More romantic than Father’s Day, more serious than National Boyfriend Day, and with less pressure than Valentine’s Day, Husband Appreciation Day is observed on the third Saturday in April. Also known as National Husband Day or World Husband Day, we love this little-known holiday dedicated to the men in our lives who show up for us in bold and subtle ways every day of the year. Its fun-loving spirit gives us lucky spouses an opportunity to be creative and thoughtful in how we show our appreciation to our partners.
- 1895 – Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, brought together by a shared love of science and research, enter a phenomenally successful marriage and partnership for life.
- 1966 – Dolly Parton marries husband Carl Dean, who ‘has always been supportive’ of his wife’s megastardom.
- 1968 – Julia Child credits her husband Paul Child as being ‘the man who is always there,’ in her book “The French Chef Cookbook.”
- 1978 – Meryl Streep and Don Gummer get married. ‘I don’t know what I’d do without my husband. I’d be dead, emotionally at least, if I hadn’t met him. He’s the greatest,’ Streep once said.
- The word husband has Old English and Old Norse roots from the Middle Ages roughly translating to “a householder”.
- In the early ages of marriage, husbands were expected to protect not only their wives and children, but the servants and livestock of their homes as well.
- While most Western cultures have adopted the wedding ring as a symbol for marital status, husbands around the world have different markers – like beards for the Amish or a tallit of the Jewish faith – to show they are taken; and some, like Muslim husbands, are likely to not have any adornments at all.
- An uncommon practice once depicted in a work by French novelist François Billetdoux, husband selling is when a wife sells her husband to another woman; thereby solidifying her divorce from him and his new marriage.
- While the practice of polygamy, one husband having more than one wife, can be seen in more than 400 societies around the world (monogamy is only seen in 186), polyandry, the practice of a wife having more than one husband, is far less common and seen in a little more than 50 societies world wide.
- Learn what his Love Language is. A love language (made popular through the book by Gary Chapman) is the way that a person experiences love, whether by giving or receiving it.
- You might take your partner by surprise for national husband appreciation day by preparing a romantic dinner for the two of you at home, complete with candlelight, or you could book reservations at the restaurant that he favors the most.
- Compose a letter from the bottom of your heart to your husband in which you express your love and gratitude for him.
- SOME MARRIED WOMEN MISS THE SINGLE LIFE – 9% of married women say they love their husbands, but sometimes they wish they were single so they could experience dating again.
- 1 IN 10 MARRIED WOMEN ARE THE KEY DECISION MAKERS –
- FULL RANKING OF WHAT WOMEN APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT THEIR HUSBANDS:
- FULL RANKING OF WHAT ANNOYS WOMEN MOST ABOUT THEIR HUSBANDS:
- HUSBAND DAY BY THE NUMBERS:
- 48% – the percentage of men who fall in love at first sight.
- 33% – the percentage of more men than women who are bothered if their partner isn’t more romantic.
- $20,000 – the income bracket with typically happier marriages.
- $250,000 to $500,000 – the income bracket with less happy marriages.
- 60% – the percentage of men who say they will happily spend an eternity with their partners.
- 64% – the percentage of previously married men who say ‘I do’ again.
- 54% – the percentage of men who have been married at least once.
- 7-8 – the number of years after which first marriages end, on average.
- 22% – the percentage of men who admit to past infidelity in their marriage.
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