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FW~A (Near) Daily Encouragement: A Fascinating Womanhood ~ Alaska Success Story

Feb25

        The following success story is a recent one from the Fascinating Womanhood ~ Alaska Alumni Group, which is a group that women can join after they have completed the Fascinating Womanhood ~ Alaska online Fascinating Womanhood course:

“My husband told me tonight that one of his online college assignment questions was about me, then shared the following question and his answer with me:

“(Professor’s Question) Tom’s panel of entrepreneurs talk about the value of partnering with someone who has strengths in the same areas that you have weaknesses. A few weeks ago I asked you to talk about what makes you special. Now, it’s time to look at the other side. If you had to choose someone as your business partner, who would you choose, and why? That is, if you wanted to choose someone who had strengths in areas that you had weaknesses, what would those strengths be? I will use myself for an example. I consider myself to be a pretty creative person, but know zilch on the accounting side, so I would want to partner with someone who was financially savvy. As always, I look forward to your responses.

“(My Husband’s Reply) I am blessed to have been provided with a perfect complimentary partner, my wife. Though she does not participate in masculine tasks of my business, she is a far better organizer than I and can always be counted on to provide the “other” perspective on human relations issues.

        “My husband has one of the most masculine jobs a man could have. While I don’t help him with any of the hands-on, financial, or masculine business work, I do offer him insight on relating to customers and advertising, and do the typing work/photos on his website under his oversight. I love to support him in his business in the ways that I can, and to know that he values my insight and work is very touching to me. My husband and I are in so many ways opposite, yet we’re one, he values my insight and feminine assistance just as I value his leadership and provision. I love him so much.

        “I could have never thanked Mrs. Andelin enough (though I thanked her most heartfeltly and often) for creating and sharing Fascinating Womanhood, for I can’t even, and don’t want to even try to, imagine where our marriage would be without her teachings.”

FW~A Fascinating Womanhood Course Success Stories

Feb5

        Below are a few success stories shared by students from varying phases of the Fascinating Womanhood ~ Alaska Fascinating Womanhood courses:

“Reading this has helped me to remember that he is the one who is going to always
have the responsibility to provide for us. Even among couples where both work
and/or the wife earns more, the man still feels the burden of earning a living
more heavily, and I had been overlooking that and treating his main concern in
life as an inconvenience. The irony of it is he called while I was doing today’s
reading and told me he’d be working late. I kept a cheerful attitude about it,
when before I would either complain or let a sigh or the tone of my voice make
it clear I did not like it. Well, when he got home, he told me he’d made enough
in overtime to take a trip this Saturday that he had previously said no to. The
only reason I can think he’d change his mind like that is because of the changes
I’ve made in my attitude and manner toward him because of FW.”

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“I am finding that expressing appreciation is hard for me. But I have been putting it into action by thanking him for everything he does and making him number one. Today my husband came home from school and suprised me with a wonderful book I have been wanting (not an inexpensive book mind you). This was really sweet as he is in
grad school and we are on a very limited budget right now. It was very generous of him and when I told him thank you and how sweet it was for him to give it to me, he said that he did not deserve me! It appears that FW really teaches us how to show our men that we love them and that they are appreciated in a way they understand, so then they respond with love. :-) “

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“…he said, “You have no idea how I brag on you; you have no idea the things I say
to other people about how you are in our situation” (he had been unemployed for
about eighteen months until last December, which really took a toll on us
financially). He continued by saying, “I tell people that we really don’t do
anything, we don’t go out to eat at restaurants…and tonight I want to go and get
you an Arby’s Reuben (my favorite junk food sandwich). You never complain; you are
so humble about cooking at home almost every night – you never complain about how
many things we have gone without recently and the lack of a social life that we
have.” I was stunned, because I thought he thought I was some kind of spoiled
little brat! That was the best sandwich ever!”

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“My DH and I are getting along so well, it just amazes me. I know I’ve changed, but he has changed a lot, too! Little things, like doing more for each other, and big things, like not being critical, treating each other nicer, better communication, and way more affection.”

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        If you would like a success story of your own, just click here and fill-out the online form for the March 2012 Fascinating Womanhood ~ Alaska Fascinating Womanhood course.  You have nothing to lose and marital love and happiness to gain!

FW~A (Near) Daily Encouragement: FW Success Stories

Jan27

        Click here to read three inspiring Fascinating Womanhood success stories: one is written by the husband of a fascinating woman and two are written by women applying the principles of Fascinating Womanhood.  This kind of success in living the principles of FW is very attainable by the majority of married women and occurs in marriages around the world nearly every day. 

        If, after reading the success stories, you’d like to give a good try at having a success story of your own, get a copy of Fascinating Womanhood (the 2007 edition is recommended because it’s up-to-date for today’s women; it is available through online booksellers and many local bookstores), apply its teachings, and consider taking an online or live course to take the teachings further.