Grumpy men

[Confusedpossibly]

interested to know how people deal with grumpy partners? Not grumpy “all” the time, but say work gets on top of someone and they go beetroot face angry about little things, not at you but enough to bring the atmosphere down

thank you 🌸

that is what we are here for. Vent away

What is grumpy?

Covers so many bases.

It could mean anything.

One is understandable - natural perhaps at times with some of the pressures of life.

One is just a dull dreary person.

Another is a blood sucking, negative kill—joy.

What kind is it?

(I think low level grumpiness, ongoing, can sometimes signal a lack of self honesty in relation to life? A kind of low level avoidance, like guerilla warfare? Life can be very tough and moaning can be away of avoiding facing difficult truths?)

It depends on how much reciprocity there is. I can be a bit of a curmudgeon, so can tolerate the same from my DH up to a point. He's pretty low on empathy though, so I'm disinclined to nursemaid him through any emotional crises these days because he's just left me to deal with mine alone once too often.