https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:08:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-207110 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:24:39 +0000 sslm 207110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm definitely bossy and DH is definitely easy going!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-207080 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:53:25 +0000 MrsBrewer 207080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say that I am definitely bossy, and DH is really laid back. He does go out of way 99% of the time to let me get my way. But when it comes down to big decisions, he's the head of our family so he always has final say :-) I like it that way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-207033 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:22:34 +0000 mrs. wagon 207033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm bossy, critical, and overbearing. Always have been (I'm my mother!). Wagon Sr. is extremely easygoing. Being married to him has definitely made me better and more aware of my negative qualities and work on them because I care about him, and not just because it would make me a better person. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206603 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:54:17 +0000 Running Elley 206603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m definitely bossy and, thankfully, DH is really easygoing. Like @jholler though my husband is not a pushover and the fact that he goes with the slow most of the time does make me really inclined to listen/go with what he wants when he does feel really strongly about something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206598 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:51:41 +0000 ladyfingers 206598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm bossy, DH is easygoing, so for us your theory is correct! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206330 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:17:34 +0000 nana87 206330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've actually been thinking about this a lot lately, lol! And have had convos about this with like 3 people recently, including my mom and bff. Before dating my dh (we've been together 6 years now), I was always pretty quiet and not the most confident, so I would often defer to other people. I don't know if it was because of my relationship with dh, or just growing up in general (I was 22 when we met), but I've become much more assertive and confident! Dh is super laid back about most things, and I'm really easy-going too still, but I'm much more likely to take charge now. Like, last week my mom and I were shopping for a couch for her, and for some reason I was the one going up to sales people and asking her questions for her. Or the other week I was travelling overseas and met up with a friend who was also visiting there, and she let me choose where we were going for the most part because I had a better sense of direction when we were walking around and knew of more places since I'd spent more time there. In my relationship with dh though there's a lot of compromise and we take turns being bossy about different things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206318 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:13:41 +0000 PrincessBaby 206318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not bossy per se, but DH totally lets me do what I want for the most part. But he is NOT a pushover, and he will put his foot down if he feels strongly enough about something to let me know about it. And when that happens, I generally oblige because he lets so much stuff go on in our house that he doesn't say much about:) But he can be stern, and it's rare, but when he is - I do listen.</p> <p>For example, I have been going nuts buying some pretty unnecessary and ridiculous stuff for our baby. He has just smiled and agreed how cute everything is. He is excited. But I still have 5 months to go, so I'm sure at some point I'm going to get a Hard Stop - J, Slow your roll! - talk from him...And I'll listen:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206293 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:04:25 +0000 dc yoga bee 206293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is us to a tee. I'd prefer to say I'm "assertive" rather than "bossy," and DH is SUPER laid back. I think that's why we get along so well. Although, I ask him why in the world do you want to be with someone who is "bossy!" He says I make his life interesting! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206274 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:51:45 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 206274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are both pretty ridiculously laid back. I am talking like three disagreements a year, max. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206262 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:46:27 +0000 Minnie_Girl 206262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm very low maintenance and laid back, though rather obsessive about certain things. DH is somewhat more picky in general and likes giving directions/advice. His ex-wife was super high maintenance and bossy, so he really appreciates my calm, haha. We balance each other well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206221 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:07:50 +0000 chrispygal 206221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not bossy in general, but I do have my moments. DH is very easy going, yet sometimes he is painfully stubborn about silly things. I think our biggest dynamic is the fact that I am a bit more "spicy" than DH so his being laid back is works very well for us. Otherwise I can easily be worked up and if he was the same, we'd fight a lot more. Pre-pregnancy we didn't fight that much at all. Just a few blowouts, which usually happen with DH just hits his limit and blows. When that happens, I back right down and try to calm the situation. Since I've been pregnant though, we've been bickering a LOT. I am hormonal and not happy and it's been a loooong 9 months! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206161 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:32:58 +0000 Maysprout 206161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually easygoing but when life gets hectic there are times when I become more direct. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206152 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:25:17 +0000 eeh 206152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm definitely the bossy one in our relationship. I often times have to remind myself to turn the teacher off when I'm at home. My husband is very easy going. </p> <p>I do get frustrated at times though because he tells me I'm being bossy just because I ask him to do something. He tends to put things off for awhile so I have to ask more than once and he considers that bossy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206149 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:20:57 +0000 Modern Daisy 206149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm.. I don't know. Because when I think of 'bossy' I think 'nagging' and I'm definitely not a nag. I'm more like the neck that turns the head (DH). I'll never give him an outright 'order', but I'll say quietly to him so no one else can hear "Maybe you should help your Mom unload the groceries" and he won't even blink before running over to do it. That really sums up how we interact actually! </p> <p>And I do run our household, but I'll give him a choice of how he helps out then I leave him alone about it. I can honestly say we've never fought over anything like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206133 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:53:36 +0000 mrsjyw 206133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: LOL DH uses that same term all the time! :)</p> <p>But it's usually for when neither of us can make up our mind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206123 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:41:15 +0000 mrs. bird 206123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, I guess I can be a bit bossy, it's more that as long as his few goals are met, he really doesn't care and I do, so I end up getting my way. He does call 'executive decision' on occasion, in our house you call that when you make a choice for us that is not up for debate. I don't call them, so I guess since he does, I can say we're equally bossy, just at different times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206121 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:38:07 +0000 heffalump 206121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're both easy going. It makes it hard because nobody makes decisions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206103 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:26:46 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 206103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm bossy with some things like cleaning. He is pretty much easy going all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-206096 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:22:21 +0000 mrsjyw 206096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, but I think this is a common theme among all my gfs (all of us are first born dating youngest, onlys)... :P</p> <p>But there are also things that I'm super laid back about that DH gets his way with-- so there's a balance :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-205617 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:07:29 +0000 Meridian 205617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm bossy and he's easy-going... thank goodness! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-205503 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:34:29 +0000 lemondrop 205503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: admitting it is the first step. j/k ;) </p> <p>It does amaze me that guys only care about so few things, but when they do, they care a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-205476 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:27:52 +0000 Rubies 205476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubs is very easy going and always has been. I'm not bossy, I just know what I want. I'm always up for compromise but since hubs doesn't really care, I usually get my way. But when the hubs DOES care, he gets his way because it's so rare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-205470 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:25:55 +0000 banana 205470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're both bossy and easy going depending on different things. Like with household stuff, I'm SUPER bossy and he's more easy going. But with finances, my husband is WAY more bossy. I guess we just kind of even each other out. When it comes to my son, oddly, he's much more bossier than me. I think he feels like he has to "protect" him since he's a boy. Man... i'm scared of how bossy he'll get when we have our little girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-205464 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:23:48 +0000 lemondrop 205464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we are both pretty easygoing, so much that sometimes we have a hard time getting things done. </p> <p>Deep down I do have control freak tendencies, but I am learning to let them go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-205462 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:22:11 +0000 chopsuey 205462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty easy going, but I can be bossy too. :)<br /> DH.. is the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-bossy-with-an-easygoing-so#post-205457 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:20:55 +0000 mrbee 205457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had lunch today with someone who is a bit bossy. She was saying that her SO is easygoing and just doesn't care about most things. But it occurred to me that that's probably not a coincidence?</p> <p>I don't know though... it was just a half-formed theory over lunch!</p> <p>Are you bossy with an easygoing SO? Are you easygoing with a bossy SO? Or are you someone whose very existence threatens my new theory haha? </p>