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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Realistically, this is probably the first time you’re witnessing what marriages actually look like.  As a child, you didn’t understand / see them for what they really are (how could you have?)

What happened to happily ever after?  Did it ever exist? [b] I’ve talked to long married women in their 70s /80s.  They describe “rough patches” that lasted YEARS…[/b][/quote]

I think this is definitely true and I will end up being one of these ladies. I love my husband dearly, but he annoys the heck out of me (and I him).  He snapped at our 8 yo this morning for eating dry cereal with her hand - to the point she was crying because he literally said "i dont care" when she tried to explain why she was eating with her hand.  I quickly comforted her and he got super annoyed with me.  Not a divorcable offense and he has many many good qualities.  I am definitely not happy with this "impatient patch". I also understand it's hard - tough demanding careers, sick old parents (one died), raising kids, trying to keep fit, not sleeping enough, getting age related health concerns, etc, etc.  This won't last forever and we'll eventually get back to us.  I think some people just don't focus on the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Hmmm. Not a divorecable offense for [i]you[/i]. He, on the other hand, might get sick of being undermined. [/quote]

If he views me comforting my child when he over-reacts and makes her cry as "undermining", then that says more about him. He should learn to control how he speaks to people so as not to make them cry. [/quote]

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