Unsolicited advice: someone asks you how your marriage is, just say “good” and refuse to elaborate. Same rule for your wife. Unless you’re being abused or something in which case feel free to speak up.

Anything else is disrespectful to the marriage / other partner.

I see people violate this rule a lot and it never ends well.

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No one asks me that question ever 🤷‍♂️

Women ask it to each other constantly.

I don’t ever go there. Women’s conversations exhaust me 😂

Women are looking for dirt so they can go gossip.

I have 3 women at home. Me and the dog hide 😂

On a different note nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs , great opening speech the other week 🤙

Thanks man!

Not me and my friends 🤷🏽‍♀️

Proverbs 18:22 - He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Totally agree about this 🧠

If you're looking for advice you'll hopefully seek it from someone wise and trustworthy.

Agreed* (forgot to add that first...)

I always say: Great ! We have a phenomenal relationship.

It's actually true so it's easy to share.

But I agree never wash your dirty close in public

Un pacte sociologiquement humaine ..qu'on ne peut objectivement qualifié sauf en cas de risques psychosociaux bon dimanche à vous 🤍☮️

Who asks how your marriage is going? I guess people who's marriage isn't going well. 15years in and I don't think I've been asked this.

Very common question

Unless it's better than just 'good'. 🥰

If you consider it less than good, then you need to speak to your spouse - tactfully. They may know you well, but they are unlikely to be able to read your mind.

How’s your trade going?

bro - u don’t don’t talk to your friends about your marriage?

You made me think with this post… can’t say any guy, including my closest friends, has ever asked about my marriage and if it happened, I would be very suspicious. If a woman asked, I would run for the hills to make sure I stay married.

Women, OTOH, will not stop talking about their marriages. Often with a disturbing amount of detail.

I concur - this is part of the basics

Common sense isn’t common though so we have to keep reiterating it lol

I'm an advocate of not asking questions that imbue an aspect of social pressure to do a certain thing or tacitly imply that one's timeline should be hastened.

ie if in a relationship, "when are you getting engaged?"

if engaged, "have you set a date yet"?

if married, "when are you having kids?"

These are plans for the partners to decide on their own timelines...or not if that's their prerogative.

With most acquaintances given personal information is giving too much information

So you think that a woman would ask another woman "how is your marriage" and the answer would be "good"? I don't think so.

Depends on the woman

I think all the women will say much more than this but if you have an example...

"Good" would probably be interpreted as "bad".

Still i think one word only as an answer would be impossible 😃. At least for a Mediterranean woman. I would expect a long blah blah blah 😜

You have to at least give the impression of providing information. Anything too clipped and they will assume you're being beaten for overcooking the breakfast eggs.

That beaten situation is very annoying though. And i heard in the news a few cases lately.

Yes, it is a real thing.

You have to actively distance yourself from that by being a bit over-happy.

Or make claims that you can do your man whatever you want or that you'll leave him if...

Hmm a lot makes sense now. Who could have thought that the shadow of beating would be the reason for women's long mumblings. I couldn't guess that.

yes, the harpies get excited about other people's pain, gives them something to gossip about in hushed tones with many oohs and aahs

yep. first rule of fight club is stfu

It's incredibly gay to sit around and talk to your guy friends about your marriage. Just talk to your wife about it. If that's to hard then there's your answer.