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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Awe, your husband is supporting you and respecting you. Mine does this.

I ask the kids to get upstairs. They don’t listen. I ask again, they say they are going. I ask again. Nope. The fourth time I say now. Nope they still do t. Then I raise my voice. When my husband hears this, he raises his voice loudly.

He is backing you up! Be happy. [/quote]

NP. There's a difference between these two scenarios:

1) Mom is just nagging and the kids aren't doing anything, Dad "backs her up" with a sterner "Echo."

2) Mom is telling the kids to do something and they are beginning to comply and Dad sticks his nose in with a harsher and unnecessary "echo."

The first one is still problematic IMO because I don't think parents should stick their noses in to the other's conflict without consent in most cases-- it's condescending and disempowering (and sometimes sexist). They can have conversations at other times if they have problems with the other's communication, so they can get on the same page.

But I think the second is worse, and I've experienced it when DH is stressed. Escalating for no reason when you have things under control.[/quote]

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