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I'll always be puzzled by these husbands who are totally controlled by their wives. Yes, I know, the old saying, Never Say No To A Wife, but what's behind it all, really, in your opinion?
Anytime I call my controlled cousin, no matter what it may be, it's automatic: Let me talk to my wife first! I've been painting mailboxes in my senior community, I ask one man what color he'd like to have it painted, he chose the colors and then: I better talk to my wife first! She rejected his choice of colors, and so I painted it what she wanted.
I was selling my house one time, the husband went nuts, seeing my garage with a workshop. Perfect! he said. The wife, rolled her eyes! No sale! Realtor told me later, don't you know, that's a wife's decision?
My Dad always dreamt of moving from MN to CO, as he loved the mountains, wanted to be near them, and my mother: We need to stay close to family! No move to CO! My Dad really never wanted to have children, and? 3 children.
But lots of garages can be made into workshops. A lot more goes into deciding on which house to buy, than the presence of a workshop. Think about it.
Plus, the wife probably wasn't thinking only of herself, like her husband was. She was probably evaluating suitability for kids: enough bedrooms? Good yard for safety and for playing? Low-maintenance materials and design or not? And the husband should have been looking at the roof, the gutters, blah blah. Instead, he got distracted by the garage workshop. That's why his wife rolled her eyes.
One of the better definitions of love, IMO, is: Love is wanting the other person to be as happy as possible.
And then we face a conundrum! No?
Don't we then find out who's the more loving?
This isn't something that should be left to discover when the couple is looking at homes to buy. Ideally, that should have been figured out before the wedding. With luck, even before the engagement.
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One of the better definitions of love, IMO, is: Love is wanting the other person to be as happy as possible.
And then we face a conundrum! No?
Don't we then find out who's the more loving?
I don't much care for that definition. I can think of plenty of times where giving someone what makes them happy isn't in their best interest, so no, I think that seems like a rather shallow version of love. I mean my kids would have been deliriously happy to eat nothing but junk food day in and day out, giving them that isn't love.
I don't much care for that definition. I can think of plenty of times where giving someone what makes them happy isn't in their best interest, so no, I think that seems like a rather shallow version of love. I mean my kids would have been deliriously happy to eat nothing but junk food day in and day out, giving them that isn't love.
Ha ha... women sometimes say the same thing; I better check with my husband first. I can tell you it's sometimes an excuse to get out of something a person isn't really interested in and the spouse gets the blame.
Ha ha... women sometimes say the same thing; I better check with my husband first. I can tell you it's sometimes an excuse to get out of something a person isn't really interested in and the spouse gets the blame.
And neither one cares as long they're honest and happy/content.
I think men say it more than women, and certain types of old men, way more.
It's definitely a man deferring to "The Mrs."
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