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Kaleva

(36,291 posts)
6. You looking for an ass kicking!
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 10:54 PM
Aug 2017

Saying "My" wife suggests ownership on my part. I refer to the vehicle as "our car" or "the car" but not as "my car".

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,743 posts)
10. I am trying to figure out
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 11:18 PM
Aug 2017

Why you posted what you did. Do you feel she is unstable and you are looking for help or sympathy?

Kaleva

(36,291 posts)
13. She isn't unstable nor am I looking for sympathy.
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 11:39 PM
Aug 2017

Why would you even think that? Do you not see the humor in the situation? Her reply was not what I had expected in response to my statement.

catbyte

(34,360 posts)
12. Sounds like hormones. When I had hormones, I used to be really irrational like that. My poor
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 11:35 PM
Aug 2017

hubby would come in the house and ask what I'd like for dinner. Not what I'm making for dinner. Not what I'd like to make for dinner. Just what sounded good to me. I'd fly into a rage, yelling, "WHY DO I HAVE TO MAKE ALL THE FUCKING DECISIONS AROUND HERE?, RANT RANT RANT, RAVE RAVE RAVE." He cut me slack because he knew it was organic with me. Those last 2 weeks of the month were hell for him and me. He understood because I acted similar to him when he was having an insulin reaction, or low blood sugar. He's been a Type I diabetic since he was 4, so they were fairly common. He knew he couldn't control his hissy fits, and I really couldn't control mine. Everything on my end stopped when hormones weren't an issue for me anymore. He passed away in 2014 & I miss him every day.

Sorry if this was TMI, but you might want to investigate a physical reason for this. Good luck.

Kaleva

(36,291 posts)
14. I think people are reading more into what I wrote
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 11:52 PM
Aug 2017

It not low sugar, hormones, bi-polar or anything like that. It's how we roll. She may be in bad mood over anything and make a snappy remark to me. It's her personality. I got used to this long time ago.

Very sorry to hear about your husband passing away. It sounds like you two were a great couple who understood and supperted each other. I can see why you miss him!

flor-de-jasmim

(2,125 posts)
16. "My" shows a personal relationship. Do you say "the mom", meaning yours?
Sun Aug 6, 2017, 01:42 AM
Aug 2017

For me, just "Wife was..." would be better, but perhaps it is all the same to your wife.

retread

(3,761 posts)
17. Maybe she just recalls what usually comes after those words.
Sun Aug 6, 2017, 07:52 AM
Aug 2017

1. A confession to a major screw-up. or
2. You want something.

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