“Though most of the time I refer to her as “my wife,” I sometimes introduce her to others as “my bride.””
Does that still apply after the honeymoon?
I mean, she DID walk down the aisle with me in 1987, and there were no backsies (first thing my Dad said to her after the ceremony was “No returns, all purchases final.”), but ‘bride’ certain connotes a certain newness to the status.
“I married her just shy of her 18th birthday, so she is in fact the “bride of my youth.””
No, you refer to YOUR age, so she might or might not be the bride of YOUR youth, but you’re mixing status, here.
“It would be ridiculous to refer to her as my “bride” if she were in her twenties, or especially her thirties, when we married.”
My wife was in her thirties. She was still the only person in the building wearing a completely peach ensemble, and the center of all attention. Bride still counts.
"She has been Godly, submissive, and has given me 4 children.”
My wife WAS godly, until the Church pissed her off so very much. She’s about as submissive as a Waffle House Waitress, and given me 3 sons.
"She is MY bride, and no one else’s.”
There are two definitions of ‘my,’ in operation. One is associative. My Navy, My Country, My Language. One is possessive. My car, my sword, my collection of Bible Verses that no one ever talks about.
Sounds like you’re treating your bride as private property. A good way to get glass in your food.
“In no way do I do it to pedestalize her. It is simply recognition of her obedience to God by being obedient and submissive to me, her husband.”
That’s certainly not a goal i would entertain, or a status i’d celebrate.
“Just as we should be quick to shame women who have ridden the cock carousel before settling for a Beta, we should also be quick to give credit to those women who married young and take on the traditional role of a helpmeet.”
Except ‘helpmeet’ is a partner, not a servant. Toxic Males and more toxic incels constantly misunderstand that verse.
"On the rare occasions that she acts up, she gets a stern “woman” from me, or “you ignorant slut” when she says something ridiculous.”
Yes, you’re married. I believe you.
“I call her all sorts of things, but most of those are reserved for the bedroom.
That being said, anyone who refers to their wife as “my best friend” should have his testicles removed from her purse and shoved through a meat grinder.”
That’s funny. Great if undistinguished ‘nice guy fanfic’ and grotesque characterization.
I actually have a wife and she is the other half of my soul. Best friend. Finest counsel. Smartest sounding-board.
Your mistreatment of someone who could take you for everything you’re worth would be closer to suicide than being A King.