The Good Wife

There is a show in it's second season on TV, that is full of issues about the dynamics of power, politics, and marriage. I am usually not interested in such fictional drama, but I do like to spend as much time as possible with my Husband. This is one of his favorite shows. Last nights episode caused a discussion that had us both laughing and thinking about how to handle some hot topics in our own relationship.

The wife who has been cheated on by her political husband and stood by him through the scandal, is being pursued by her boss who has known her since college. She has feelings for him but she is a honorable and loyal wife. Her husband and her have been sleeping in separate beds. The husband went and saw her in action as a high powered lawyer last night and really got fired up for her. When she got home he initiated contact with her and she responded by telling him she had to study. He continued his advances, she continued to resist. He finally pressed her against a wall and let her know she did not have to do a thing he got this. His head disappeared and her face relaxed.

I ask my husband when I come in and he says I am on a rampage about something wrong in the house does he think this would work for us? After he got through laughing, his answer was yes but knowing me after he was done I would go back to what ever I was ranting and raving about.

Wow, I thought he knew that this kind of submission on his part would lend itself to a different kind of submission on my part. I know the things that where upsetting me when I came in would still be their but I would handle them with less tension.

I had a discussion with a couple I know about a movie the wife and I love, you might have heard of it, Something New. Her husband always contends we should not be watching stuff like that because we want our men to do what the man in this movie did, paint her toes etc.

So do guys never watch things on TV or Movies and want their wives to do any of it? Or do they just not share they would like for some of the things to be done? We women are really open about that kind of stuff. Once again communication is the key. What do you think? I look forward to hearing from you.

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Twilla