I am a woman. But as a woman, I have different roles in life. I am a career woman, a mother, a wife, and simply said - a woman.

A woman is a simple, yet complex and marvelous creation of God. She is super, indeed. Why? She is soft, yet she is strong to carry heavy burdens. She has only two hands, but she can embrace several children at the same time. She is vulnerable, yet she can endure pains and sufferings. Most of all, it is in her body that new life is formed, nurtured, shielded and developed before coming out to the world.

Every woman is special.

There are thousand and one ways to make a woman happy. From simple inexpensive ways of showing how you care about her to marvelous and extravagant gifts, everything counts when it comes to a woman's heart.

Notwithstanding the stage of the relationship, and the length of time of being together, a woman wants to feel and be treated like "new" or the same with how intense the love was during the early stages of your relationship.

In my own point of view , and speaking base on my long year-experience as "light" of my home, I can say that a wife's simple pleasures are free. ( Good to know, husbands, huh...) but sometimes for certain matters, it takes a lot of explanations and arguments before the husband can fully understand the wife.

As I gather the views of some women who are in the same situation like me, I learned that wives have something in common.

So here are simple, yet so important things a husband should know and understand if he really loves his wife....

Be honest. Be true to your word and always speak out the truth.

When the husband promises something, the wife expects. When the husband willfully failed to fulfill the promise, the wife gets disappointed. It is the nature of man to tell lies to a woman because he usually thinks that what she does not know will not hurt her at all. But in this world, no stone will be kept unturned forever. No secret will remain as secret in time. Whether the intention is to please her by saying things that will make her feel good for the moment or to hide something that would make her angry or depressed, it would be better to speak out the truth now rather than keep it and wait for the explosion once she learns about it.

Being honest in every aspect of the relationship makes the bond stronger.

Even the smallest things count.

A woman is by nature emotional. Every smallest thoughts coming from the love one has its place in her databank. Whether you bought expensive flowers arranged by a well known florist or you just picked a wild flower along the way, what matters to her is your sweetness and thoughfulness.

Let her feel that you are proud when you are with her, even if she gained 20 kgs after years of marriage.

A wife feels confident and happy when the husband praises her. Beauty really fades over the years. Her waistline may not be as small as it was years before, worse, it may have been more than double now! Her skin may not be as fair and tight as it was years ago, but her maturity and tenderness as a loving wife and caring mother would have been tripled or quadrupled over the years.

Give your wife free time for herself at least one day in a week.

Its tough to be a working mother, but its more tough to be a plain housewife and a full pledged mother.

Some would say that being a working mother is so difficult since a woman has to apportion and manage her time well for her job and for her family. It means waking up really early to prepare for the day's work and getting everything and every member of the family ready for the day's routine or activities. Contrary to such belief, being a plain housewife and full pledged mother is more difficult since the woman tends to forget about herself being so engrossed in household chores.

Whether she practices her career or she is a full time wife and mother, a woman needs time for herself at least one day in a week.

Whether her way of relaxation is staying at home and lying on bed the whole day or going to salon and beauty spa for beauty regimen and having whole body massage, a woman has to break the monotony of her schedules and box out the stress that leads to anxiety.

And husbands, your kind attention please.... this means you have to cook and prepare the day's food or drive for her in going to the parlor.

A better idea is to give her a whole-body massage on her free day. This will entail no financial cost, and will add up excitement to both wife and the husband.

Don't compare her to anyone else.

When you married your wife, you married everything about her. What is most disgusting to a woman is when being compared to another person, worst, to the husband's mother.

Remember, you married her because you love her and not because you need someone to play the role of your mother. Comparing the wife to anyone else is hurting, and insulting.

A wife will be happy as ever if the husband knows how to appreciate and accept her for what she is and for what she is doing to keep the family happy and united.

Give her the freedom to develop herself.

A woman needs to develop herself and should not be restricted to practice her profession. In some countries, there are laws stipulating the rights of a married woman to work and practice her profession and earn money of her own.

But in a relationship, understanding each other and learning to appreciate the partner's effort is more than any law. If the husband understands the wife fairly enough, and the wife understands the husband no law is needed to be invoked further.

Law of the heart is sufficient.

The combined simplicity and complexity of woman's nature make her special, yet sometimes hard to understand.

But a woman is a woman. She has to be respected, understood and loved... just as she respects, understands, and loves unconditionally.