I’m not particularly proud to be asking this, but I really need some outside perspective. I grew up without a father figure, and the men around me weren’t exactly role models I could learn from. Fast forward to today: I’m 36, married for 5 years, and feeling completely lost on how to handle my current situation. My wife and I run a business together. The core problem is that I feel like I have zero say in anything. We’ve talked about this before, and her argument is that at work she is the boss, so she can’t treat me differently or look like she’s favoring me in front of the employees. In reality, though, it feels like constant micromanagement and bad decision-making that I’m just supposed to take. It makes me feel small. Lately, I find myself completely checking out mentally—just sitting there watching things happen because it feels like my input doesn’t matter anyway. How do I build the confidence and backbone to stand my ground here? How do you step up and establish healthy boundaries when you were never taught how growing up? Any advice from guys who have dealt with a similar dynamic would be appreciated. submitted by /u/AndreyAsimow
Originally posted by u/AndreyAsimow on r/AskMen