I have a real good buddy that has to ask permission to do anything. It's sad really... the wife and I actually laugh at them and tell each other we're glad we aren't that way. He gives the same excuses about wanting her to be happy but i can tell when I'm with him he isn't happy. He puts on a face but I've known him since we were kids and he can't get much by me.

A man can't be a slave in his own house, it'll get to you one way or the other.