What do you think it means to be a good wife?

For me, being a good wife means being there for your husband every time he needs someone to talk to and share his ups and downs. Plus, you have to take care of him, cook for him, but don't be a slave for him that you'll do all the house chores. Give him some task so that the tasks will be easier and you two will have an extra time to share some intimate moments.

I believe being a good wife is making sure that your husband is your number one human priority. Learning to love him unconditionally, and submitting to him. Although times have changed and women have more power and authority, when it comes to your relationship as husband and wife its your responsibilty and duty to please your husband. Your husband will apreciate you for it and will then learn to sacrafice things for you. He will learn compromise and patience. It's all in the bible. Although do to circumstances, all wives cannot be home makers, some of us have to help with bringing in income. But our proffessional lives, no matter how demanding have to stop when our work day is over. And your home should be about your family only. Your kids and your husband. If you make an example of yourself, your husband will follow close. You can change a man, but first you have to change yourself.

A good wife is someone who loves and supports her husband through the good times AND the bad times. It's so easy to be loving and supporting while everything is going good, but at the first sign of a problem it seems everything can be easily forgotten. You have to have faith and understanding and a whole lot of love and respect. To me this is what makes a good wife.

There's no universal answer here. Each couple is unique, and are going to be looking for different things in a relationship.

A good wife is a woman who complements the husband. He would be a lucky husband who finds such a wife. A relationship needs not only mutual consent from both partners, it is also necessary that what one partner lacks, the other can fill up. No one is perfect and can do exactly what the other partner asks but being in a relationship, a person must be ready to help his partner in times of need, be it physical, mental, spiritual or any other matter that needs assistance. One test of a person's readiness to enter into a mature relationship is this readiness to step into the other's shoes anytime there is a need. As in your example, of course a good wife needs to know how to cook and clean the house, but that doesn't mean she has to do it all the time. The husband can do it also or should do it also. She has to be independent but should know when to stop and not go beyond her own abilities and she must be ready too, to admit defeat when it comes.

There is no right answer of what makes a good wife I guess. From what I have seen from my parents, my mother doesn't cook and clean the house. We have somebody to do that and she takes care of all the money in the house. She manage things and my dad go to work. I really don't know but that's what I understand from my childhood. Now that I got married, my husband wants me to be everything that he wish his wife should be. (which is not me at all, she's too perfect and I can never reach that standard. ) I have to cook, clean, manage money, do almost everything, remember everything, manage everything and also go to work. I have my own ideal husband, too, but I've never said to him about what I expect from a man. I just let him be himself and get along with him. Yes, two people seeking different things from each other and our needs doens't match at all. Anyway, I will be on his side, love him, and support him as long as we are together. I will try more to be a perfect wife that his always wanted to have.

To be a good wife is to be a good friend. It doesn't have anything to do with cooking and cleaning or independence. Rather, it's about caring and being cared for. Marriage is a two way street-and equal partnership; and sometimes it can be a little inequal, but it's still a partnership. A wife-or husband-should be your best friend-with benefits.

I think I good wife is someone who is caring a loving and makes sacrifices for her children and her husband. Plus a good wife always gives up the remote if there is a football game on :)

if you just can cook or clean,I think you are not a good wife.in my opinion,a good wife must take care of family,her husband and children.she must support her husband's career,and understand him.give her children good education and set a example for them. she can manage the family well,and also do her best on her job. in conclusion,it is not easy for women to be a good wife.

For me, being a good wife means supporting my husband emotionally, cooking (although he will cook on occasion too!), keeping the house relatively clean, taking care of our kids while he is at work, etc. Mainly though, it means showing love and affection and keeping the lines of communication open.