Quote Originally Posted by Shibi View Post
Some advice, from someone married for a long long time, trying to control your partner to that extent will just end up with him resenting you and leaving.

A little freedom, a tonne of respect, and a lot of communication is the key to a long life together.
This advice is pivotal. However, I think you can not judge our bound and relation and claim that I would be manipulating someone with ill faith. The peace of the house would not have been shaken to its very core were I unable to convince, but I am glad I could. My surprise was no less when he began to resent them as I did. How could one not.