How We Got Started

My wife still likes me. That’s a weird name for anything. But is it? This idea started a long time ago when my wife and I talked about life in general, and we stumbled on this idea that we would always love each other, but we might not always like each other in the moment. This idea went on for months after sharing my thoughts with some other people. My cohost Mike and I recorded a couple of podcasts talking about relationships, how we have messed them up, and how we have gotten to this point in our marriages.

So that’s this short version of how we got here, but what does it all mean. Well, ask yourself these questions (ladies, you can too). Does your wife still like you? If she does, tell us how you do it. If she doesn’t come back here and let's figure it out together.

Our wives are the ones. Out of all of the fish in the world, we pick that one to build a life, home, and family together after time spent dating or data gathering, as we like to call it. The idea here is that our wives will always love us. Arguably even in the worst of times when things are going horrible, and the last resort seems like the best option, some part of them still loves us. They just don’t like us. Call it “we fell out of love,” I just don’t love him anymore,” or my personal favorite, “ we just drifted apart.” While this might seem true on the surface, the reality is we can do better as husbands (and wives) when times get rough is when the real work begins sometimes.

That's what we are talking about here at My Wife Still Likes Me. We talk about how we can do better and better prepare for things like dinner with the in-laws. We can better prepare for difficult conversations, even how we can still play video games and stay married.

Our wives love us. What matters is that they want to be around us 5, 10, or 50 years later. Does your wife still like you? Let's talk about it.