My wife took my crucifix down

[Nelka]

I’m losing the will to carry on. It’s always something.

 

[Charybdis]

I think this situation is just a symptom of a much large issue going on. But, as you said, when your wife saw the crucifix and immediately got angry and tore it down, that is a red flag after you said she is a practicing Catholic.

Begs the question, if she is a practicing Catholic, then why the adverse reaction to seeing a crucifix? Maybe she is not practicing quite as hard as she could be

 

[Xanthippe_Voorhees]

I think this situation is just a symptom of a much large issue going on. But, as you said, when your wife saw the crucifix and immediately got angry and tore it down, that is a red flag after you said she is a practicing Catholic.

Begs the question, if she is a practicing Catholic, then why the adverse reaction to seeing a crucifix? Maybe she is not practicing quite as hard as she could be

Read Nelka’s posting history. Things have been contentious with his wife for quite some time…years. There’s a ton of “it takes two to tango” going on. From what he has posted they have basically been two separate people living in the same house and agreeing to raise the children without ever fully communicating.

 

[Xantippe]

Not to be totally confusing or anything but we’re both moms And we both care for special needs kids (in her case her daughter, in my case, my niece…although not so much this year as last)

Yeah, it can be a little confusing.

 

[buglady]

It reminds me of the time I came home from work and something seemed a little off. In looking around, I discovered the picture of Christ covered up with a brown paper bag. I also noticed my Infant of Prague statue covered up. I don’t remember if anything else was covered since I had a crucifix in the bedroom. Who did this? I don’t know. I guess I will never know.

I asked my husband and he said he didn’t do it. I asked my daughter, and she said she knew nothing about it. I said, well, it couldn’t have just happened. There must have been SOMEONE who did it.

My daughter thought someone climbed in the window from the outside and did it. Although that’s a possibility (we lived on the first floor) I simply wasn’t buying it.

Never did find out.

 

[Nelka]

That is strange.

 

[FrDavid96]

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One cannot secretly bless someone else’s property. @frdavid96 has spoken about this on other threads. Perhaps he can speak with greater clearity here.

It is not that it “cannot” be done, but rather that we do not do it. If the owner doesn’t want the blessing, it’s not proper to impart one.

 

[Allegra]

Sounds like you and your wife have control issues. Yes, it was a little discourteous of you to hang a decoration in what I assume is a major room in the house without discussing it with her first. Her reaction seems really extreme though. I have a really hard time imagining my husband hanging something up in our living room without even asking me first. I wouldn’t have a problem if he found a crucifix he liked and wanted it in the room, but I would probably have some opinions on where he hung it and how. We don’t just tack things to our wall all willy-nilly. I think you should go back to your wife and say something like, “I found this crucifix and I really like it and would like to hang it up in our home. Where do you think it should go?” Be accepting if it isn’t such a prominent place as you initially wanted, and be willing to compromise. Maybe she would be okay if you agreed to move one of your other religious pieces to a more private part of the home?