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[quote=Anonymous]Op - you say this came out of nowhere and started suddenly 3 months ago. That is a clue. Something changed.

I think you need to see what triggered that change. Was it something in the household, in the marriage or in DH himself?

Could DH be depressed? Any other changes in DH? Are you seeing this change in him in other areas or just with regards to the competitiveness. How is he in terms of relating to you otherwise right now?

You say you are temporarily SAH - was that a joint decision? What triggered that change?

It seems something happened or is happening where he really felt undermined, disrespected or not considered an equal parent and so now he is overcompensating and trying to prove himself and going about it all wrong.

When you ask him about the change - in a non confrontational way - what does he say?

If in a calm moment you told him you were surprised that he ran in and saved the child from a time out as that seemed out of character or hard to understand - how would he respond?[/quote]

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