When the men put their foot down...

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No breaking point here. Hubby has learned saying "no" means I will have it at any cost! We are partners. He is my husband, not my father. We discuss pros and cons and then make an informed decision (meaning I usually go ahead and do whatever I want and he puts up with me).

As I am the president of our home business (fancyfeathers.biz - look us up), he usually goes along with whatever I want. He is my main "employee" and I keep him very busy making wood pieces and drilling holes for our bird toy business.

It must be working - we just celebrated 10 years of "wedded bliss."
 
It's usually me telling him no. We only have 3 dogs, 1 cat, and 18 chickens. He is wanting to add guineas and another flock of chickens. Unfortunately, we do not have the facilities right now for another flock. We don't even have the first coop finished for winter.
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AFTER we agreed to NO MORE CATS or DOGS because of my health, I rescued a starving 4 week old kitten from mortal danger at a busy highway. When I got home, I artfully set it down near the front door and hurried inside. After 15 minutes of plaintive meowing, DH asks is that our cat? (I have to outlive the animals, won't get rid of 'em) No, I told him, some &*(* idiot has dumped a kitten. I stayed put. After another hour or so of plaintive meowing at our door, DH says "just feed the thing!!"

So, kitten stays in a box on the front porch for a month. Signs were posted everywhere to find it a home. I nursed it through, and it ignored me and royally kissed up to DH and DS. I continued to insist this dumped cat was going to the pound. Kitten not stupid, DH and DS succumbed to its wiles and is, after 8 years, still here. Several years after officially becoming "our" cat, a friend accidentally spilled the beans to DH that I actually was the one who dumped the kitten at our house. Wow. That was some drama! But I really was gonna take it to the pound...
 
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It works for me.

We know each other well enough that when we are not physically together and a decision needs to be made, we've got a pretty good idea of how the other would feel about it.

The rule for us is generally whoever cares more about a subject is the one that's going to get their way unless it's just totally impossible or unreasonable (He wants a boat, I'm fine with that, we can't afford the one he is drooling over)

I want chickens more than he doesn't want chickens, so we are getting chickens.
He wants to plant 100+ onions in the garden more than I don't want to plant 100+ onions in the garden, so 100+ onions are getting planted.

Right now the baby cares more about being naked than his dad or I care about making him wear clothes, so I guess the kidlet can have his way.
 
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You come down here, I'll GIVE you a pony.
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We raise miniatures and ponies. The market is bupkus right now and I'll give away a few of these adorable BOYS!
 

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