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Mark, #152

Thank you for your example of how dinner is handled at your house. It does show an atmosphere of fatherly rule. The fact that your wife defers to you without being commanded is nice for you. It is not uncommon for wives who live in a marriage of male dominance to willingly and frequently defer to the husband. It makes life easier for her to show visible (and often excessive) honor to the husband whenever possible.

This does give us a better idea of the extent of authority in a home arranged on the authority submission paradigm. The atmosphere that you described is one that many of us are familiar with.