Can Anyone relate to this? ( Honesty required)

[Jack Peterson]

Others words may start an new Argument if read by her Indoors:

 

 

[Old55]

Let me get back to you Jack. Gotta ask my wife first.

[Mark Berkowitz]

I can relate to No. 1, since my wife is always changing my TV channel to the Filipino Channel (TFC), but in all fairness, she does ask me first, and can I really say no?

[Jack Peterson]

1 minute ago, Mark Berkowitz said:

she does ask me first, and can I really say no?

 Have you ever tried to say No? cos many times they don't seem to understand Part of that word, which Part I am not sure 

[Tommy T.]

4 minutes ago, Mark Berkowitz said:

I can relate to No. 1, since my wife is always changing my TV channel to the Filipino Channel (TFC), but in all fairness, she does ask me first, and can I really say no?

Same thing here... except she always goes to the Kardashians.... yuck! And she doesn't ask me. She keeps the controller in her hand - even when she falls asleep watching the Kardashians...

[Mark Berkowitz]

Just now, Tommy T. said:

even when she falls asleep

Same here, and that's when I get to watch what I'd like to watch.

[TimL]

Yes, I can definitely relate. One of the biggest reasons that I am in no rush to marry again. I get the same experience with a live in GF but, I am free to walk/run when I’ve had enough. 

[Tommy T.]

1 minute ago, Mark Berkowitz said:

Same here, and that's when I get to watch what I'd like to watch.

Except that she wakes up either when I pry the controller from her clenched fist or successfully actually change the channel...

[CoffeeRulzMe]

You want honesty?  OK......saying NO once in a while will cause the wife to respect you more. Giving in all the time will lower that respect to the point she walks all over you.  It's just human nature at it's most raw form.

When I first entered the working world way back in the 70's, there were lots of much older married guys giving advice (referring to the WWII generation). The above paragraph was part of that advice.  I use to hear other aphorisms like the popular; "Give a woman an inch and she'll take a mile." When I would ask what that meant, the response was usually something like; "Just wear the pants in the family....then it will all work out fine.  Advice from the distant past when most marriages lasted a lifetime. Of course, based on my observations, I've only seen it work properly when the husband is worthy of respect; being a good provider, not sleeping around, even God fearing. If you're one of this type - well, just wear the pants in the family and it will work out in most cases I believe. Of course, there are some unfortunate relationships; being married  to a woman that doesn't respect an honorable man, well that's a different ballgame all together.

 

 

 

 

 

[Jack Peterson]

3 minutes ago, CoffeeRulzMe said:

You want honesty? 

 So can we take it you can relate but don't agree? Fine Ok but I see you are ruled by something