I actually do all of those.
I praise him to the skies to people whose opinion REALLY matters:
His mother and father
his siblings
his male friends.
I solve the problem with bitchy backbiting gossipy female friends by simply not HAVING any female friends. Easier that way. No worries about that anymore. Between house, kids, marriage and garden I simply don’t have time to ‘go out for drinks and gossip’ anymore. I outgrew ‘college’ some time ago.
“I solve the problem with bitchy backbiting gossipy female friends by simply not HAVING any female friends.”
THAT is some wisdom. There are moments when I think females are incapable of friendship per se, only pack behavior and competition.
HERE HERE! I do NOT hang out with women like this. I have few female friends, mainly because of this behavior. Hubby and I have been together 33 years, married 24 next month. Have never understood women who feel the need to constantly bash their guys. It’s not healthy.
Basic motto: Keep his belly full, his ego boosted, and his balls empty and he will worship the ground you walk on. And it’s worked all these years.