Husbands have responsibilities of leader, protector, provider. Women have the responsibilities of being a wife, a mother, and a homemaker. If either one neglects these responsibilities, or commits adultery, abuse, or develop an addiction, it is a breech of wedding vows and the other party is not morally obligated to honor said contract. Certain circumstances such as finances, death, or disability may necessitate individual adaptation but one should not shirk said responsibilities for selfish reasons.
Leader - Provide a moral foundation within the home, provide guidance, set a good example, expect standards to be met. Take responsibility of budgets of time and money. This does not mean you rule with an iron fist, but you take responsibility for decisions made within the home.
Protector - You are responsible for protecting your family from physical attacks, including seeing that your family knows how to protect themselves as much as possible. Include personal safety from fire, financial troubles, and others. See that your family is protected from intellectual attacks from media and spiritual attacks out there. (enforce your daughter to be home by 10)
Provider - Go to work, you lazy bum. It doesn't mean you are obligated to get your wife a Corvette, but you need to enable your wife and kids to have the basic necessities.
Wife - Be sexual with your husband, maintain reasonable appearance and hygiene. Be pleasant and not argumentative, sustain your husband's role as leader. Be his helpmeet and support him in his work. Give encouragement and respect.
Mother - Have several children as agreed by you, God, and your husband. Nurture them in their youth (diapers, feeding, caring, give attention). Teach children through day to day. Homeschool them when they reach 4 years old. Help them learn a strong moral code.
Housekeeper - Cheerfully serve your husband and children with cooking, cleaning, and seeing that your husband knows of any repairs that need to be made. Have a good home cooked meal ready when he comes home. Clean up clutter regularly, and deep clean often. See that laundry is done. Beautify the home with gardening, lawn maintenance, and decorations.
Adultery - Sexual relations with anyone else, including pornographic material. Developing inappropriate emotional connections with others.
Abuse - Physical, sexual, verbal or manipulative attacks intended to coerce the other. An argument where both are running off at the mouth is not abuse. Abusive attacks generally go in one direction where the other shuts down.
Addictions - compulsive substance abuse or behaviors which negatively change an individual to a conditions where they become unsafe to their family.
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