>>>I feel it is better for parents to be equals, however that cannot always be practical. One wants to buy a new car, the other doesn't. Who decides? Logic does not always play an equal role in both parents. If partner 1 likes the old car for sentimental reasons and partner 2 wants a new car for safety and they can afford it, the logical should outweigh the sentimental.
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>>>If partner 1 wants the new car, and partner 2 feels it is too expensive, logic again should prevail. In all cases do the right thing. For who? For the whole family!!! Regardless of genders.
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>>Precisely. IMO, a family should be a democracy. That's why I usually say "no" when someone calls and wants to speak to "the man of the house". I'm no ruler here, nobody's a ruler - we're a democracy, and anyone who implies other layouts may encounter some rough language from us :).
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>I didn't say democracy. There's little logic in that ;) We need a new term for rule of logic.

Vulcanarchy? :)

I don't care whether our layout is logical. I'd rather call it educated consensus and mutual respect. For me, the most important thing is that it works, and nobody's hurt.