10 Free Ways To Make Your Husband Feel Special

These 10 free ways to make your husband feel special will help you let your husband know how much you appreciate him and love him.

In the busyness of everyday life, sometimes it can feel like time passes in a blur. One second you’re ringing in the New Year, then, in what seems like the blink of an eye, you’re decorating the Christmas tree.

In this flurry of daily activity, it can become easy to take for granted the things our husbands do for us. Absolutely, us wives and moms work hard and make sacrifices for our families. But our husbands do too.

And while you may think to yourself “My husband knows I love him,” sometimes it might be necessary (or just nice) to make sure he knows just how much you love and appreciate him.

My husband is an incredible man. He’s honorably served his country for the past 15 years, he’s my biggest cheerleader, my best friend, the hardest working person I know, the best Daddy to our son, and the type of person that genuinely makes the world a better place.

I try to make it a point to show him how much I love and appreciate him, on a regular basis. This doesn’t mean that I go out and spend hundreds of dollars – there are plenty of free ways to make your husband feel loved.

10 Free Ways To Make Your Husband Feel Special

1. Write him a gratitude letter

When’s the last time you sat down and wrote a letter by hand? Probably not recently. But there’s just something so lovely about receiving a handwritten letter.

Take some time to write a letter to your husband expressing your gratitude for everything he does for you and your family, then tuck it in his wallet, briefcase, or back pocket – somewhere where you know he’ll come across it during the day. This is a great way to show your love, and it’s something that he can keep, and read over and over again.

2. Have an at-home movie night where he gets to pick the movie

Grab a few cozy blankets, pop some popcorn and snuggle together on the couch and enjoy a movie night – but let him pick the movie.

I know when I offer to let my husband pick the movie, he’ll pick something that he knows I would want to watch, even if it’s not truly what he wants to watch.

However, I’ve caught on to his tricks 🙂 Unless it’s an action movie or a war movie (which are the movies I know he’d really want to watch), I make him pick again 😀

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3. Make him his favorite meal

Recently, my husband and I were talking about how neither of us really has a favorite food. I mean, we love pizza, fish and chips, pasta. But there isn’t just one meal that either of us would say is our absolute favorite.

However, in my husband’s case, anyone that knows him well knows he has a penchant for baked goods. In fact, that’s one of the first things I learned about him 😀

Recently, he had to drive a few hours away for work, so I made him a batch of chocolate caramel blondies. He loved them! There’s a reason why they say “the way to a man’s heart is through his belly.” 🙂

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4. Turn off your phone

Too often, we give more attention to our phone that what we give to our family. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve been guilty of this.

And there’s nothing worse than talking to someone and knowing they’re not really paying attention to you because their nose is buried in their phone.

Try switching off your phone for the day (or even just a few hours) and give your husband your undivided attention – your Facebook notifications and Twitter feed can wait, trust me.

5. Give him a back massage

My husband works upwards of 60 hours a week, and he is pretty much exhausted by the time Friday rolls around. To help him relax and unwind, often I’ll give him a back massage – there’s not much that’s more relaxing than a massage, in my opinion!

(You don’t have to use massage oil, but I like using this almond oil – it works great and has extra nourishing properties.)

6. Join him

A great way to make your husband feel loved and appreciated is to join him in one of his favorite activities, whether that’s shooting some hoops at the local basketball court, playing some Xbox games, working on the car, target shooting at the shooting range, etc.

Even if it’s not something that you’d usually be interested in doing, join him for a few hours.

Let him teach you everything he knows, and actually pay attention. He’ll appreciate the fact that you’re interested in learning more about the hobbies and activities that he loves, and you never know, you might actually find that you enjoy it, too!

7. Hold hands in public

Holding hands when you’re out in public might have been something you used to do when you first got together, but over time you’ve stopped. Start holding hands again.

Holding hands will make you feel closer, will show the world that you’re proud to call your husband yours, and will help your kids feel secure by knowing that they have a mom and dad that love each other.

8. Run him a hot bath

One of my husband’s favorite ways to unwind is by having a long, hot bath. Sometimes I’ll get him to text me when he’s leaving work so I can have a hot bath ready for him as soon as he arrives home.

I like adding Epsom salt and a few drops of lavender essential oil in the bathwater, to help alleviate muscle tension and aid in relaxation.

9. Compliment him regularly

In the book “5 Love Languages” Gary Chapman talks about “words of affirmation.” I think too often we take for granted that our husband just knows all of the reasons we love and appreciate him.

And while that may be true, I think that regularly complimenting him is a wonderful way to show your love. It can be something as simple as “I love how you goof around with the kids after you get home from work – they love that!”

10. Tell him you love him

I’ve purposely saved the best for last. I believe it’s so important to actually tell your husband that you love him every day. I never hang up the phone without telling my husband that I love him, and I will often send him a text during the day just letting him know that I’m thinking about him and love him.

Don’t ever let the sun set on an argument, and don’t ever forget to tell your husband how much you love him.

* I mentioned the book “5 Love Languages” in number 9. If your husband’s love language is “gifts” then you might want to buy him a little something here and there to show him you love him. 

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