74 Words of Affirmation For Your Spouse

Life gets busy, and a lot of the time our spouse doesn’t get the attention or affection he or she deserves.  But did you know, speaking genuine words of affirmations to your spouse can help them feel loved & more confident?!

These 74 Words of Affirmation can help get your brain flowing with ideas & help your spouse feel even more appreciated.

We first learned about using words of affirmations this way while reading Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages.

The book was originally designed to help couples communicate how much they love and appreciate their spouse. The principles in it also work well for your children and even in business.

Words of Affirmation for Your Husband

• I’ve learned so much from you.
• You make me a better person.
• I love spending time with you.
• You’re so much fun to be with!
• That meal was so great!
• Thank you for everything you do around the house.
• Our kids are so fortunate to have you as their dad.
• I’m thankful that….
• You were my missing puzzle piece.
• I will miss you while I’m gone this week.
• I trust you.
• You look so nice!
• If anyone can figure this out, it’s you.
• You’re such a hard worker.
• I’m so excited to spend time with you after this week.
• You’re so smart.
• I admire your…
• You’re a wonderful dad.
• I don’t know what I’d do if you weren’t my best friend.
• You’ve done so much.
• I have such a thoughtful husband.
• Thank you for always believing in me. It helps me..
• I’m proud of you.
• God couldn’t have given me a better husband.
• You always have the best ideas.
• I can do anything with you by my side.
• You’re the best person I know.
• Thank you for supporting me.
• You’re so creative!
• I appreciate that you…
• You handled that so well!
• I feel safe with you.
• You can do this!
• I couldn’t have done that without you.
• I love how you really listen to me.
• I’m blessed to have you in my life.
• I will always love you.

Words of Affirmation for Your Wife

• You are gorgeous inside and out.
• I’ve learned so much from you.
• You make me a better man.
• I love spending time with you.
• I have so much fun being with you!
• That meal was so great!
• Thank you for everything you do around the house.
• I’m so excited to spend time with you after this week.
• You were my missing puzzle piece.
• I will miss you while I’m gone this week.
• You look so nice!
• Our kids are so fortunate to have you as their mom.
• You’re such a hard worker.
• If anyone can figure this out, it’s you.
• I don’t know what I’d do if you weren’t my best friend.
• You’ve done so much.
• I admire your…
• You’re so smart.
• I’m thankful that….
• You’re a wonderful mom.
• I have such a thoughtful wife.
• I trust you.
• Thank you for always believing in me. It helps me..
• I’m proud of you.
• God couldn’t have given me a better wife.
• You always have the best ideas.
• I can do anything with you by my side.
• You’re the best person I know.
• Thank you for supporting me.
• You’re so creative!
• You handled that so well!
• I couldn’t have done that without you.
• I appreciate that you…
• You can do this!
• I love how you really listen to me.
• I’m blessed to have you in my life.
• I will always love you.

What does “words of affirmation” mean?

The definition for the love language, words of affirmation, is verbal compliments and words of appreciation. This may be words of encouragement, compliments, or praise.

These ideas should be genuine and from the heart.

They may come in the form of:

• face to face communication
• a text
• a card
• an email
• a short love letter
• compliments in front of others

If your spouse love language is words of affirmation, they will feel appreciated and loved when you share these types of sentiments with them. They also will take insults harder than others.

We hope our examples of words of affirmation will help you get started and bring you and your spouse closer.

Do you also need personal affirmations?

In order to be able to encourage and love on others, we also have to love and take care of ourselves.

You may benefit from using personal affirmations as well! Using affirmations can help you boost your own confidence, get out of your comfort zone and even feel more calm.

What Are The Other Love Languages?

The 5 Love Languages book theorizes that each person communicates and feels love through 5 different languages.

Most of the time couples don’t speak and feel love in the same language which can result in frustration and hurt the relationship. So it’s important to know the 5 love languages, as well as, your and your spouse’s language of choice.

The 5 Love Languages are: physical touch, quality time, gifts, acts of service and words of affirmation.

Physical touch could be holding hands, hugging, touching the other’s shoulder as you walk by, etc. It doesn’t relate to sex.

Quality time and gifts are pretty self explanatory except that a gift could be something free like a post it saying I love you or a picked flower from the yard.

Acts of service usually relates to chores like cooking dinner or taking the car in for maintenance.

For this post, we’ll be digging into the last love language listed: words of affirmation.

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Personal words of affirmation can be powerful as well!

If you’ve never tried personal development before we suggest these books and the miracle morning routine.

If your spouse’s love language is quality time, we really love to do special movie nights at home!

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