Do boys ever grow up

[bornintheuk2]

I read the threads daily and am surprised/disappointed how many of the DP/H on here seem not to have progressed emotionally from boyhood.
So much emotional blackmail, sulking if they can't get their own way, the silent treatment, gaslighting issues, throwing their toys out of the pram- the list goes on. Perhaps, the nature of this forum and the faceless nature of the posters encourages us to see and identify what's going on in our lives. I know it has with me. I just thought DH's behaviour was part of who he is and not that it was emotional abuse. Ah well!!

I think you're generalising from a sample of women who are posting about relationships with problems.

I mean, the big and horrible surprise of Mn for me was also how many women are living longterm in unhappy and unequal relationships with no sense that they deserve anything more, or that other types of relationship are available.

DH, even when he's at his most insufferable, is an actual adult, who fully participates in all parenting, household-running etc.