I love my husband. But he does irritate the hell out of me. We lock horns a lot - we've always been quite fiery, pretty confrontational. And defensive. We both defend our corners a lot, which, as I know is not great for relationship success.
We have some great times, but we have sour phases - we're in one now. It feels like we're stuck in a loop. And it's getting tiring. I get scared of thinking of life without him, but I know we also have to sort it out to carry on.
We've had counselling before - he doesn't think it really helped.
We're great when we're with friends! Why is that? Because we show each more respect in front of other people?
We've one son. He would be devastated if we broke up. We're a close unit.
Any suggestions? I feel really emotional about it all today.