20 Qualities Of An Ideal Husband

Once a man asked God for the qualities of an ideal husband. The story goes that God is still trying to figure out how to answer that! No two women can be on the same page when it comes to qualities of a good husband. In fact, if you ask the same woman twice in a span of two weeks, she can give you two completely different lists of traits of an ideal husband. Basically, women hardly ever know what they want from men.

However, there is always a mean value we can go by. Most women have some qualities of an ideal husband in mind. For example, very few women would want their husband not to be financially well-placed. And almost all women want men who are romantic. So, it is possible to have a list of qualities of a good husband based on women's likes and dislikes.

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These traits of an ideal man are totally subjective as is everything else that women say and do. Each woman would want men to understand and interpret the qualities of an ideal husband in her own way. So to be a great husband, you basically have to be custom made in a tailor shop and it would still be difficult to arrive at perfection.

So with great difficulty and great pains, Boldsky has put together a list of qualities of an ideal husband based on what women want from men.

He should be financial stable

Dude, if you are not successful financially, you will never get a decent girl or a credit card. So, unless you are at the top of your game, don't ever dream about getting married.

He should be dependable

On what issues she will rely on you would depend totally on her discretion. She might want to depend on you to do the groceries on one day and count on you to drive her to work on the next.

He should be chivalrous

It is not enough for you to pull the door open for her or pull her chair in an outwardly show of chivalry. You must always be prompt about picking up her bills too.

He should be a good cook

Your culinary skills make you irresistible to women. If you know sky diving and your closet competitor knows how to cook, then he beat you by 1-0.

He should not be mamma’s boy

Women like you best if you are an orphan. But if you do have your dear mother, then walk the line carefully. Don't forget, both your wife and mother are women so you can never figure out what either of them want from you.

He should be honest but not brutally honest

Honesty is the best policy provided you can fake it. Basically, you can be honest with a girl as long as you know what she wants to hear, and you've to say it with great earnestness. Maybe, an acting workshop will be a kind of help here.

He should be perceptive

You have to know what she wants at the very nanosecond without being told so. Your perception should tell you when her next mood swing is due.

He should be able to say sorry

A man should be able to admit that it is his mistake all the time because as far as women are concerned, they never make any mistakes.

He should be family oriented but not boring

You should have friends when she wants to go out for a wild party. But the next morning, you must be back to being a family man. And you must always be available when her friends are busy.

He should have a sense of humour

Your sense of humour is good if she can understand you. Women have never come to a consensus on what they find funny but dirty jokes are definitely off the list.

He should make a good father

It is not enough to play with kids and puppies in the park. You must have the required skill set for being a father like knowing how to change diapers, staying up at night when the baby cries and singing lullabies.

He should be generous

You are a generous man as long as you splurge on her. The moment you spend on yourself, you are selfish and financially unwise.

He should be caring

Now caring could mean anything from holding her hand in moments of distress to murdering her boss for giving her a hard time. It is totally subject to interpretation.

He should be protective but not possessive

This basically means that you should be ready to get roughed up in the pub by bad guys if they make a pass at her. But you shouldn't mind if she goes to meet her ex-boyfriend because they are ‘just friends' now.

He should get along with her dad

Daddy usually never likes the guy that his little girl brings home. And if you have to get into her dad's good books, you must treat her like a ‘little girl' yourself.

He should support her career and her finances too

You should be an open minded guy who supports her career decisions. And in case she gets tired of a career, you should also be willing to support her.

He should be ambitious but not ruthless

All women want their husbands to be ambitious but only when they can still come home for dinner at 8 in the evening. If you have to work too many late nights and can't make it to her friend's birthday party, then you are cold and ruthless.

He should be romantic

Not even the great epics written about love and romance have been able to explain a woman's complex ideals about romance, so don't even try to get there. Give her flowers and chocolates regularly so that you are considered romantic in the traditional sense.

He should be a good listener

After you have become a good husband, all you have to do is listen to her. So it is paramount that you should have good listening skills.

He should be ‘different’

Despite fitting into so many textbook categories of ‘ideal' husband, a man has to have his own unique personality traits to impress women. Cheer up guys, you finally get to show some creativity.