In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. You are to love your wife. You are to cherish your wife. You are to romance your wife.
Husbands are to give themselves totally, whole-heartedly, and sacrificially to their wives.
A young man asked his girlfriend's father for his approval to marry her. The nervous young man tried his best to convince the father that he wanted to marry the young woman because of all her fine qualities. He spoke of her kindness, her diligence, her intelligence, her compassion, and her spirituality. He emphasized that, after carefully analyzing all of her qualities, he had concluded that she would be just the person for him. Her father listened carefully, pleased that this young man wanted to marry his daughter.