Respect is a core issue for men.  Wives are told to respect their husbands, but honestly some men make that difficult.  If you don’t keep your word, provide financially, keep up with home projects, pray with her, help around the house, and try to love her the way she wants to be loved, then it will be hard for her to respect you.  Ask yourself if your behavior around the house and toward your wife is truly respectable.  If the answer is no, you are creating a very difficult environment in which your wife is to respect you. You need respect; but if you are not giving respect by serving well, you are creating a wife who nags and criticizes, and you will feel less respected.