This weekend, my wife went on a serious control freak kick. Then she got mad when I told her to back off. We talked about it later and all is good.
I like the statement made in this thread where someone mentioned that
Wives want to be loved and husbands want to be respected.
There is a lot of truth to this.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool - R. Feynman