How do you deal with irritable and grumpy partner?

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Now and again he gets so grumpy and
Irritable and impatient. Not bad enough to dump but bad enough to annoy me.
How do you deal with them ?

I threaten to use his df's name as he is a grumpy old man!!

You don't! if he doesn't have health problems or issues I don't get this!

Have you talked to him about the fact that it bothers you? If so, what did he say? If not, why not?

No health problems.it doesn't happen too often but when he gets like this he is visibly irritable and I'd prefer not to be in his company until he pulls himself
Together.
Maybe that's the answer, ignore him ?

Hrt has helped...!

Mine is v bound down by work and clearly has a brain that struggles to keep going and remembering things in the way I can (on hrt!) he's also v impatient.

I also think he channels his dad when he was young who can be quite bluntly grumpy.

It can be really helpful to chat to them when they're not grumpy and tell them
It's really affecting you but you'd like to help. Help might be ignoring him till he's feeling more able to communicate effectively.

Also

Ignore.

I've told him to stop throwing a tantrum before.

I've removed my self completely from the situation.

"I'm not going to respond to this attitude/ behaviour."

"I don't respond to being spoken to like that."

The banshee thing did actually work once when I was at the end of my tether (he was grumpy nit picking) but isn't a long term solution!

Dh has been taking it on board.

He got a lot worse over the last few years as his company grew and took on more staff.