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Originally posted by RJHindsDitto.
Well, keep up whatever works for you.
Originally posted by moonbusI have heard this before but, while it has a ring of truth about it, I am not convinced. A life that needed to be livened up by things like disagreements with one's spouse would certainly be a boring one though! 😉
What a relief. A marriage without disagreements would prbably be boring.
Originally posted by FMFI wouldn't disagree with my wife simply to liven things up. What I mean is, I can imagine the following cases in which 2 people could live together for many years and never have a serious disagreement: 1. they have totally congruent interests, in which case they might be either very happy (as Kurt Vonnegut would call it, a "duprass"--Cat's Cradle) or totally bored; or 2. one of them is so submissive as never to dare to speak out; or 3. they don't communicate enough to disagree about anything worth agreeing on. There might be other cases, too, of course, but I have not run ino them.
I have heard this before but, while it has a ring of truth about it, I am not convinced. A life that needed to be livened up by things like disagreements with one's spouse would certainly be a boring one though!
Originally posted by moonbus4. They talk things through, they listen, they don't get upset, they are not insecure, they are not competitive, they don't harbour discontents, they don't have any religious hang ups, sometimes they end up doing it spouse A's way, sometimes they end up doing it spouse B's way, sometimes they do it in a way that neither of them had thought of initially. You've really never run into people other than those in 1-3 in your post?
There might be other cases, too, of course, but I have not run ino them.
Originally posted by FMFMay your years together be many and happy !
4. They talk things through, they listen, they don't get upset, they are not insecure, they are not competitive, they don't harbour discontents, they don't have any religious hang ups, sometimes they end up doing it spouse A's way, sometimes they end up doing it spouse B's way, sometimes they do it in a way that neither of them had thought of initially. You've really never run into people other than those in 1-3 in your post?
Originally posted by vivify
Most of you are probably familiar with the verses that day a woman should submit to her husband "in all subjection", or some variation of that. Do religious people here expect their wives to be completely subjected to them? Any women here expect to obey their husbands in this manner (or already do)? If not, aren't you or your wife disobeying the Word of God?
Originally posted by sonshipIn so far as it affects church life and proselytism, what do you make of 1 Timothy 2:12... "Let a woman learn in silence with full submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but she is to remain silent." ? Would you be content for your wife to be expected to submit to this restriction?
[quote] Most of you are probably familiar with the verses that day a woman should submit to her husband "in all subjection", or some variation of that. Do religious people here expect their wives to be completely subjected to them? Any women here expect to obey their husbands in this manner (or already do)? If not, aren't you or your wife disobeying the Word ...[text shortened]... rm as the Holy Spirit.
He is able to do superabundantly above all that we ask or even THINK.