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But I made an issue of the precise wording of the vows. I wanted liberalized ones, with no outmoded Pauline nonsense exacting from the bride the promise to ‘obey’ the groom. Here I put my foot down, rather in the manner of a husband determined to show at the outset who was boss. ‘I’ll have no obedience around here!’ I said, banging the table. ‘Is that clear?”Is it an order?”Yes.
