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.
