Who "wears the pants" in your relationship?

Question

Or, if you're not in a relationship, who would wear the pants ideally?

Happy Monday :D

Answer 1

Ideally the man would.  

Answer 2

I'm not in a relationship, but if I do, then I would be the one wearing the pant.

Answer 3

Well as Tracey said, ideally neither of us do : ]

However, I think we have a pretty good mix in our relationship. Sometimes it's only natural and expected for him to take charge in certain situations. In other situations it would be silly for him to take the reigns so I'm better suited to be the leader in that situation.

We are very compromising people.

Answer 4

We both wear pants and sometimes shorts.

Answer 5

I usually do but in my current relationship, its mutual

Answer 6

My husband and I equally wear the pants lol - we agree on lots of stuff - if there's something we cannot agree on, we compromise...

Answer 7

I am pretty easy going in relationships but hate getting pushed around, so I guess to could say we share the pants, but if someone tries to take the pants all for themselves they quickly find themselves single.

Answer 8

Reminded me of a joke:  

Jack was going to be married to Jill, so his father sat him down for a little fireside chat.

"Jack, let me tell you something. On my wedding night in our honeymoon suite, I took off my pants and handed them to your mother, and said, "Here, try these on."

So, she did and said: "These are too big, I can't wear them.'"

So I replied: "Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and always will." Ever since that night we have never had any problems."

Jack thought that might be a good thing to try. So on his honeymoon he took off his pants and said to Jill: "Here try these on."

She did and said: "These are too large, they don't fit me."

So Jack said: "Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will, and I don't want you to ever forget that."

Then Jill removed her pants, handed them to Jack and said: "Here, you try on mine."

He tried and said: "I can't get into your pants."

So she said: "Exactly. And if you don't change your attitude, you never will."

Answer 9

ideally it should be the man, in old world fashion, that seems to be pretty accepted nowadays too.

even though with the constant changes in society, it may be the women in some cases without it creating any problems

Answer 10

You can tell from my profile!

Answer 11

I can tell you my husband wears the pants. Cause anything he wants I give him.

But, really i don't feel any one person should wear the pants I think it should be a 60 60 thing. It get very tiring always being the giver. I feel if it is all one sided that is when the big "D" happens and this is why it happens so much these days.

Answer 12

Neither of us are overly controlling. My husband is the head of the household, but we make big decisions with each other. We're pretty equal with the pants wearing thing. We are a lot alike when it comes to how we run our household.

Answer 13

We take turns wearing the pants.  That way we both factor in the decision makings and what matters.  It's always better if it's a combined effort instead of mostly one person wearing the pants.

Answer 14

we both work together to create a harmonious relationship and happy environment for our daughter. no one is above the other. we are the same. that is how a happy family works! well, it works for us anyways...

Answer 15

Ideally, neither of us would wear much of anything. (smirk) But as it stands, he wears the pants when it comes to deciding what we do, and I wear them when it comes to emotional stability.

Answer 16

i have a shirt that answers that

http://rainingcrow.deviantart.com/art/ON...

Answer 17

i have been with my best friend for almost 5 years now, i think hes drove us maybe 6 or 7 times total. i drive everywhere, i am in control of everything. i pay the bills, i chose whats in the fridge, what shampoo we use, what sweeper we buy.

we are very happy, anything that he asks for, ats reasonable to our funds, he gets, all bills get paid, and hes fine with it. i do like his opinion on things, but in the end i believe if I'm in control, I'm more aware of all consequences and am extra careful or aware of surrounding. i feel safer when I'm wearing the pants

Answer 18

We definitely share the pants. He's better at some things, I'm better at some things. It was established from the get-go that it would be a partnership.

Answer 19

i wear the pants ofcourse!! lol well i always do when i'm in a relationship. i think every female should wear the pants in the relationship~well only if she wants to. i dont like to be bossed around or controlled by men.. i just like to be independent, and dominant within my own self. I like to do what i want, how i want and when i want it...=) thats just me..

Answer 20

It depends on the domain. I'd say that we both wear the pants (one leg each lol). I make most social decisions, and he makes most "manly" decisions. In everyday simple stuff, he wears the pants. In major life altering decisions, we have equal voices. And when it comes to social relationships, I wear the pants. His social skills and etiquette are quite limited.

Answer 21

I guess it's really according to what it is about.

We generally agree on most things, so there is no need for one of us to "wear the pants".  But I handle the things I'm best at, he handles the things he's best at, and neither of us tries to tell the other one what they may or may not do.

Answer 22

Ideally, neither of us would be wearing pants.

Answer 23

Me normally, not in a sense of ordering him around but more of I'm the one who makes most of the choices with the house because I have more experience with real life situations than he does, plus I'm just more outspoken and stronger willed.

Don't get me wrong, I love him to no end but when it comes to making choices, eh, he can't really handle the demands and stress of it all the way I can.

Answer 24

me, of course... he just kind of listens... then whenever he starts to back talk or be rude, i just tell him im not going to see him anymore... it works :)

Answer 25

We both wear the pants. No one is more in control of the other. It's a balance.  

Answer 26

50 responses!!! You have to be the most popular girl on here!!! Mucho love for ya ;)

Anyway...

We bought a pair of bariatric patient sized pants so that we could both fit into them, and wear them together - awwwwwwwww!!!

Happy Monday to you as well!  

Answer 27

We both wear pants, but just one of us wears a dress at times.  Ideally we would be equal partners, and we are, though we both provide different aspects of the relationship.

Answer 28

We both do.  Some things he handles better than I do, some things I handle better.  Neither of us makes any big decisions without talking it over with the other one.  He doesn't tell me what to do, and I don't tell him what to do.  If there is some thing we want to do, that will make the other one unhappy, we usually don't do it.  

Answer 29

I wear the pants I'm a feminist the *****!  

Answer 30

Because I only want s*x out of a relationship these days, I prefer that neither of us are wearing pants.

Answer 31

I think we go back and forth alot which it should be rather equal but I think each of us kinda thinks we are more the one who "wears the pants" than the other...........