March 12, 2010 – 11:18 am
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, [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in impact of passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive personality
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Also tagged control, emotional dependence, expectations, hidden anger, loneliness, negotiation, passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, passive resistance, resentment
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February 25, 2010 – 1:49 pm
Balancing trust with self-preservation is a very difficult balancing act….If you want to keep your trust on your husband’s intentions to treat you well and always defend your interests, then you can’t be second-guessing if he is doing passive aggression against you, right? If you decide that is impossible to be for ever watchful, and [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in passive aggressive behavior, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive personality
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Also tagged blame, confusion, emotional dependence, expectations, frustrated, hidden anger, hurt, loneliness, love, passive aggressive marriage, sabotaging
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February 3, 2010 – 3:23 pm
Let me tell you something…the deep wish under all this Valentine’s Day claptrap is something we don’t dare to mention the rest of the year: TO HAVE A SECURE BUT EXCITING LOVE RELATIONSHIP! How do you combine the two things? Secure is boring….exciting is dangerous….so what gives? For the rest of us, ensconced in a [...]
February 3, 2010 – 2:29 pm
From all the correspondence, postings and requests we receive, the overwhelming majority are desperate wives complaining about their husbands. We have initiated this blog, which reaches sometimes 500 hits a day, to help those wives find ways of preserving their marriages and diminish or control the relationship pain so as to get to a place [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in assertiveness, impact of passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, passive aggressive definition, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive personality
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Also tagged cold shoulder, communication, disengaged feeling, emotional dependence, frustrated, passive aggressive marriage, passive aggressive wife, put downs, resentment, silent partner, unhappiness
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December 18, 2009 – 10:55 pm
For the New Year, I know what I want; It’s the same wish I always knew: If having someone at my side: He will not make the rules – tell me what I do, where I can go, decide by himself who spends the money and what it’s spent on. If accepting someone’s love, this [...]
