Lies Wives Believe

Nina at the respect dare poses an interesting situation in her post, What’s the Difference between Being Disrespectful and Being Helpful?  She saw a situation where her husband saw a friend at church and she thought he should go with the man instead of her taking him to Sunday School as he had requested.

Submission doesn’t mean that the woman doesn’t have an opinion or is a door mat.  This is false thinking.  What it really means is a difference in rank.

The concept is the same as that which you’d find on board a military vessel between the captain and the first officer.  The idea is that there is a rank difference—the man has the authority to make the final call—but the woman is right there, trained, and able to help as well.

In this case, it made a lot more sense for Nina’s husband to walk his friend to Sunday School and Nina to take the kids.  She was more observant than she was in this case.

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