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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if the script was flipped, and the OP was writing about a wife who didn't want to see her husband's niece in costume.. if people would be as understanding. [/quote]

PP here.  I do think there is an element of gender as in you would be more likely to find a woman that would want to see her husband’s niece in costume than a man.  That said, the issue at hand is one of respect and being willing to put the other person first some of the time. If the husband “joked” that seeing his niece would make his wife want to have kids to her own and wife responded that she spent 2 of the past 3 weekends with his family and wanted to spend time with just the two of them - I would give the same advice.  You have someone that doesn’t naturally want to do xyz, already has gone out of their way to support spouse anyway for two weekends, and when person that has sucked it up asks for the same consideration back the spouse that has gotten their way thus far pitches a fit and wants it 100% their way.

If there is something you feel you cannot comprise on, you don’t marry someone who isn’t 100% in agreement.  It could be if I feel I need to be in church every week with my spouse beside me, I’m setting myself up for unhappiness marrying someone that considers it being supportive to go with me once a month.  There is no compromise that would make me happy other than the other person always giving in to me which would make that person resentful and unhappy.[/quote]

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