Tag Archives: negotiation

Resisting passive aggressive actions…

There is a nice letter asking to comment on “resistance activities” as in, “how can I resist one of my husband’s favorite tricks, such as over-promising and never delivering”? Perhaps there is a way…Given that passive-aggressive people generally operate most effectively when they are in one-on-one conversations, its spell is contingent upon intimate conversations, one [...]

Passive aggression and home duties

In a normal marriage, there is always going on a healthy negotiation about shared tasks, sometimes described as “marital division of labor.” Both can agree in a simple conversation who is going to do what, taking into account the circumstances of each person, but also the need to have the tasks done. As an example, [...]

Is your Passive Aggressive Spouse Making you Feel Crazy?

Have you ever had one of those fights with your spouse where you just explode while your mate just looks at you calmly, making you feel like you have lost your mind? He’ll call you crazy and brush off what had made you so upset in the first place.  Lets rewind and take a look [...]

He says what I want to hear, but does what he wants to do

Have you ever been in this situation? He constantly devalues me (little put downs but he is always “just joking”). He says what I want to hear and does what he wants to do then makes me crazy with “Well I thought we were just having a conversation. I didn’t realize that you thought we [...]

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