Blue Skies wrote: maybe today’s married men are more afraid of getting financially divorce raped? just a theory….

My Dad used to say “yes dear” when he had enough. But not to comply automatically. He would say it- and make it funny – to make her realize how controlling and bossy she could get.

“OH YEAH SURE. YES, DEAR”. As if to say “your majesty” with big sarcasm.

She got the point.

Most of the time he would still do it, but it was only to keep the peace and be agreeable.

It was her delivery he really hated underneath.

“WE really should cut that tree down before it rains”. (meaning “HE”)

“Yes Dear.”…. and he would shake his head.

The level to which women/wives/girlfriends will escalate this s~~~ is not worth it. She RUINS the experience of having a beer with your buddy…. to the point where you have to be a dick. “I’m going. Like it or not.” And then the next thunderclap you hear is the sound of her vagina slamming shut for a month.

I don’t know if you’ve been there, but his kind of mild emotional terrorism is enough to comply just to avoid it.

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One day, I left my own place while a GF was in the shower, which I knew would be a 45-minute production by the time she was dressed. I simply went to go wash the car. When I returned about 90 minutes later and got s~~~ for leaving my own place without telling her I realized what kind of a control freak I was dealing with.

THAT was the day my tolerance for this attitude that “men need her permission first” reached absolute zero. I wasn’t even going to TRY and be agreeable anymore.

After that, I adopted the stance “any woman who is displeased with me is insignificant”.

And I have seen no reason to change.