Dss is 19 lives with us full time but will not communicate with me in any way- lives like a lodger eating apart from family. Was not ow, he has not been willing to give dh a reason for his behaviour other than he 'doesn't like me'.
Have told dh that I do not not feel respected by him (dh) on the occasion when the three of us are in the kitchen and he carries on talking to dss as if nothing were going on. He bends over backwards in every possible way for dss, and I've told him in a situation where dss is ignoring me, I expect him not to carry on chatting away, childish as that probably is of me.
The bottom line is he has never parented dss with discipline or consequences as dss went no communicado for six months once and dh will not let that happen again.
Luckily there is enough room in the house for dss and I not to tread on eachother's toes but it's the obvious lack of respect from dh that is my problem. I have even gone as far as to tell dh he should say to dss "If you can't respect my wife you should be living elsewhere".
Our relationship otherwise is great. Sorry for the rant.. Any opinions?