If she does lose respect for her husband, if she is the "head of the house", does this mean all women really want to be submissive to their husband's? Would any wives out there want to be the head of the house? If you had to do it over again, would you insist your husband promised to love, honoe, and obey you?
2006-12-10 10:01:51 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
It depends on the people...some people like to be led, others like to be leaders (this applies to men and women)...some are take-charge/in control people and others are happy letting someone else run the show...
What couples should do is what works best for them...and you won't find "obey" in any marriage vow I take in the future (I'm currently single)...marriages should be partnerships...the 'obey' term is VERY outdated, from a time when women were expected to be subservient to their husbands...
This is the new millenium...
2006-12-10 10:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know some people who (women) who become head of households for two reasons; the husband isn't taking of his business (lazy, a punk, whatever) or the wife has been wronged by men in her past so she feels she isn't going to let another man rule over her so she tries to run things. I am a Christian so I do what The Bible says, we are to be submissive in the right way but husbands are to respect and love their wives just as Christ loves the church. Which means the husbands are the head of the household but they do not know everything so what the wife does know he is to respect and do. I let my husband be the head because it is commanded and at first I had a problem with submission but I had to learn what it meant and that it was wrong to "tell" my husband what to do everytime.
2006-12-10 10:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by helives75 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't thinmk so unles the husband is no good and lays on the wife to support his sorry tail and doesn't have a job but if the husband works and puts as much into the house hold as his wife then there is no problems with the husband respecting his wife enough to know that she runs the house!!
2006-12-10 10:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by Lovin life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily, unless the wife is forced to be the leader because her husband won't work, won't go to church, won't discipline the kids, etc...then I could see where she would lose respect for him, as marriage is a partnership.
However, I personally want a dominant man, one who relishes his role as head of the household and performs his duties (financial support, spiritual leadership, providing protection and direction, etc..). This is not to say that a wife shouldn't work, or shouldn't take the lead when it comes to faith if God places that on her heart, etc. I'm also not advocating men to be brutes or abusive. There's a real line between dominance and abuse.
If more men were kind, strong, and morally minded, I bet way more women would respect them and WANT TO sumbit to them.
2006-12-12 03:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have no problem with the wife being the head of the household. I don't think it means that they would lose respect for their husbands but that would depend on the person.
2006-12-10 10:04:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, I rather nurture my family lives, and do what God has made me and intended me to be wired for. As a man, he can take so much mental stuff, and able to leave and be focus on one thing at a time.
I rather be in the position as it is now, that I love, honour, and even obey my husband, as he loves me, cherished me, and even die and protect over me, as God loved the church!
Women are so much emotional creation of life, and it would be a diaster if the world is functional on just I feel and the emotional roller coaster, and as for men, they are not equipped to be emotional and hold grudges, that they can make quickly and safe decisions.
It just my opionion, as a woman.
2006-12-10 10:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by ourjacobdavid 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
only if the love is not there, or if she never respected him in the first place
2006-12-10 10:09:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no i would not want to be head of the house. 1st God didnot design us to be.2nd i enjoy bieng a stay at home mom. i have enough responsibilities without adding my husbands duties to my own.
2006-12-10 10:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Only if he is a lazy, spineless, shmoe.
2006-12-10 10:03:52 · answer #9 · answered by CM 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she shouldn't
2006-12-10 10:04:49 · answer #10 · answered by kurleylovescheese 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋