To be clear, I also acknowledge my role and responsibility as a husband. So God’s word also applies to me, and I must follow it as best as I can. As you stated in your article, “I am not perfect”. Nonetheless God is supreme, I answer to him and my wife is to submit to my judgment so long as I am submitted to God. I have been blessed to have a fantastic career that allows my wife to stay at home and raise both our boys for as long as she wants. In fact, unlike her mom, my mom and countless elders before us who have had to work to support their families, my wife has not had to do this as of 4 years ago. We attend church of which I am a member, and our financial needs have always been met (praise God).

Lately, my wife has been getting into the trend of body piercings and tattoos. In particular there is one piercing that she is bent on getting called the “Medusa Piercing”. When you do the research you see that there is strong spiritual significance regarding this particular piercing with ties to New Age Movements, Ancient Hinduism, and as far back as Greek mythology. Although sharing this information with my wife, her response is that she will get it anyway, that I can impose my biblical views on her, and that her choice has nothing to do with spiritual reasons. She fails to see that worldly trends and pursuits are leading her slowly away from God and NOT towards him.

Please note that this is not a first time offense, and that there is a long history of this kind of behavior in our marriage. I have been patient with her struggles but the rebellious attitude has started to affect my mental health, peace and sanity. To the point where I am falling behind at work as I am unable to focus, due to the conflicts at home. I have told her I will draw a firm line at this and I will NOT budge on my stance regarding her behavior. I do not want a divorce, but I will do I need to do to preserve my sanity and move forward with my life (of course, my sons will never be neglected, and I do not intend to do so. They will always have me in their lives). Her response is as you would expect: Insistent, Resistant, and Rebellious even making fun of me at this point. Not sure what comes next for us but asking for prayers! Thank you for this forum.