Alex In Wonderland

This is an interesting topic. I do believe there are some rights within a relationship.

1. The right to be correct part of the time
2. The right to have bath
3. The right to make your own food and do your own laundry.

But most of the time it is compromise.

Rights are something that have to be earned though? What about the man who says "Well I used to go out drinking every night with my buddies so I am gonna carry on with that" and doesn't adapt to his new status? Does he still hold this right?

yes he does. My opinion on marriage is that whatever went on while dating should be allowed while married... so if he continued to go out drinking every night before marriage, then he should be able to go out after marriage. Compromise/rights should be worked out while dating. And if the wife didn't like it when they were dating but did nothing, she should NOT expect it to stop after marriage.

to vw bug - Spoken like a single man. I'll bet you are either never married or already divorced.

LOL!

VW is a married woman with 2 kids :-)

Anyway, yeah, it's all about finding the happy medium between two conflicting desires. Marriage is the process of establishing rules to guide the negotiations. There will always be arguments, but as long as they are perceived as being done "fairly" by both sides, the marriage will survive.

I guess that two people that love each other can find a compromise if it's necessary