Great thread! Being married over 50 years, we're learned that:
God created men and women to compliment each other.
God created the husband to provide and protect.
God created the woman to nurture and to build faith and relationships.
The husband is to cherish his wife.
The wife is to respect her husband.
For me, the most important thing I've learned is that I would rather be cherished than be right.
The more I respect him, the more he cherishes me.
The more he cherishes me, the more willing I am to overlook things.
The more I overlook things, the more he cherishes me.