{"id":5424,"date":"2026-02-05T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:00:53","slug":"men-wish-their-partners-would-do-this-one-thing-more-often-and-its-not-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=5424","title":{"rendered":"Men wish their partners would do this one thing more often \u2014 and it\u2019s not sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether it\u2019s a\u00a0forehead kiss<\/a>\u00a0or a cup of tea on your bedside table, small gestures make us feel loved.<\/p>\n

And apart from a\u00a0chocolate digestive<\/a>, the only way to elevate a cuppa is a compliment from the one you love.<\/p>\n

With grand PDAs dominating our feeds (we\u2019re looking at you,\u00a0Timoth\u00e9e<\/a>), it can be easy to forget just how far a quick \u2018you look great today,\u2019 or \u2018you make so happy,\u2019 can go.<\/p>\n

And while women often rely on friends for words of praise \u2014 safe in the knowledge the girls are typing flame emojis in the comments \u2014 men don\u2019t always have this same luxury.<\/p>\n

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There isn\u2019t a huge wealth of data into compliment giving and receiving, but statistics back this up, with one\u00a0New Zealand study<\/a>\u00a0finding that women compliment other women, more than other men.<\/p>\n

And, a recent post from an anonymous Redditor, who we\u2019ll call Luca*, struck a chord with users, after he lamented a lack of compliments in his relationship.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s nice to be nice (Picture: Getty Images\/Maskot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve been married five years and together for seven,\u2019 he wrote. \u2018Although we both love each a lot and we\u2019re very good together, I very rarely get compliments from my wife,\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n

While some users said that complimenting was alive and well in their relationships, others related to Luca.<\/p>\n

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\u2018I rarely get any compliments,\u2019 read one comment. \u2018I couldn\u2019t tell you the last time it happened. I do compliment her regularly.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018My husband compliments me every day,\u2019 wrote another user. \u2018I rarely compliment him\u2026 I do\u00a0try<\/em>\u00a0to say something when I think it. It just doesn\u2019t come naturally to me.\u2019<\/p>\n

And a third said: \u2018She compliments me once or twice a year. If I don\u2019t compliment her on a regular basis I get asked if there\u2019s something wrong.\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for a compliment renaissance<\/h2>\n

Dating<\/a>\u00a0and relationship coach Kate Mansfield, explains to \u00a0why there may be a lack of compliments in male circles.<\/p>\n

\u2018Men do not have the same social networks and close emotional and intimate friendships and support that women do,\u2019 she says. \u2018But men need validation and reward based feedback too.\u2019<\/p>\n

One of Kates key teaching for couples is the \u2018dating your husband\u2019 concept. She encourages women to build connection, and ultimately get their needs met from their husbands, through\u00a0positive reinforcement.<\/p>\n

Madeleine Roantree, a psychologist, also works with couples on a regular basis. She offers clients similar advice. \u2018I recently gave a woman in a heterosexual couple the specific task of verbally expressing her appreciation for her partner last week,\u2019 she tells our magazine .<\/p>\n

\u2018His reaction surprised her: he reported feeling significantly closer to her and deeply moved by the experience.\u2019<\/p>\n

In Madeleine\u2019s experience, women sometimes don\u2019t pay their male partners compliments because \u2018they either assume their partners just know, or they feel their partner should be the ones giving compliments.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I was concerned about \u201cbigging\u201d him up too much\u2019<\/h2>\n
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The couple have been very candid about how important compliments are (Picture: supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Married couples James, 53, and Claire Davis, 46, met in\u00a0Ibiza<\/a>\u00a0in 2012. Both in relationships, it was three years later when the pair, who by then were both single, reconnected.<\/p>\n

At the start of their relationship, Claire admits she often held back with words of affirmation.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019d been through\u00a0divorce<\/a> and some heart breaks,\u2019 she tells our magazine.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018I think, subconsciously, I was concerned that if I gave compliments, he might take advantage of my kindness and affection.<\/p>\n

\u2018The mentality was, \u201cdon\u2019t show too much, but just enough.\u201d I was concerned about \u201cbigging\u201d him up too much.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Whether it\u2019s a\u00a0forehead kiss\u00a0or a cup of tea on your bedside table, small gestures make us feel loved. And apart from a\u00a0chocolate digestive, the only way to elevate a cuppa is a compliment from the one you love. With grand PDAs dominating our feeds (we\u2019re looking at you,\u00a0Timoth\u00e9e), it can be easy to forget just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t