Honey, I Don't Have a Headache Tonight!

ISBN: 0-8254-2693-6
PRICE: $10.99 US; 15.99 CA
PUBLISHER: Kregel Publications

He says, "you’re never in the mood." She says, "There’s no romance; what do you expect?" It’s a conflict as old as time. We’re told "opposites attract" and we’ve seen it in action, but given time and circumstance, what once lured you in, can quickly lure you out.

When it comes to marriage and the issue of sex, there are two opinions and mind-sets and all too often neither give much ground. It’s an emotionally challenging, physically driven dilemma that brings with it frustration, hurt feelings, anger, and even disrespect.

Women wonder why men were created with the switch always turned on, and men wonder why women were created with so many different switches and no instruction manual. 

Romance. Intimacy. Sex. They are not the same thing, although they definitely go together and complete the "big picture."  Men equate sex as their currency to feeling loved, while women need the emotional aspect to feel loved – two very different needs and therein lays the problem.

Filled with humor and practical advice, Sheila tackles these issues:

    • How change in the sexual relationship requires change elsewhere.
    • Why sex for women is often a "head thing."
    • How television is the biggest enemy to intimacy.
    • Why forgiveness and letting go of the need to be right is so important.
    • How self-image issues and past hurts can throw intimacy into a tailspin.
    • The repercussions of everyday energy zappers.
    • The threats to Godly sexuality.
    • The roadblocks of respect.
    • The cultural attacks on gender.

 


 

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Read some reviews of Honey, I Don't Have a Headache Tonight!:

From Dee in Austin, TX:

I just finished your "Honey, I Don't Have a Headache Tonight" book... Thank you so much for writing this book. It has given me GREAT insight into my husband and myself... I liked the "use it or lose it" thought... I am presenting your book to my Moms group next week. I will highly recommend that they go out and get the book. I look forward to more of your writings! 

5 out of 5 stars Insightful, funny and true-to-life!, September 13, 2004
Reviewer:   David Murrow (Anchorage, AK USA)  (Amazon.com review)
"Women, if you want to REALLY understand your man's needs and expectations, this book is for you. This well-written tome is intended for women, but as a man, let me tell you, Shiela understands the opposite sex! My wife and I read it together and learned a lot. Shiela ends each chapter with advice for men...I appreciate that.

Shiela's writing is crisp; her observations fascinating; her conclusions dead-on. She offers hope to women with imperfect bodies and unpredictable sex drives. The book is tastefully modest but is still direct and to-the-point.

I predict that this book will help thousands of couples experience all the joy God intended for them in the bedroom. I highly recommend this book!"

5 out of 5 stars Awesome help for putting an end to those "headaches.", August 31, 2004
Reviewer:   Laura Ferguson "occasional reader" (Golden, CO) (Amazon.com review)
"Shelia Wray Gregoire has an incredible way of telling it like it is in this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as did my husband, and will recommend it to ALL of my married friends. She hit every single nail on the head with all of my issues concerning sex and intimacy in a Christian marriage, helping me to feel that I am not alone or abnormal. Sex for women is a head thing and Sheila teaches you how to retrain your thoughts and emotions to better allow you to not only enjoy that intimacy with your husband, but to also WANT it!!! (something I had just about given up on) Another thing that was great was the way she shows you the men's perspective on sex. It helps a lot just knowing where he is coming from. Plus she gives a special section at the end of each chapter just for the men to read that hits the main points of what you just read (in case he doesn't want to read the whole book). This is a book I don't recommend lending to friends, only because you will want to hold on to it forever and make notes in it and highlite areas and reread it many, many times! This is the first book of hers I have read, but I plan to find To Love, Honor, and Vacuum because of how much I enjoyed reading this one."