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>>>>There you go again! delegating what's best for your daughter to another man, for him to decide. No man is "responsible" for his wife. It's not even in the marriage vows AFAI can remember.
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>>>We're not? We're not to love, honor and protect? hmmm, I'll go tell my father inlaw that I'm not to protect his daughter. I'm off the hook.
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>>To protect is not to be responsible for. If my partner were attacked by a gang of thugs and I stood by and watched then I'd be failing her. If I tried, but they still got to her, I wouldn't be responsible - THEY would. Similarly, if she said she was going to walk home through the park at night, that would not be my responsibility.
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>First part I agree but the second part, yes it would be at least partially your responsiblity to make sure she gets home safely. You could go pick her up so she won't have to walk. I would be so angry at her for putting herself at such rick if she did that.

Sure, but not if I'm in another city!

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>It's not a bad thing to INSIST on some things if you love the person. If I thought there were greater then 0% chance for something bad happening, I would, and I wouldn't care if it upset her. I'd rather have her angry for awhile then to have her injured or worse.

Agree. But no way am I responsible for her actions.

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>>Now I said nothing about loving or honouring. OTOH I think it "dishonours" his daughter to "palm her off" to the next man who wants to take charge care of her
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>who talking about "palming her off"?

W/o looking up the message he said something like "That would be her new husband's responsibility/duty/whatever", like "I've brung her up - now it's his turn to boss her"

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>>>>So if he turned to chapter & verse that said you should thrash the wife soundly once a week (and there probably is) you be OK with that?
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>>>It says to beat your wife?
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>>I dunno!
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>I dunno either, but I don't think so.