barneyfife:

Not only do I get very down on my marrriage, I also feel like I am powerless in my marriage. As they say, the LD spouse holds all the power. I just hate this feeling. I feel like I have virtually no control over weather my marriage succeeds or fails, like I know my marriage sucks, and no matter what I do, I can not fix my marriage. No at the same time I feel like my wife holds all the cards, and she could EASILY fix the marriage and make it great, but she refuses to do so. I hate being at her mercy. Of course I could always leave, but then I would be at the mercy of another woman. How can the HD guy actually regain some power over his situation. I feel like the HD guys that Dr. Laura talks about, in that we can NOT control our own emotions, only our WIVES can control our emotions.