Suppose there was someone you didn't want him/her to see or something you didn't want her/him to do. Can you "FORBID" your spouse from doing something, or would you have to sugar-coat it? If I ever got married I would most definitely reserve the ability to FORBID.

Suppose there was someone you didn't want him/her to see or something you didn't want her/him to do. Can you "FORBID" your spouse from doing something, or would you have to sugar-coat it? If I ever got married I would most definitely reserve the ability to FORBID.

And of course, being an equal partnership, your spouse could FORBID you from doing something, too, right?

Yeah, I didn't think so. :rolleyes:

Marriage doesn't give you the right to forbid your spouse from doing anything they want. If you think it does then be prepared to accept the same terms.

Only if you're Tom Cruise. lol

Only if you're Tom Cruise. lol

LOL, we see how good THAT turned out! :nod:

If you did, dont expect to be married long.

sure you can, of course it tends to go over a lot better if it is something they already don't want to do and they aren't in the room when you do the actual "forbidding".

Wow. These replies are blowing my mind. I know that I am NOT alone in my power to forbid a spouse to do something or see someone of whom I do not approve. Let's hear more from those who have that respect/power over their better halves instead of all those that DON'T.

Wow. These replies are blowing my mind. I know that I am NOT alone in my power to forbid a spouse to do something or see someone of whom I do not approve. Let's hear more from those who have that respect/power over their better halves instead of all those that DON'T.

Your power? You're obviously a control freak and hopefully any woman with even the slightest ounce of dignity will stay as far away from you as possible.

It sounds like you're confusing "power" with "insecurity" and you're making plans to feel that way in a future relationship. If you truly understand what a loving and trusting relationship is, then when you're in one you'll feel safe enough to trust that your mate isn't going to do anything that would hurt you, so you wouldn't need this "power to forbid." I hope you can work through that.

Wow. These replies are blowing my mind. I know that I am NOT alone in my power to forbid a spouse to do something or see someone of whom I do not approve. Let's hear more from those who have that respect/power over their better halves instead of all those that DON'T.
"respect" and "power over" are two completely mutually exclusive terms.

...and if you think that you have complete power to actually forbid your significant other to do anything then that person is either imaginary, or YOU are.

Wow. These replies are blowing my mind. I know that I am NOT alone in my power to forbid a spouse to do something or see someone of whom I do not approve. Let's hear more from those who have that respect/power over their better halves instead of all those that DON'T.

What blows my mind is the fact that you're actually serious. Ever heard of the Women's Liberation Movement? Yeah, it kind of nipped your mindset in the bud. If you want to find more people that agree with you, you're going to have to hop in a time machine and go back about 50-60 years.

I don't think you should forbid anyone to do anything.You can ask them not to do something and,explain the consequences if they do.But you can't forbid them.I mean as a joke.Sure,everyone does that.But actually thinking that you can tell someone what to do.No! that ain't right.

I don't think you should forbid anyone to do anything.You can ask them not to do something and,explain the consequences if they do.But you can't forbid them.I mean as a joke.Sure,everyone does that.But actually thinking that you can tell someone what to do.No! that ain't right.

I read each and every response to my post and I must say that I like what you said much more than the other responses. Particularly about "explain the consequences if they do "(something that I would forbid.) Rather than "forbid" I think I will ask her not to do something and make a point to stress how very severe the consequences would be so that she would see it would not be worth it.See? I have an open mind.

I read each and every response to my post and I must say that I like what you said much more than the other responses. Particularly about "explain the consequences if they do "(something that I would forbid.) Rather than "forbid" I think I will ask her not to do something and make a point to stress how very severe the consequences would be so that she would see it would not be worth it.See? I have an open mind.




Asking and explaining,is always better then telling lol

Speaking as someone who has been married a LONG time....
being married doesn't give us the right or license to forbid anything.
We are man and wife not master and slave.
We must respect our partners choices, we can however express our opinion and discuss things and if my husband really didn't want me to do something I would consider the reason why he felt that way.

Honestly, if my husband had ever said, "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
I would have done it just to show him I could but we don't have that type of marriage and maybe, just maybe that is one reason ours hasn't ended in divorce like most these days. :)

Is it ok if anyone moved this thread from the General Sitcoms Discussion forum to the Chit-Chat forum?

Speaking as someone who has been married a LONG time....
being married doesn't give us the right or license to forbid anything.
We are man and wife not master and slave.
We must respect our partners choices, we can however express our opinion and discuss things and if my husband really didn't want me to do something I would consider the reason why he felt that way.

Honestly, if my husband had ever said, "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
I would have done it just to show him I could but we don't have that type of marriage and maybe, just maybe that is one reason ours hasn't ended in divorce like most these days. :)


At our house the minute "forbid" came out of his mouth, it would be like waving a red cape in front of a bull. :lol:

Is it ok if anyone moved this thread from the General Sitcoms Discussion forum to the Chit-Chat forum?
Well it is sort of like a sitcom to think anybody can actually forbid somebody from doing something. lol

Forbid or discourage? I discourage you to kill my friend Frank. Forbid sounds so old fashion. I discourage my child to put their hands on a electrical outlet.