Most of the comments are tongue-in-cheek. I married a 'partner' not a parent. My husband can pout and he can be upset for what I do, but he most definitely does not get to tell me what I can and cannot do. He is my partner not my parent. AND it goes both ways.
Never would I ever try telling him that he has gone hunting enough, or that he does not get to buy this or that for hunting, or restoring his tractor- or that he is forbidden from getting such and such for his truck. Im his wife, not his boss, not his mother.
We both have things that we enjoy. We talk about things, and big-ticket items that we want are discussed. Both of us are adults and have grown and semi-grown and semi-teen children. There are comments I make, like "Im bringing my husband because I need adult supervision- and- don't tell my husband, he won't notice". Those are jokes.
AND- if children are basing their life decisions on comments read here on BYC, how wonderful is that when there is an internet full of smut they could be reading. AND, don't discount the life influences they have-in REAL life- to learn, to grow, and to teach them how to make decisions.
