Things have not been easy between DH and me forever for quite a while now.
I get frequently accused of being sarcastic, and I simply do not get it at all - I really don't quite understand the concept!
He tends to write the shortest text messages and emails to me; mostly things like 'Ok' or the bare essentials ('Leaving now'; 'My holidays are on these dates' etc).
I'm actually sad that I don't merit a friendlier conversation style, and have teased him before about it - saying for example that I appreciate his concise style, or something to that effect. Especially if I've written a detailed message, just to get 'OK' as a response.
He says he's too busy to write, but today he managed three whole sentences in an email - telling me off for 'shouting' at him in an email.
(I had said 'But the children are at school then!' - I wouldn't have thought this is shouting.)
I replied that I was amazed by his eloquence.
He said that was my 'typical' sarcasm.
I get that this is tongue-in-cheek - but I thought sarcasm was actually malicious?
Please let me know what you think - maybe my communication style is bad!
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Please explain sarcasm to me
brightnearly · 21/03/2017 17:33
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