DH Mr know it all

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How do you deal with anyone let alone your DH who thinks he knows it all ! To the point where I just don't want to discuss anything with him.

He doesn't have a conversation he just talks at me with his opinion.

Is he just a dick ?

Has it always been like this?

He has always been knowledgable but Its got worse since he's started having opinions and thinks he's an expert on everything including my area of work ! I suppose that what annoys me the most.

I just switch off and find him incredibly boring when he does it.

I find that I no longer wish to start a conversation with him.

Sad isn't it ?

Um, well at least he is taking some interest in your work rather than ignoring you actually have a career. When did he start having opinions? And being an expert in everything?

Mine's like that. My Dil used to be the same when he was alive. It makes me laugh, I just say "of course you should know, you're a (surname). All (....s.) know everything".

FIL, not dil!

My H became the world expert on everything.
The last time was the price of Gold in INDIA. I have no idea how he thinks he knows this. It was at a dinner party. And randomly started spouting facts. No one was at all interested, certainly not impressed.
He also likes to be centre of attention.
I have distanced myself from him, for various reasons, and no longer allow it to bug me, just shut it down.
I’d also like to know why they become like this.

Maybe it's a case of Google-itis. In this age of the internet I know people who sit there Googling a multitude of "facts" then spout them to appear clever. I swerve them especially the ones who hardly leave these shores don't really go anywhere, but need to convince others they know everything.

I suppose if you're married to someone like that you are a captive audience, which must be unbearable at times.

I'd have to say something as being talked at constantly is anxiety-inducing and wearing, to say the least. Very unattractive and unappealing trait.

Next time he starts up, say, ' tell me O Oracle, how much I find your mansplaining a turn off. Be precise, and express your answer on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not at all in the mood and 10 means 'iceberg'.'

Have you told him how you feel? Discussed it with him?

My DH can be a bit like that. I now Google the true facts and WhatsApp to him and I have called him Mr. Know it all.

He is intelligent...but his memory on certain facts is wrong and he will not back down unless you have irrefutable evidence. Even then he tries to backtrack on what he said.

It's become a joke tbh.... his own family members have said he enjoys the argument...and would argue that the grass isn't green to prove a point.

So now .. when he does it .. I say "remember when you were convinced xyz.. and you were wrong" or I say "I know I'm right...shall we bet £100 on it"

Yes it's good , in a way, that he takes an interest in my work but it's not really in a positive way. If I start a conversation about an issue I will get talked at about how to deal with it and what I should do. Not in a supportive way. I just now don't want to discuss anything. I sit there and think WTF !

He's also an 'expert ' on the organisation I work for and has an opinion on how it should be run.

It's so tedious.

People who feel they are a fount of all knowledge, over ride others' opinions, talk at people but don't listen, aren't taking an interest in the person opposite them at all. They're interested in themselves.

You will have to sit down and tell him OP, in broken record fashion. I'm sure other people must be swerving him and either talking about or laughing at him too by now as he will massively come across as a pompous, over-opiniated bore. You'll have to be direct with him and not deviate from that.

OMG, my new(ish) boss is like this! He is absolutely the most fucking boring person I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

He is known as 'Noel' in my house!!! 😂

My FIL is like this and I have had to distance myself from him. Knows everything and if you have done something he’ll interrupt you and he’s done it 10 x bigger and better.

You can’t distance yourself from your husband though. Use terminology like ‘when you say X it makes me feel.....’ Make sure he is aware of how it makes you feel.

I think with some men it’s an alpha male thing - they like to exhert their power.