If a man is too meek, fulfilling his wife’s every request, saying sorry even when he did nothing wrong, taking abuse from his wife silently, he will turn into a doormat. His wife will slowly lose respect, lose attraction, and take advantage of him. Some of us have watched these sorts of relationships unfold. If the woman is extremely meek and serving, well you know, her husband will probably take advantage. In an extreme case, even cheat on her or get a far younger wife knowing that she’ll quietly accept it.
What if both the husband and wife have doormat personalities? What kind of relationship will develop?
If the spouse has an attitude, thats a problem. If a spouse apologizes, it's being a doormat! it makes no sense to me!
I would never call my husband a doormat if he actually have the humblesness for apologizing for his mistakes. I hate ego-istic people. It doesnt attract me to them one bit.
Having recessive personalities does not mean that they will not get anything done ... I have seen some couples like this, because they respect one another they see each other as worthy of being listened to ... In any one occasion a particular voice is more dominant then that wins out.
2 doormats will make 1 or 2 floor mats or even a bathroom mat hmm...
on a serious note: both are probably cheating on each other, relationship is there to keep the fake image for family & friends...
really eh? do you think it's possible that they love each other enough to overlook silly things people actually fight over?
Sometimes people are passive b/c they really don't want to mentally torture their spouse, they listen to them and respect their every wish. They become selfless.