Can you concede moral superiority to or from your spouse?
2007-02-28 04:43:20 · 10 answers · asked by Indiana Jones 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I know where I stand, but you can only guess the true morality of your spouse.
Experience has shown me even the most faithful appearing person ended up stepping out.
2007-02-28 04:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My marriage is a partnership between my wife and I. We talk things out and make decisions together. There is no battle for any kind of superiority in our marriage. We each give our best to our marriage and have a mutual respect for each other as people.
2007-02-28 12:56:47 · answer #2 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong, marriage is a constant battle for equality. Each wants (or should want) to contribute at least as much as the other; each wants to have equal time being heard by the other; each wants to care for the other at least as much as the other; etc.
I can easily concede moral superiority to my spouse, and she to me, because we both can see that the goal is the success of the relationship and *our* happiness as a couple. We concede to each to each other in order to get us closer to this goal.
WE are a TEAM. WE have a Common Goal. Trying to gain dominance over the other is counterproductive and hinders progress towards this common goal. WE look Foreward: we want to grow in knowledge and experience of life and to grow in Love.
If you continue to quest for dominance in any aspect, you will just get increasingly unhappy in your relationship and in your life.
2007-02-28 12:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by RolloverResistance 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why woud you think it's a battle of moral superiority? I've been married for 20 years and we talked about morals before we got married. Afterward, it wasn't an issue.
I don't believe morals are something that change constantly unless you're involved in substance abuse.
2007-02-28 12:48:56 · answer #4 · answered by Lesleann 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow; that's a new one to me.
In 36 yrs. together, of all the things over which we may have disagreed, morality or "moral superiority" was never one of them.
I've heard a lot of "complaints" about marriage, but I've never encountered that one before...
2007-02-28 13:50:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any good relationship has compromise. Sometimes she's right. Sometimes I'm right.
We're smart enough to talk things out and reach the conclusion that is best for both of us.
2007-02-28 12:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only between idiots. A marriage where this theory is believed will end in divorce.
2007-02-28 13:00:58 · answer #7 · answered by QT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all about give and take. Both sides have to give some, take some. Without it one of you is the doormat the other is the overbearing dominant freak. Balance is the answer..
2007-02-28 12:59:18 · answer #8 · answered by jeff7241 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with what "cp" said, I knew where I stood in my marriage.
2007-02-28 12:52:19 · answer #9 · answered by WhyNotMe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if your a real Man
2007-02-28 12:52:57 · answer #10 · answered by rpoker 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋