Epimetheus

Love is a Battlefield: The Prize.

Power:

The capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events.

What events and behaviors are at stake?

• Child’s political alignment.
• Financial decisions.
• Dominate household religion.
• Furniture.
• Bedtime.
• etc.

You get the idea.

NOTE: If you are in a relationship where each partner has his/her own sphere of influence and you discuss matters of “State” with your spouse, consider yourself lucky.

Love is a Battlefield: The Weapons.

Some common weapons deployed in marriage are:

• Tears: The Guilt Trip.
• Horrid Questions: “Do you love me?” Or, “If I died, would you get remarried?” Oh, and, “Do these pants make me look fat?”
• Hysterics: A form of terrorism.
• Calling in the in-laws: The Calvary.
• Perfidy: Turning the kids against your spouse.
• “If you loved me, you wouldn’t…”: The Guilt Trip V.2
• Silence.
• Nitpicking: A direct attack on your pride/confidence.
• etc…

This is why we will not see peace in our time.