# Question for the married guys **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696 "2016-03-11T23:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/1 "2016-03-11T23:42:14Z")
What will your wife not let you do? Ex. My watches what I eat. I am not allowed to eat fried chicken. She also has gotten rid of the clothes of mine she hated. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/2 "2016-03-11T23:47:18Z")
We’re adults, we don’t give or withhold permission to each other for anything. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/3 "2016-03-12T00:56:57Z")
She won’t let me ogle, caress, smooch other females in her presence, let me spend the night with a willing specimen, or let any spend the night with us. Other than that, I’m a big boy and can make my own decisions. I just need to remember who I have to live with afterwards and the cost of crossing the line. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/4 "2016-03-12T01:05:50Z")
My wife and I are adults, so nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/5 "2016-03-12T01:09:53Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > We’re adults, we don’t give or withhold permission to each other for anything. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > My wife and I are adults, so nothing. My answer has been covered. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/6 "2016-03-12T01:26:17Z")
She doesn’t let me go long without getting to see her nekkid. ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/7 "2016-03-12T01:37:33Z")
My wife is afraid of guns so no guns in the house. We both know too many people that have died or badly hurt on a motorcycle. So no motorcycles. the reasoning if one of the boys had gotten hurt on a motorcycle her resentment would be too high and it would drive a wedge in our marriage. I love my wife very much and as much as I want a bike I do not want what it could cost me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/8 "2016-03-12T01:54:24Z")
My wife doesn’t let me speak unless spoken to. I’m just kidding, I’m not married. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/9 "2016-03-12T02:34:58Z")
I’m not sure. I assume hookers and blow are right out there but its never come up. ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/10 "2016-03-12T02:53:44Z")
She won’t let me eat kippered herring in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/11 "2016-03-12T03:38:25Z")
No skydiving. No smoking inside the house. Other than that, she’s pretty easygoing. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/12 "2016-03-12T06:56:01Z")
I’m a married guy. There’s nothing my husband won’t let me do. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/13 "2016-03-12T07:07:50Z")
I can’t really say, I love her and won’t test the boundaries but I can’t imagine her having a problem with 99.9 % of the things I do. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/14 "2016-03-12T07:17:27Z")
No farting in bed. The rule was announced after the Unfortunate Chili Incident of 2010. The Druidess made a big pot of delicious chili. I ate several bowls. In the morning, I found my horrified wife in a fetal position in the living room. I’ll probably never get homemade chili again. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/15 "2016-03-12T08:00:41Z")
Jeezes, ya city-bound rube, go get yerself a bucket of extry crispy. As for me and mine, we work out our differences as they arise. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/16 "2016-03-12T08:56:27Z")
Do adults set rules for each other? Before we got married, my wife let me know that she’s not the type to forgive affairs but I wasn’t planning on having any. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/17 "2016-03-12T09:15:15Z")
like many of the others, as a husband, this question puzzles me, but most of the responses are absolutely the same as my situations with Mrs. Guest; no hookers and blow, no extended periods of non-nekkidness, work things out as they come up. Food-wise, the chocolate ice cream is her ice cream. Unless I buy it by the gallon, then I get the first bowl (and only the first bowl but its a big bowl) but that’s pretty much the only “rule”. If my wife ever told me I couldn’t have fried chicken, it was because it was the last piece and she wanted it. I only allowed the Mrs. to ever clear one single item out of “my” closet, and it was something I never wore anyway. Nope, OP your op just isn’t something that happens between me and Mrs. Guest. ---
**Author:** ![Nefario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/18 "2016-03-12T13:56:56Z")
Eat massive quantities of something I really enjoy. I don’t do this often but she can be really nit-picky about what she considers “healthy lifestyle”. Which often amounts to family tradition or meticulously prepared dishes that really aren’t that healthy. If we weren’t together I think I might actually eat _healthier_ because my tastes are pretty simple and cooking is a hassle; maybe lots of baked fish fillets and bagged salad. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/19 "2016-03-12T14:11:51Z")
My wife won’t let me clean the gutters anymore. Something silly about my struggling with a twenty-foot aluminum extension ladder near the power lines. Other than that, there are a lot of things that would get her upset (and I wouldn’t do them for that reason), but there’s pretty much nothing that she’s forbade me from doing. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696/20 "2016-03-13T01:10:18Z")
Like so many others above … Coming up on 30 years now and I have no idea what she wouldn’t allow. “Allow” just isn’t a word in our relationship vocabulary. Neither is whine, nag, bitch, or complain. It isn’t that hard to be grownups together. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-married-guys/748696.md?page=2)