Feel embarrassed in front of my wife!! what shall i do please help?

Question

I'm not good in fighting and i prefer peace and deal with other people with respect, so they would respect me, and this something that's little and one of my rights.

i'm newly married and i face this situation periodically:

every time i take a taxi to drop me and my wife somewhere i have and argument with the driver about the charge!!! as i'm living in Egypt and we don't have a tariff system that is really applied so it's matter of if u can beat the driver or not and sometimes we had to fight with wording in front of my wife

i don't like to fight and i feel fear of doing that and also fear that my wife will see me weak somehow if i didn't succeed to beat that man

but i feel that my wife sees me as a coward, is that true???

what shall i do to avoid such a situation or shall i go for fighting?? would she feels good when she sees me fighting?? although she once told me that she see me wise enough to have a limit not to respond to the taxi drivers when they try to pull me to a fight because as she says i'm a good man!!! what do u think could be the solution??

Answer 1

ive got the same problem except my half-egyptian and i live in australia... and im only 15 and don't have a wife!

but... I would say that just be yourself, and if she dosen't love you for it then maybe she's not perfect for you...

But I didn't really understand the question cause im so tired...

=]

Good luck!

Answer 2

Don't worry about it.  Everybody has trouble with Egyptian taxi drivers. (mostly.  there are some exceptions.)  Sometimes they are not to blame because in some places they have to pay off the traffic police to be able to park near the bus-stops and things.  You can't pick a fight with every taxi driver in the world you would be doing nothing else.  Try to arrange a fee before you take the trip, but say to yourself that the man is probably lying and will ask for more.  Add a percentage to what has been asked and tell yourself this is what it will really cost.  Then don't worry when it does.

Answer 3

Well to be honest no girl likes a man who wont be able to protect her

If you continue like this she will eventually find a man who is a macho yet peaceful man you can be peaceful and a fighter at the same time without changing how you are.  

Answer 4

I am sure your wife loves you and that is probably why she is married to you. I do not think that not fighting would make you a coward, just civil.

As to how your wife feels about the fighting... ask her.

Just be honest and ask "how does it make you feel when I fight with the cab driver?"

Good luck!