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Lord forgive me
- Apr 20, 2006
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I was thinking of a nice gift a bride could give to her husband, a pair of paints with a note inside, "I bought these for you for after we get married, since you will wear the pants in our relationship."
I heard an American preacher say that he preached in England once and people laughed when he said, "We all put our pants on one leg at a time." They say 'pants' for underwear and 'trousers' for pants. They say they put their trousers on one leg at a time.
Do the Brits say 'wear the pants' for marriage, or 'wear the trousers' or not have the saying at all?
I wonder if they chuckle at the American saying.
I cannot think of anyone that uses the word "trousers" anymore
This might be a gross overgeneralization, but when I look around, I see that whoever wears "the pants" boils down to two factors: 1) Intelligence, 2) Strong will
The more intelligent and/or strong-willed person in the relationship seems to take a natural lead on decision making and information processing. That is not to suggest that these people are unloving, disrespectful, or overbearing though.
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