History Main / LovedINotHonorMore

** It is worth noting that divorce and infidelity are both major problems in the armed forces, and have been for such a long time that many cadences, the songs American troops sing while marching and running in formation to keep time, reference Jody, a hypothetical man back home who is [[YourCheatingHeart spending time with their loved ones while they are away.]] To the point where the songs themselves are also known as "Jodies."

* After being a CelibateHero for a long time Franchise/{{Superman}} switched to this trope and married Lois, though occasionally he'd slip into AlwaysSaveTheGirl DependingOnTheWriter.
* Pictured above is Marvel's [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] and his wife Hebe. They have a spat concerning Hercules' abandonment of their home on Olympus as well as his tendency to be unfaithful. Hercules states that Hebe herself is never the problem, but he himself is addicted to heroism, hedonism and adventure. She tells him that this is ''exactly'' why she loves him and she doesn't resent him for it, but she only wanted to say that it'd be nice if he came home every once in a while.
* Comicbook/SpiderMan's relationship with Mary Jane frequently features this trope.

* After being a CelibateHero for a long time Superman switched to this trope and married Lois, though occasionally he'd slip into AlwaysSaveTheGirl DependingOnTheWriter.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' ComicBook/PlasticMan is married to Ramona, a woman [[HenpeckedHusband with a fairly abusive attitude]]. One of the episodes, "Long Arm of the Law!", even focuses on his difficulties in reconciling his family life with crime-fighting. The episode incorporates nearly all the tropes associated with LovedINotHonorMore - eventually his family is put in great danger as a result of his past involvement with a criminal group and he makes a HeroicSacrifice to save his family. [[spoiler: Obviously, a way to reverse it is later found - this is ''Brave And The Bold'' we're talking about.]] Different in that it sympathizes more with Plas than Ramona, and Ramona doesn't take her husband's heroic commitment to bringing justice very seriously, mocking him quite a few times onscreen. On the other hand, her attitude is somewhat justifiable - Plas can be rather ineffectual and irresponsible.

-->-- '''Richard Lovelace''', ''To Lucasta, Going to the Wars''

-->-- '''Richard Lovelace''', "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars"

Doesn't overlap with TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife because your significant other has to be in on any masquerade in cases of this trope. May overlap with ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies but not necessarily, unless the hero leaves his love interest to protect her (then it becomes ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies); if the hero could recite Lovelace's poem in context, it's this trope (too). Compare MarriedToTheJob.

* Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'s relationship with Mary Jane frequently features this trope.

** In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' the relationship between Miles and Keiko O'Brien is often strained by the demands of Miles' position as the seniormost enlisted man aboard Deep Space 9, but the two stay together. It helps somewhat that Keiko is herself former Starfleet (they met in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' when she was a botanist in the ''Enterprise'''s science department).

** War, one of Death's fellow Horsemen, in ''Thief of Time'', is revealed to be a HenpeckedHusband by his Valkyrie wife. However, when the times comes, he finds himself, placed his helmet upon his head and joins the Horsemen to their Duty, impressing her, making his wife blush a little, and reminding her of who her husband used to be.

* The ultimate reason Pepper Potts leaves Tony Stark in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is he simply can ''not'' put his ChronicHeroSyndrome aside and stop being Iron Man, no matter how much it destroys their marriage or even he himself.

* Comicbook/{{Spiderman}}'s relationship with Mary Jane frequently features this trope.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', despite being ''far'' more competent as an investigator, Naomi Misora has agreed to [[QuittingToGetMarried quit her FBI job]] and become a {{Housewife}}, while allowing her fiance Raye Penbar to investigate Kira. (He says [[ForYourOwnGood it's to protect her]], because he worries about her in such a risky line of work, though it comes across as him being sexist (and possibly emotionally abusive)). It does ''not'' end well, for either one of them.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheTheOriginalSeries'', Kirk, while under the influence of the Polywater, talks about how life as a starship captain can be an extreme form of this trope:

* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' the relationship between Miles and Keiko O'Brien is often strained by the demands of Miles' position as the seniormost enlisted man aboard Deep Space 9, but the two stay together. It helps somewhat that Keiko is herself former Starfleet (they met in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' when she was a botanist in the ''Enterprise'''s science department).

** It is worth noting that divorce and infidelity are both major problems in the armed forces, and have been for such a long time that many cadences, the songs American troops sing while marching and running in formation to keep time, reference Jody, a hypothetical man back home who is [[YourCheatingHeart spending time with their loved ones while they are away.]]

* [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Captain Carrot]] has shades of this in his relationship with Angua. Not that [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Angua]] is lacking ways to protect herself. And as a police officer herself, she's involved with the same things that Carrot is. But he demonstrates the trope whenever a conflict between his relationship and his duties as a policeman does arise:
--> '''Vimes:''' He [[spoiler: killed Angua]]. Doesn't that mean anything to you?
--> '''Carrot:''' Yes. But personal isn't the same as important.

** King Bradley loves his wife but places his duty as Führer and [[spoiler:his service to Father]] before her without question. When asked if he has a message for her [[spoiler:while dying]], he responds that she understood he adhered to this trope and knew the dangers he faced.
--> '''Bradley''': My wife understands. She is the woman that ''I'' chose to live by my side. There are no more words that need to pass between us now. That's what it means to be the wife of the Führer.

* King Bradley of ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' loves his wife but places his duty as Führer and [[spoiler:his service to Father]] before her without question. When asked if he has a message for her [[spoiler:while dying]], he responds that she understood he adhered to this trope and knew the dangers he faced.

[[caption-width-right:280:[[AllAmazonsWantHercules It ain't just Amazons that want Hercules.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Not anymore as of ComicBook/OneMoreDay]].

* ''GoneWithTheWind'': Rhett himself quotes this just before he leaves Scarlett, Melanie, the two children, and Prissy, to finally (and belatedly) join the war against the Yankees.

* In Series/{{NCIS}} ''Power Down'' a USO officer (and spy) is kidnapped and forced to work for enemy agents. She resists and is killed in a place where she knows her body will be found and investigated. Gibbs addresses her bereaved husband thus: