Well we all have the silent little cues that tell us we've done something that they disapprove of. In my case it's just a little look that no-one else could possibly notice (sure he's the perfect gentleman in public), a change in his stance - he slightly hunches his shoulders and then the cold shoulder. All completely imperceptible to anyone else but of course I know and that's all that counts right?
I have come to the point where I realise I need to change how I react to my EA husband. We have been together for almost 18 years and although I have known for some time that I am in an EA relationship I have up to now been unable to find a way to deal with his behaviours. Like many women in my position we conform to avoid the 'mood'. I have somehow managed to detach myself lately and currently couldn't give a flying fuck care less about his reactions to whatever it is i'm supposed to have done to upset him this week. I'm at the stage now where i'm wondering "what's the worst that could happen?". Why am I pandering to him? I am waiting to see if he'll spontaneously combust or something because i'm now sitting here looking at myself trying to figure out why I alter my behaviour to suit him when there is absolutely nothing wrong with anything i'm doing. Perhaps i'm having a lightbulb moment.
Thanks to anyone bored enough to read my ramblings!
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My EA husband can go to hell! What little things signal a 'mood' is brewing in your house?
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