Husbands.

For those of you who know who I am .... Not all of these examples are my hubby. I am actually very happy with my husband (usually). In fact he is one of the few things that holds me together these days. I do however know many ladies with some crappy husbands, and my pearl can be a blob of poop some times too. So, I guess the question I am posing now is how do you decide what things are important enough to fight for and when do you just stand back and let them do what they do even if it causes you a lot of grief, stress, or annoyance...

No mater what idea he has I give it serious thought and unless I am strongly opposed I tend to go with it. But if I have any idea, request, or thought he will shut it down immediately. Sometimes I think he is afraid of me having an idea, or being told what to do. But if someone else suggests it to him he is more then willing to at least look into it. Or even turn around and present it to me like it is some new idea. GRRR!

Any advice?

I know that the man is the head, and I am suppose to be the neck, but how do I trick him into thinking about turning. I don't want a robot that just does what I tell him, but I would at least like him to listen to and consider things when I say them other then turning it off because he has his "wife filter" on.