DH and I are having a bit of a difficult time just now. One of the things he complains about it how “everyday conversation” turns into something frosty/defensive/challenging.
The example he gave today (is very petty, I warn you) I was folding clothes. He came in to help and said that the coat hangers (which I recently purchased) are too big and stretch the children’s clothes. I replied with “only if you force them in through the neck”, he said no as they’re too broad and leave the arms “weird” and that was the end of the conversation.
Talking about this today, he said he felt like I took the comment personally and reacted. I said that putting the clothes away is very much my role and it felt like he was coming in with an “I know best” kind of attitude.
i know this is all very pathetic, but we have some big issues at the moment and this kind of daily petty thing is happening ALL THE TIME. Help me make sense of it?