>>>>First, my wife is not my wife to fulfill my desires/wishes. Among other things, she is there as a helper for me as I pursue sanctification. She is there to be a helper to me as we raise our children. She is also there to be a helper to me in pointing out areas that I need attention/correction. She's not my "jeannie in a bottle." She's not my slave. She's my wife - my lifelong partner as we together pursue lives that bring glory to God.
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>>>Interesting.
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>>>My wife is my best-friend. We walk the path of life together, hand in hand. To consider her as a "helper" would be to belittle her. I know she deserves more then that.
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>>Well, maybe he is her helper too. I would think it goes both ways.
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>Regardless, only one of them can be the subservient one.

Usually someone has to make decisions on tough issues if an agreement can't be reached, and traditionally it's the man. But does that mean anything in the relationship?

In our home it's me that yield most of the time because I don't like sleeping on the couch. :)