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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn’t normal behavior? I’ve been dealing with this on steroids, getting increasingly worse over 10 years.

Get therapy or get out, OP. It doesn’t get better.[/quote]

My husband is like this at times. It's like he's fuming mad over the most ridiculous things. There's usually something that actually set him off: he has a cold, our teenager got a bad grade, the neighbors' kids are over at the house. And then he just lashes out or gives me daggers. Kids' clothes are a trigger - one of our kids is always hot and hates to wear heavy clothes. I seriously have to regulate my HS son's wardrobe decisions to try to keep my husband from freaking out.

I'm a successful person, came from a nice happy family, and sometimes I can't believe this is happening to me. I could leave, in theory. But I don't have much confidence that would make my life easier. And when my husband isn't fuming, we get along well. As long as I don't talk about the fuming or try to get him to do something he doesn't want to do.

And no, it's not infidelity. It's angry middle-aged man syndrome (AMS) - very very common. My husband actually jokes about it when he's in an okay mood. I see it in the workplace as well. Brett Kavanaugh's testimony - that was AMS. I wish I knew the cure.

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