how many chances should a wife give her husband?

None. People can only change if they want to.

Why are you counting?

Life is a teaching experience in itself. Everyday we learn new experiences and try to improve ourselves. Life doesn't ask us how many chances it should give us to to be a better person before it gets rid of us. Not sure why you are asking such a thing. You aren't god - you are a wife. You should be supportive and know that you aren't perfect yourself. You should let him grow and develop as the marriage goes along. He may also be giving you chances to improve yourself.

By the sounds of your question, you are tired of this and are probably considering divorce. Thats up to you but there are no perfect men or women out there. Everyone makes mistakes and in marriage, the imperfections of the partners should be accepted and bond together to create a supportive harmonious environment.

It depends on the behavior and his willingness to change. Generally, I'd say a spouse deserves a second chance in almost all cases, but beyond that point, where do you draw the line? You can't wait around for someone to change their behavior, especially if they don't show much desire to do so.

Get him to some marriage counseling!

You should have married someone you were happy with. Not marry him and then try and make him "better"

Why do women marry men and then want them to change? Can't you just marry someone you actually like in the first place?

If it is deal breaker issues like abuse or cheating.leave now, no chances. Other than that he is who he was when you chose to spend your life with him.

When you agree to marry someone you are saying you love them as they are. You are happy with them, and you can live with the faults that they do have.

Stop picking him apart.

Ephesians 5:22-26

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Colossians 3:18

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord

1 Peter 3:1-6

In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands, even those who refuse to accept the Good News. Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words. They will be won over. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight . That is the way the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They trusted God and accepted the authority of their husbands. For instance, Sarah obeyed her husband, Abraham, when she called him her master. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do.

1 Timothy 2:9-10

I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

1 Timothy 3:11

In the same way, their wives are to be women worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

Titus 2:3-5

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

You've already given him too many chances by letting a sub-standard boyfriend make it to "husband" status.

@priv you sound foolish...people make mistakes...

This question is relative to you and not every woman and every relationship...I am happy with my relationship, but as time went on, he did things to make me question his character. You cant know a person back to front, and some people dont reveal certain things until you find out when you are already MARRIED...it is what it is..

If you love him and you can work with him..put his a$$ in counseling...men hate that lmao..just kidding..if he knows how you feel, and he makes improvements you will know..if he still screws up..you know hes not worth the stress, effort, and time..

None people don't change and the more you let them get away with it the more they do it and it gets worse, then before you no it you have wasted years trying for nothing.

Good luck.

If he's TRYING to change, you should support him and give him as many chances as it takes. But HE has to be the one initiating the change. If he isn't doing that, then you're wasting your time.

That question is like a loaded gun, if you pull the trigger you're always going to get a very loud and explosive reaction.

I don't know either as many as it takes or as many as she can stand.

good luck

You can not make him a better person either he is or isn't. If you can not except him for the person that he is move on.