Do you Ignore, Suffer, or Confront Passive Aggressive Behavior?
What is Best: Ignore, Suffer, or Confront Passive Aggressive Behavior? Here is really the obnoxious situation that spouses complain about: the moment when you realize that your partner is avoiding going along with you using some passive-aggressive response. It takes some minutes for you to realize that you are not getting any response, not […]
Passive Aggression as a Defensive Skill?
Why using passive aggression as a defensive skill in a personal relationship? I now think passive aggression is selected to be used as a defensive skill to protect against a controlling parent or person from the past. The child, unable to leave, or to confront, takes this third way: to simulate compliance while rebelling internally….and […]
Late Divorce and Passive Aggression: are they connected?
Looking at the link between late divorce and passive aggression There are two pieces of information I’m connecting. Many times, when one of our readers decide to leave the site, she offers her answer to the “Why are you leaving this site?” question. And the answer is…”I left him…” or “I finally divorced.” Having known […]