As of late my husband has been on a. "No one is going to tell me what to do bender". His resentment at being told to live a certain way to be a considered a good Christian has exploded and now he doesn't seem to care what people think of him. As a result he is now doing things that are actually illegal and he justifies with "if hillary doesn't have to follow the law why should i?".
Yesterday we were visited by the sheriff's office because my husband was suspected of cutting a Denver Boot off of his truck two days ago. Of course when the deputies were at the door he denied doing the deed and was extremely disrespectful towards the officers. He kept insisting he had no idea what they were talking about and insinuated that the deputies' time was better served staking out the local Shipley's. He further insinuated that on the day in question he was at the home of the mother of one of the deputies servicing her in a sexual nature, there by preventing him from parking in the area in question. His theory was this was just the "man" trying to hold him down.
The officers to their credit let my husband's disrespectful remarks just roll off but they confronted him with the observation that an angle grinder was in pain view in his vehicle on the floor boards. Again he denied the allegations and asked that the officers return only if they have a warrent.
When the deputies left I asked him what the hell was wrong with him and if he didn't do it he should just answer the questions without any unsolicited commentary. That's when he took me into his workshop and showed me the boot. He told me that he parked at the local university and was booted due to unpaid tickets (why was my husband at the University? He was representing his company for a career fair, I am sure that his company would find this extremely amusing if it got back to them).
So yeah, not only did he break the law but he lied to law enforcement. What would be the right thing to do? On our wedding I swore before our families and God to Love, HONOR, and OBEY my husband. But on the other hand Jesus taught us to obey the laws of man and to have reverence for civil authorities. Do I turn my husband in for this? Do I just close my eyes and consider this not my problem?
My husband isn't a bad guy, I understand why he is acting up right now. In all honesty what he is doing is childish rather than malicious or wicked. So would it be better in the long run for me to turn him in or be a party to his lies?
Yesterday we were visited by the sheriff's office because my husband was suspected of cutting a Denver Boot off of his truck two days ago. Of course when the deputies were at the door he denied doing the deed and was extremely disrespectful towards the officers. He kept insisting he had no idea what they were talking about and insinuated that the deputies' time was better served staking out the local Shipley's. He further insinuated that on the day in question he was at the home of the mother of one of the deputies servicing her in a sexual nature, there by preventing him from parking in the area in question. His theory was this was just the "man" trying to hold him down.
The officers to their credit let my husband's disrespectful remarks just roll off but they confronted him with the observation that an angle grinder was in pain view in his vehicle on the floor boards. Again he denied the allegations and asked that the officers return only if they have a warrent.
When the deputies left I asked him what the hell was wrong with him and if he didn't do it he should just answer the questions without any unsolicited commentary. That's when he took me into his workshop and showed me the boot. He told me that he parked at the local university and was booted due to unpaid tickets (why was my husband at the University? He was representing his company for a career fair, I am sure that his company would find this extremely amusing if it got back to them).
So yeah, not only did he break the law but he lied to law enforcement. What would be the right thing to do? On our wedding I swore before our families and God to Love, HONOR, and OBEY my husband. But on the other hand Jesus taught us to obey the laws of man and to have reverence for civil authorities. Do I turn my husband in for this? Do I just close my eyes and consider this not my problem?
My husband isn't a bad guy, I understand why he is acting up right now. In all honesty what he is doing is childish rather than malicious or wicked. So would it be better in the long run for me to turn him in or be a party to his lies?