[MountainMomma]

Do you believe a wife should be submissive?

Hell no.

[way2gomom]

No. I believe that there are times when the husband and the wife need to submit to the other, but they should both respect one another enough to not feel the need to dominate the relationship, the marriage, the family or the home.

[tmuise1]

I think that it is a partnership. If the man is that insecure that he needs to lord over the woman maybe he really should deal with his issues before he gets in a realtionship. (This is just my opinion.)

[nikas_mommy]

I think it depends on the situation & above all, respect. Do I think a husband should dictate everything? No (well, I guess unless you are in a s&m master/mistress kind of relationship, hehe)

I suppose I horrify some people; I quit my job to take care of the house after we got married - DH never has to do anything around here - he comes home almost always to a hot dinner & can go straight to the TV with his feet up a la the 50's (well, he does the litter boxes for obvious health reasons, but that's it) I do ask permission to leave the house or to buy anything, etc - but it's his money I am spending.

(eiii... typing that out makes it look bad, doesn't it? lol)

[MountainMomma]

I think it depends on the situation & above all, respect. Do I think a husband should dictate everything? No (well, I guess unless you are in a s&m master/mistress kind of relationship, hehe)

I suppose I horrify some people; I quit my job to take care of the house after we got married - DH never has to do anything around here - he comes home almost always to a hot dinner & can go straight to the TV with his feet up a la the 50's (well, he does the litter boxes for obvious health reasons, but that's it) I do ask permission to leave the house or to buy anything, etc - but it's his money I am spending.

(eiii... typing that out makes it look bad, doesn't it? lol)[/b]

I am so glad I am not the only one! haha I am a stay at home mom. The only thing DH does is the litter box, and carries the trash from the porch to the dumpster. Until recently I did that, but a sexual predator just moved in on that end of the building, so I don't want to go down there anymore.

I do believe that wives should submit to their husbands to an extent, I'm not saying roll over and let him walk all over you, but I am a religious person, and the bible does clearly say that the husband is the head of the household. I also ask before I go anywhere or buy anything. I also ask what he want me to buy at the store and what he wants me to make for dinner each day. I let him make all the financial decisions, and most of the decisions about disciplining the kids.

Before we got married things were much different though. I stood my own until then. I really feel that once you agree to marry a man, and take his name, you are agreeing to submit to him. Unless of course he is being abusive or neglectful! While I do believe that women should be submissive, I also think women are VERY STRONG individuals and should be respected by their husbands.

(Now I'm the one horrifying everyone! lol)