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, keep up with home projects, pray with her, do the dishes, laundry and try to love her the way she wants to be loved, then it will be hard 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 for your wife to respect you.

You need respect, but honestly, if you are not giving respect by serving well, you will create a woman who has to nag and be critical, and you will feel less respected.

Firstly, work on the respect you're giving to your wife and your behaviors around the house.  Then define for yourself what respect would look like. If you think its obedience, you are too immature to be respected.  So try again, and really discover for yourself how you would feel respected.  Then talk to your wife about that.  If you get nowhere, talk to a mentor couple, pastor or counselor to have this issue resolved, so that respect is a common commodity in your marriage.

If your respect needs are getting mostly met outside of your marriage, you are vulnerable to a female’s respect.  Please address this issue, so you don’t find yourself walking down the road to trouble.