What do you think of a man whose wife is making all the decisions in the house?

I really think it depends on the situation. If the man is gone a lot of the time for the purpose of work, then the woman HAS to be the head of the household. Take for example a truck driver who is on the road for weeks at a time, or a travelling salesman. It is up to the woman to keep things running smoothly on the home front. She would have to learn how to fix backed up toilets and such, as well as know when to call in an expert. I think it would be rather a good thing for a woman to be in that type of situation as she wouldn't be so dependent on her husband. In a situation such as this where there are children involved, the man must, upon returning home, respect the rules of the house that the mother has set. If she is running the household while he is gone than he should be agreeable to the way she is running it. If not, then they should work things out beforehand as to how they would both like the household run. I'm sure husbands who work long hours or are, for example, doctors or lawyers, do not want to receive a call from home everytime a sink gets clogged. A woman can be the boss of the household and still have a partnership with her husband. It is what they agree to together as a team that matters. In my own case, it has already been determined that my husband has no spine. He caves to every little whim of his children whether we have the money or not, or to his own wants. If I let him run loose we'd be living in the van. Sometimes a woman just has to take control. In an ideal world they would work together, have the same thoughts, dreams, ethics, morals, etc. But it doesn't always work out that way. Opposites attract for a reason: one needs to be the balance for the other's weaknesses and vice versa.

It would depend on how close I was to the people involved. If I knew them very well, I would know whether they were happy with that arrangement, or whether the man would prefer a more equal relationship. I have known men who enjoyed being submissive, and even had a partner myself who wanted me to make all his decisions for him. He wasn't weak, exactly, he just preferred that type of relationship, just as some women prefer to be submissive to men. If I didn't know the couple very well, then I guess I wouldn't be judging their relationship, because I wouldn't have enough information. I'm always a little suspicious of any relationship in which one partner seems to hold more power, but honestly it's hard to know if that's what both parties want. If that's what both parties involved want, then it's not really anyone's business, in my opinion. Personally, I'm glad I have an equal partnership with my husband. I wouldn't like to either have to make all the decisions, or have him make them all. But I don't think everyone else should have to conform to my preferred type of relationship... as long as everyone involved is happy, I don't think it matters.

I think he's probably got an efficiently run house.

You know most of my brothers wives are the boss of there household and one of my brothers has now on his third marriage. My mother seemed to rule the household when I was growing up not for sure but that is the way it seemed and I think it wore off on my brothers. I could be wrong but it is the way it seems to me. I think it should be a 50/50 decesion on everything. I am not sure why there marriages are like that.

I would have to say this man knows the secret to a great marriage. Does he have a brother?