I went to one of my friends houses for a Christmas Eve party. I began to notice how often my friend delegated tasks to her husband.
Can you get the food
Can you share out the food
Can you collect the plates
Can you do the washing
Can you put the kids to bed
Can you feed the dog
Can you go and get some more alcohol
Can you wrap the kids presents (this was in the middle of the party and it took him more than 1hr)
I'm sure there were many more requests lol. The point is I noticed my friend was totally relaxing, getting her social butterfly on while he did 95% of all tasks lol. I like helpful men and my partners have been, but it was the volume that made me amused. But get this.... I looked over at his face and he seemed fine, content even
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IMO my friends husband knew she was bossy from the dating phase and still took it to LTR, marriage then kids. Same with the couple you mention in the OP. He must have known about her possessiveness early on and still got down on one knee.
I don't know any couples with the mentioned dynamic in the OP personally.