I highly doubt your assertion that you and your "wife" spend large amounts of time in any dangerous environment, alone together.
But assuming you are not lying, I do hope she abides by your explicit instructions.
Can't have her thinking for herself, and judging a life threatening situation differently than you would, can we?
BTW, I sincerely hope I would have taken up whatever defense mechanism was available, had that been a stranger I saw under attack from an animal.
I have no doubt whatsoever that I would have used my bare hands, if that was all that was available to me, for one that I loved.
I wish I could be as certain that I would do as much for a stranger...just as I doubt a stranger would do as much for me.
How far we have strayed from each other, in our civilized society...
""Can't have her thinking for herself, and judging a life threatening situation differently than you would, can we?"
For your information lady, my "wife" is a brain injury patient due to a tragic car accident 13 years ago. After 11 surgeries to reconstruct her face she is doing as well as she can at this point in time. Her cognitive problems will remain permanently impaired for the rest of her life. She does need me to watch out for her safety. We have been married for 26 years and I look forward to at least that many more with her, in spite of her disabilities.
And furthermore, we do spend most of every day in our woods except in the winter months. It is our business to be in the woods. I was unable to continue my work as usual after her accident and long ongoing recovery period. As her primary caregiver, I went into the organic herb growing business. We are a registered nursery here in NY state and are quite well known in the industry.
We have bears, mountain lions and coyotes that frequently visit our farm, so yes, it is a dangerous environment.
Now don't you wish you would have kept your pompous remarks to yourself? Hope you sleep well tonight.