That makes you inferior.
O...kay.
So not only are you okay with being inferior, you had to find a man who specifically wanted an inferior woman who would yield to him. How frightening.
Compromise != submission.
She is an inferior person who accepts being inferior, and her description of life in her house makes marriage sound horrifying, and I mean that literally. I actually and genuinely became afraid while reading her post - and not because it is contradictory as all fukk. "We are so totes equal - except the part where I'm lesser than he is and he has the final say!" Jesus be a dictionary with definitions, Batman, because words.mean.shyt.
But I do appreciate the honest answer:
Me: How do you handle being second best in a race of two?
wickedsm: Well, I *am* second best, so it's awesome.
Me: ...oh.
There are women on this earth who aren't good enough to be top drawer, and maybe they SHOULD submit to the men in their lives (who I promise you are also not top shelf). But I wish someone would tell my mom that she's 99 and my dad is 100. They'd *both* fall over laughing. Like booksnrain said, if there's a weakness in your mate, you need to be encouraging him/her to get up to your level. If I'm a 99 and you're a 100, guess what? There's a flaw somewhere! Do you want the brakes on your car to be 99% in order? Of course not! For all this wanking about the Bible, it also says some shyt about being EQUALLY yoked, and 99 and 100 are NOT equal.
I can see this topic and my responses in particular really make you feel some type of way. For that I suppose I am sorry.
Nothing I have said should lead you to believe my marriage is horrible. You want it to be horrible because I dared to say that I "submit" to my husband.
I don't know you and you don't know me so it's all good.
I will say it again for those in the cheap seats.
There is no such thing as absolutely equal.
Not in a marriage not at work not in sports and not at school.
It doesn't exsist.
There are times when he makes the decision there's times when I make the decision. If we ever get to an impasse and it's a decision affecting our whole household and family we decided he would make the final decision. Do you know when this actually comes into play? Most often when we've narrowed it down to 2 choices for something like vacation or new hardwood flooring for our living room and dining room.
that's because we communicate and love and trust one another. We are on the same page so no we do not disagree about important matters.
My parents were married from 18 to when my dad passed. My husband and I have been married 15 years.
I am in a very traditional marriage. I always state that it works for
me and us.
Never do I insist that this would work for all couples and families. I am a stay at home spouse, I cook clean
Keep the house running. My husband works takes care of the cars does the yard work and fixes things.
This is what works for us.
I advise young and unmarried people to find what works for them.
Any way ma'am you have an especially blessed day.