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Whatever it is the husband HAS a partner: his wife. From the OP's description it sounds like the husband has chosen the "discipling partner" (and their plans) over the woman he's married to. Not good.
Take religion out of it and what have you got? A husband who wants to start a new business even though his wife is unhappy. Who IS happy? The discipling partner. That's not a recipe for a good marriage. The two-year old, who doesn't get a vote, will be, as kids always are, the innocent victim if his parents don't get on the same page and make the FAMILY the priority.
I think one has to ask themselves, who is head of household ?
Which presupposes that one and only one person "calls the shots". In truth a marriage is a joint enterprise based on mutual trust and respect and open communication. It is not a tug-of-war for control. At least not any marriage I'd want to be part of.
When my daughter was little, about 5 or so, she had a little friend over playing one day. The girls got into an argument which became very heated, and lead to shouts of anger and tears on both sides. Good old Mom had to intervene and help them work out a solution. The dispute? They were arguing over who had an imaginary kitten and who did not. I suggested that they could BOTH have all the imaginary kittens they wanted. Later, when I told the other girl's mother about this, we collapsed into helpless giggles over the silliness of their dispute.
This is a true story.
And here we have two married adults with a 2 year old child who have a similar dispute. They just need a sensible person to intervene and tell them they can both worship their imaginary God in any way that they please. There, problem solved.
When my daughter was little, about 5 or so, she had a little friend over playing one day. The girls got into an argument which became very heated, and lead to shouts of anger and tears on both sides. Good old Mom had to intervene and help them work out a solution. The dispute? They were arguing over who had an imaginary kitten and who did not. I suggested that they could BOTH have all the imaginary kittens they wanted. Later, when I told the other girl's mother about this, we collapsed into helpless giggles over the silliness of their dispute.
This is a true story.
And here we have two married adults with a 2 year old child who have a similar dispute. They just need a sensible person to intervene and tell them they can both worship their imaginary God in any way that they please. There, problem solved.
Cute.
Love how your problem solved that one with your young child
However, what you fail to take into account is, whether you believe in God or not is irrelevant to this discussion. The husband and wife DO believe in God and obviously have different ideas on how exactly to worship him.
The important thing for a couple like that to realize is, God does not want them to be so egotistical as to use him as a reason to break up their family.
Sounds to me like the typical youth. I am guessing twenty or so. If either one really wants to be married they have to work together. And stop looking for reasons to be apart. The old blame game.
Which presupposes that one and only one person "calls the shots". In truth a marriage is a joint enterprise based on mutual trust and respect and open communication. It is not a tug-of-war for control. At least not any marriage I'd want to be part of.
It doesn't sound very mutual to me in this joint enterprise, Yea I would say we have a tug-of- war here
Eh, I give up ... I have to sit here and listen to religious zealots proselytize about women submitting but if I call that misogyny, my post is deleted - most likely because someone whined.
Well, I woke up on Monday morning with my right hand half-paralyzed. I only have the use of my forefinger and thumb. I haven't the slightest idea what's wrong and I'm waiting to get in to see a neurologist.
Do you have ANY idea the kind of effort it takes now to type? And how WONDERFUL it is to spend 40 minutes typing a post that should have taken 40 seconds only to find it gone a few hours later?
To hell with it.
You win, I lose. Maybe if I can ever use my damn hand again, I'll think about posting again.
Eh, I give up ... I have to sit here and listen to religious zealots proselytize about women submitting but if I call that misogyny, my post is deleted - most likely because someone whined.
Well, I woke up on Monday morning with my right hand half-paralyzed. I only have the use of my forefinger and thumb. I haven't the slightest idea what's wrong and I'm waiting to get in to see a neurologist.
Do you have ANY idea the kind of effort it takes now to type? And how WONDERFUL it is to spend 40 minutes typing a post that should have taken 40 seconds only to find it gone a few hours later?
To hell with it.
You win, I lose. Maybe if I can ever use my damn hand again, I'll think about posting again.
I am sorry to hear about your right hand, that is a scary situation. Hope all goes well with the Neurologist
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