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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d watch for a pattern but if it’s really out of character and he is a good husband and father, I’d find some grace and be patient with him. Assume it’s temporary and stop exacerbating the situation. If it becomes a pattern, then seek help from a counselor and schedule a doctor appointment for him - could be low testosterone levels or something else. My husband is a dick a lot (ADHD) so I experience that type of behavior weekly and it’s exhausting. I’m sorry it’s been a hard week.[/quote]

Thank you, I appreciate this advice and other responses.  I'm sitting here at my desk not getting any work done and just stewing, and trying to stop myself from going back over to him and reopening everything.  The thought of going in and assuming we're on for dinner together and acting like he didn't curse me out is also totally unappealing, but I will try to swallow my pride and open up the outing as a chance to talk.  Testosterone levels would have never occurred to me, but good to know.[/quote]

DP. Give yourself another 10-15 minutes of stewing. Maybe write down everything you want to say to him. Then when the time is up, refocus on something else--work or whatever. You know no good can come of reopening things right now. But this too shall pass, so try to keep things in perspective.

In this instance, I'd probably go up to him and say "Hey, I'm not happy about what happened earlier. I don't think either one of us handled it very well. I can tell you're really stressed out about work and when you're ready, I'd like to talk about all of this more so that we can understand what we need to do differently. But I was really looking forward to tonight, and I'd still like to go if you're up for it. Maybe we could both use time to reconnect. But if you're not up for it, we can find another time." Don't get hung up on the fact that you have to make the first move. Someone has to do it and for all you know, he might be feeling so terrible, he doesn't even know how to approach you.[/quote]

OP here and I'm going to do this when I hear he's off his work call.  Thank you.

As for the other PP accusing me of the "yadda yadda"ing, I know.  I knew I'd get called out for that as I was writing.  It was a lot of me asking why he would prioritize moving something that's bothering him but not prioritize moving the stuff that's bothering me, it was me telling him he already has the better home office set up so don't mess with stuff in mine (our apartment is small, we have extremely limited options for where we can do work). I think that was the point at which things spiraled and I moved his items off the mantel and onto the bookshelf, and he went to the bathroom and cleared out my stuff in response.  Yadda yadda yadda.

But I'll go back there and suggest we keep our plans together this evening and we'll go from there.[/quote]

PP. You've got a plan now, so see how it goes. As for the argument about moving stuff--and I say this gently--your response was a bit defensive and you made it about you. There's a time and a place for both of your needs to be heard, and sometimes you have to take turns. Even though it's frustrating to be in these situations, a better approach might have been, "I see this table is really bothering you. Let's figure out where it needs to go once I'm done with work. And maybe then we can also talk about where this other stuff needs to go."

You guys are stuck in a tit-for-tat death spiral and one of you need to pull you out of it.[/quote]

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