nigerian couple in her class (they are in medical school), and after classes, the wife runs home to cook and clean for the husband, while he hangs out with the rest of them. She was so shocked, like she couldn't believe it! She was like 'we all had the same hours, sat through the same classes, the man hangs out with the rest of the class after lectures, while the woman races home to cook for him'