When the men put their foot down...

[A.T. Hagan]

I have the opposite problem. My wife never says 'no' even when she should. She's no help at all about keeping my enthusiasm in check so I have to do it myself. With some notable failures that are still driving me crazy today...

.....Alan.

 

[Countrywife]

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I'm on my way to talking him into one for the 3 month old grandson.

 

[Countrywife]

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You come down here, I'll GIVE you a pony.

We raise miniatures and ponies. The market is bupkus right now and I'll give away a few of these adorable BOYS!

hhmmmm, how far from Carolina to AR?

 

[OutInTheStiks]

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I saw a quote earlier this week that seems to apply:
"The toes you step on today may be attached to the foot that is kicking your butt tomorrow."

 

[GrayDragon]

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Thus far whenever we've felt equally strong about we've been mostly in agreement anyway. We were friends before we a couple, so we had a lot in common going in.

Most of our 'disagreements' are little things, like he really wants to paint the walls in the bedroom a purple color and I'd prefer something less bold, so the compromise worked out is simple. Whoever does the work gets to choose the color.

 

[danielle82]

My Husband has never told me "no", however he has looked at me in amazement and said "I never thought I'd have to buy a new headset because a lamb ate it" Or "Of all the pets I thought I'd like I never even considered bottle fed mice" Or his most recent "what kind of person keeps a chicken in the kitchen?" I had a chicken I was wtaching and I kept her in the kitchen, and I think he actually liked that, he told me we should just put the chickens on a rotation and give each one a 3 week stint in the house! Hhaha, I'm the one that said "no" to that!

 

[cmjust0]

Just in case there are any young, unmarried people reading this......

Be considerate, and understand that asking for your SO's opinion or feelings on any given matter isn't the same as asking "permission." Yeah, your SO's feelings might one day knock you out of doing something you really want to do, but understanding that it's important to consider how your actions will affect other people and taking their feelings into account as you make decisions is not only critically important to a good relationship, it's also one of the key characteristics that seperates children from adults.

Just my $.02.

 

[WriterofWords]

I've been single now for over 17 years,, so I have no worries about anyone telling me no but me. BUT,,, while I was married I made it clear, you can't say no to me unless I can say no to you. You want your toy? Fine, I get my toy too.

 

[Nyrial]

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Very true. Considering feelings is extremely important. Marriage/committed relationships are not supposed to be a burden, or a one-person-controls-the-other, but a partnership.

I broke up with the man who ever FORBID me to do something... and messed with my truck. No one messes with my truck and gets away with it.

Sure is fun to joke about it though

 

[McCord6]

I can't say mine has breaking point cuz whenever he says NO, he will turn around and get it anyways.

One thing Im struggling with him on, is getting a barn cat. I know we can't have cats in the house cuz the baby is allergic but I want something that will keep the mice away.

Another thing is, I want to keep at least 1 of the puppies to train to protect our live stocks, I told him that if we start them out this young, they will be EXCELLENT but he really doesn't want to keep any of the puppies :-( and we ARE getting rid of Mama (I can't trust her anymore! AT ALL!)

BUT... He did say that once his truck is fixed and he is back to work, I can have as many chickens as I want. I told him I also want some goats, he said SURE but no more then 5, which is fine.

He REALLY REALLY wanted to get the girls their Ponies for their Birthdays recent June but we couldn't come up with $1200 for 2 ponies and we don't have a trailor at the moment. Said that when he does get a trailor and we do have the money, money improves, alot will happen.