In fact, I remember years ago a commercial that showed a man working out in the gym. The loud speaker announces something like, "Would the owner of the tan minivan please turn off your lights." The owner, a man, looks around feigning, "Gee, I wonder who that loser could be?" Though we women tend to accept the inevitable in efficient stride, our good men valiantly grapple with pulling into work with a pink diaper bag on the console.

Not that this is the only sacrifice. Because aside from the cars, it's the loss of being No. 1 to his wife. As soon as the first baby comes, it's the storybook "there were three in the bed and the little one said, roll over and just keep going, dad, because this is my spot." Husbands have to realign their paradigm that as a mother, through sheer maternal urges, you now will fight to the death for your children, but he is optional.

So, on that note, consider today all that your studmuff husband has done and given up to create, enjoy and accept domestic life. Don't wait until he does that perfectly or even sort of well or if he's really a pill today. Look for the hero in your husband and help him revisit that hero in himself.

LIFETip: List 10 sacrifices your husband has made for your family and share those with him.

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