Re: What are the BASIC NEEDS of a wife?
PCG, I think it depends on whether the woman is working or not. If she's not, as is usual in Pakistan, then yes the husband does have an obligation to meet her reasonable demands for reasonable material objects (i.e. shoes and clothing as opposed to dildoes).
It also depends on the man. When we use the term "basic need" what we're trying to get at is something that the man has an OBLIGATION to satisfy. If your man buys you luxuries then would you want him to do so out of love or in order to meet an obligation? So far as basic needs are concerned a man has to satisfy them. Beyond that a man should try and increase his wife's happiness as much as he can without spoiling her, but I don't think the wife should feel like she's a charity case.