Tag: attraction in marriage

  • This Secretly Turns Her On (But She’ll Never Admit It)

    This Secretly Turns Her On (But She’ll Never Admit It)

    What secretly turns her on isn’t flowers, date nights, or compliance. It’s something deeper, something EMOTIONALLY dynamic.

    And if you’re not giving it to her? Her heart will drift.

    Most men are blindsided when their wife suddenly says, “I love you, but I’m not in love with you”

    And understandably so.

    There were no screaming matches.

    No big fights.

    No obvious red flags.

    Everything seemed… fine.

    “Fine” is a red flag.

    The feminine experience is always full of emotions.

    A woman who feels connected to you will share her full range of feelings with you.

    But if you feel unsafe, she will close off.

    Her removal of emotions can feel like calm waters, but it’s the red flag to watch out for.

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    What Secretly Turns Her On: Emotional Forplay

    We men think of foreplay as sexual touch.

    For women, foreplay happens emotionally.

    She feels erotic tease from playful tension, not avoiding her emotions.

    She’s turned on by strength, not soft appeasement.

    She wants a man who can handle her without going emotionally limp.

    She tests constantly.

    Not out of cruelty, but from a deep, unconscious need to know:“Is this man grounded? Can he handle me? Can he hold me emotionally without going soft?”

    It might come out as a complaint or a mood swing, but it’s a form of emotional foreplay.

    When You’re Too Nice, It Turns Her Off

    If she senses that you adjust everything to please her…

    If your tone rises and falls based on her tone…

    If you’re constantly sacrificing your needs to avoid conflict…

    Or carefully choosing your words to not rock the boat…

    You’re making love to her with a limb emotional noodle.

    The feminine cannot fully trust or be attracted to an emotional noodle softer than hers.

    Emotional Tussle Is the Foreplay She Needs

    Men get turned on by visual and physical beauty.

    Women? They’re turned on by having an emotional tussle.

    When she can push up against you emotionally and feel that you’re solid, unshakable, present, and leading with clarity it sparks something deep.

    It’s a form of seduction.

    You are emotionally erect, penetrating through her feelings with calm, powerful direction.

    That’s the foreplay her nervous system is dying for.

    Not good-boy behaviors.

    Not reactive asshole moves.

    Just a man who stays in his own emotional lane.

    What Secretly Turns Her On: A Man Rooted in His Mission

    She lives in the now. Emotionally.

    You, as the man, must live from the future you’re building.

    What does that mean?

    Even if right now she’s cold, distant, or closed off, you don’t let that define you.

    You show up as the man who already lives in the amazing future you’re committed to.

    Adventure. Passion. Freedom. Stability.

    Whatever that vision is… Behave like it’s yours.

    Embody it. Speak it. Prophesy it into the relationship by selling the vision.

    This is how you create intimacy in an otherwise mundane marriage.

    Ready to Become That Man?

    This is the work I do with men every day.

    Whether you want to save your marriage or attract real connection in your dating life, it starts with you being the grounded, calm, masculine leader she can feel in your tone and vibe.

  • Your Wife Wants Space? Here’s How Not to Screw It Up

    Your Wife Wants Space? Here’s How Not to Screw It Up

    If your wife wants space, is sleeping in the other room, shutting down, or even asking you to leave—this is for you.

    Her need for space isn’t what you think.

    Before you react, take a step back and get clear on the difference between physical space and emotional space.

    Stick with me, because by the end of this, you’ll have a game plan that could turn your marriage around for good. I explain more in this 4-minuted video:

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    What It Really Means When Your Wife Wants Space

    Before a woman asks for physical space, she’s already been drowning in something else: Emotional PRESSURE.

    Think about a time when someone pressed on you emotionally.

    Maybe it was…

    ? A boss who micromanaged your every move

    ? A client who was impossible to please

    ? A friend who constantly needed reassurance that you weren’t pulling away

    What happens? The more they cling, the more you want to run.

    Yet when a wife wants space, what do most men instinctively do?

    They push harder.

    They try to talk it out, spend more time together, fix it.

    More effort. More intensity. More pressure.

    And it backfires.

    If you’re in this spot, less is more—but not in the way most men think.

    How to Give Emotional Space When Your Wife Wants Space

    Most women want their marriage to work.

    But when she asks for space, it means she’s exhausted every other way of telling you she’s overwhelmed.

    She’s not asking you to disappear.

    She’s asking you to give her emotional breathing room—to learn how to be in the same room with her without making it feel like pressure.

    This is where most men get stuck.

    You can be sitting on the couch holding her hand and still be giving her the emotional space she needs.

    It’s called Emotional Detachment.

    And it’s a skill every man in a long-term relationship needs to master.

    What Does Detachment Look Like?

    Detachment isn’t passive. It’s not “giving up.” It’s the opposite—it’s learning to stay present, strong, and unfazed while letting go of the need to control or fix.

    Here’s what detachment actually means:

    ? Not taking her reactions personally

    ? Seeing things from her perspective (even if you don’t agree)

    ? Recognizing her unique experience and supporting her through it

    ? Knowing who YOU are so clearly that her emotions don’t feel like threats

    ? Trusting who YOU are so deeply that you don’t need to explain or justify yourself

    ? Not needing a specific outcome to be okay

    This is what makes a man unshakeable.

    When you can hold this frame that allows her to be who she is—that’s when the pressure starts to lift.


    That’s when her need for physical space goes away because emotional space was provided. 

    Exactly What to Do Over the Next 6 Months

    I’ve guided countless men through the “I need space” season of their marriage.

    You don’t have to guess your way through this.

    Book a free “Get Grounded Now” call, and we’ll break it down step by step.

    Picture this: You leading your relationship out of frustration and into connection.

    ? No more walking on eggshells

    ? No more chasing validation

    ? No more emotional tug-of-war

    Instead, you become the man who naturally draws her back in—by showing up in a way that makes her want to be close again.

    If your wife wants space, it’s a wake-up call. Not to chase. Not to fix. But to step into a version of yourself that she actually wants to be around.

    She needs you to be that guy.

    And you already have it in you.

    When a man trusts himself—when he gains clarity on who he is—it takes the pressure off his wife to validate him.

    That’s when everything shifts. That’s when attraction returns on its own.

    We’ll cover all of this on the call—including how to rebuild a positive emotional connection so you can turn this ship around.

    Stay grounded, brother.

    —Garrett Prettyman