Sulking OH

[thriceaaka]

What do other people do when their OH sulks and stonewalls? I may have done something to annoy him but how am I to know, let alone apologise, if he just sulks and won't speak?

Does he do it often? How do you usually react? What's the rest of the relationship like otherwise?

Just ignore them back and get on with something to pass the time.

I did what FabbyChic suggests and had a nice evening as he went and sulked upstairs. I think it was DDs refusal to watch a roller-blading 'tutorial' DVD with him just when he wanted that sparked the sulkiness and then I went and countermanded something he'd said (he could have spoken up at this point and I would have back-tracked, but he didn't). So silly.
buzzsore, he is a nice man and good father but decidedly moody, which is difficult. I often wonder if he suffers from some kind of mild depression. He has taken steps to 'relax', e.g. buying books, DVDs, mats, etc to learn to meditate, but he lacks sticking power so that idea fizzled out after a very short while, as do many of his ideas. I find it sad and hard to deal with because there's not a lot I can say or do that would help and that's frustrating. Even more frustrating living with someone who sulks and will not talk about whatever's bothering him. He was clearly angry with me but he cannot or will not deal with anger by simply telling me what it is that has made him angry. Then he stores it up as resentment ? an excuse to sulk some more. Not healthy. Sigh.
What made me cross yesterday was that when I called him and DD down to dinner, he just came down, shovelled the food in and left without a single word, nor even a friendly glance. I think that is rude and that he could at least be civilised.

omg.not a good time for u.is he depressed?not good if he is being unkind to u.get him on his own no children to hear and tell him how he is making u feel..he will destroy yor confidence if you dont have this out with him.You will be walking on egg shells the rest of your life.xx

Next time leave his food in the oven and he can get it when he wants.

feelingafailure and LoveBeingAbleToNamechange, thank you. Two good ideas there. Will do both. Yeah, the eggshell scenario is not nice, is it, especially as I'm a straightforward kind of person. I could cope with an angry outburst but sulking is just emotional blackmail and, because he's so easily grumpy, it's v difficult to find a good moment to talk about relationship things.
Anyway, good news is, he's making an effort this morning to be friendly.
Thanks, guys. It's good to get stuff off yr chest.

I love being able to change name too. Only done it oonce so far and I'm comfortable with my current one. Aaka is an Eskimo word for alpha she-wolf.
;-)