Hah!
I am so ahead of the curve on this one, it's not even funny.
I've always gotten permission from my wife before I buy any gun, high capacity magazine or hollow point ammunition.
She even bought me a Holeb Bushman for Christmas one year!
I still live in a household where the old adage, "If Momma aint happy, aint nobody happy."
Not that I would ever call her "Momma", please for the love of God don't tell her I called her "Momma".
And I'm not hodling my breath waiting to find out what anti-depressant or moderate to severe plaque psoriasis or irritable bowel syndrome or stop smoking medication the guy in Vegas was on either. That's simply not going to happen. Because while the drugs may very well tell you to do something like that, it's always going to be the inanimate object that caused it.
"I still live in a household where the old adage, "If Momma aint happy, aint nobody happy.""
This is "happy wife, happy life."
Which is "Women matter more than men. Fuck men."
This is feminism. You are describing a feminist household.
Incidentally, this is incongruent with that machete fetish you've got there...
I prefer to view my marriage as a mutually considerate relationship, regardless of how anachronistic that makes me.
My wife is 9 years younger than me and yet so much more mature than most of the women of my age (I turned 55 this year).
We had our kids, knowing that it would affect- her career as a corporate attorney (she also happened to have graduated with honors from one of the top 12 law schools in the country; GO BLUE).
While there was about a 6 year stretch where we struggled, I'm fairly certain neither of us would change any decisions we made along the way.
I don't think of us as incongruent; more like complimentarily colinear.
Indeed, it was not a critique meant for you, but rather the silent viewer from afar.
Usually when you hear that phrase, it's not a good sign.
There was a time when Happy Wife, Happy Life didn't have that negative connotation.
My wife preferred family life to a "career" at a law firm.
Strong women helped make men great, kept them in line and, when necessary, beat the hell out of them with a broomstick to teach them a lesson.
Seems like these days, everyone is falling all over each other to be the latest "victim".