How to Surprise Your Wife In Ways That Will Delight Her

Tip #4: Cover All Her Bases

This is another place where your wife’s friends can prove invaluable.

As mentioned, a woman can most thoroughly enjoy herself without a lot of loose ends floating around that haven’t been taken care of. Do your homework, think through all the logistics, ask her friends what logistics you need to know about, and handle as many of them as you can. Line up child care before the birthday dinner. Get the mortgage check in the mail before the weekend away. Do the dishes and walk the dog while she’s getting ready for “dinner.” Surprise her with tickets for the baseball game having already arranged a ride for your daughter’s piano and a potential replacement date for the parent conference.

Then she will feel free, peaceful, and undistracted during her time with you, unencumbered with concern for things left undone. With those pieces handled, she can focus on the fun at hand – and you!

Yes, the element of unpredictability might make it feel a bit risky to try to surprise your wife. But keep these tips in mind, and you can “catch her by surprise” in a good way. Those sweet acts of kindness will make her feel truly known and truly loved, and the fact that they were unexpected will be the icing on the cake.

Helping people thrive in life and relationships is Shaunti Feldhahn’s driving passion, supported by her research projects and writing. After starting out with a Harvard graduate degree and experience on Wall Street, her life took an unexpected shift into relationship research. She now is a popular speaker around the world and the author of best-selling books about men, women, and relationships. (Including For Women Only, For Men Only, and the groundbreaking The Good News About Marriage).

Her newest book, The Kindness Challenge, demonstrates that kindness is the answer to almost every life problem, and is sparking a much-needed movement of kindness across the country. Visit www.shaunti.com for more.