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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I think it is DH trying to "channel" unloving/uncaring parents - "if I do it this way" (as effed up as possible)  the unloving/uncaring parents would approve??  Their family was extremely dysfunctional, on top of anxiety, on top of abuse. There was no love there (unless they needed something, of course) -  constant seeking approval of the most abusive/uncaring people.  Drama got attention, anything else did not.  DH felt ignored, wants to feel important.  Just brainstorming what comes to mind, in my desperate attempt to understand something completely foreign to me.  I am trying to look out for the kids.

I fully realize that I am too patient, I barely react anymore.  I think I am desensitized.  Coming from a somewhat normal family, I thought most/all other families were somewhat normal, too?  Clearly not the case.  My feelings range from shock to depression to just getting by - whatever it takes for my kids to be safe and feel cared for (everything DH was not, growing up in his dysfunctional house).

Throw DH's extreme stubbornness, needing to make a point, and control issues (all of which his parents clearly had, in collecting information over the years)  it is DH's perfect storm. [/quote]

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