Partners with power

Tuesday's discussion of how couples interact when making decisions made me think about when my boyfriend and I went shopping the previous weekend. We have recently decided to move in together. We went furniture shopping to look for things that we will need. I would say that in most situations I let him choose options that he likes. However when we were looking for furniture, he knows that I know more about what makes furniture "good" because my mom has expensive furniture and has showed me what to look for when purchasing new items. While I let my boyfriend have a say in what pieces he like, ultimately, I had the final say in what pieces we bought. When we were deciding where to live, he also let me make the final decision, we agreed upon two places but he "let" me choose. He said he could be happy at both places so he told me to pick the place I would would be happy with the most.