The Pros And Cons Of Being Henpecked

Henpecked- browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one’s wife, girlfriend, ect also To dominate or harass (someone, usually a man) with persistent nagging. “I have observed that he was a simple good natured man: he was moreover a kind neighbor, and an obedient, henpecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owning the meekness of spirit which he gained him such universal popularity: for those men are moist apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. (Page 30-31). Before Dave could do anything he had to ask his wife for permission, he was a henpecked husband.

When Rip finds out that both Nicholas Vedder and Brom Dutcher is dead (or missing) also that the schoolmaster Van Bummel