Yep, I agree. The thing was a parody, of course. But it's not too far off the mark. I do think women in long term relationships exert more infleunce on their men, than men do on their women, on balance.
Forbidding friends? All my married friends have had their better halves 'nix' people from their lives. They did so. I don't entirely blame them.
Interesting. Hubby was just as happy I let some friendships lapse, but he's never ordered me to do so, nor have I ever heard of that practice among my friends. And he admitted that part of the reason he was just as happy to see those friends gone is that they reminded him of stupid things he'd done (they were his friends at one time as well), not that he thought they were bad people. Generally, I like his friends and vice versa.