momto4kiddos
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Post by momto4kiddos on Dec 18, 2018 22:00:40 GMT
Kind of a vent, kind of a do you have some advice. dh is not a great communicator, he's more or less an avoider.
He's currently not brought up a subject that i'm pretty sure there is more info on. We started a conversation on it last week and i'm pretty sure he has more info now, but isn't bringing it up to discuss it more (basically the additional info would be from him speaking to someone and while I could ask if he spoke to them the ball was kind of in his court to address it.)
I know he does this because he wants to avoid what he perceives as conflict. Just the other day he was setting something up, doing it badly and ranting and raving. I took over and he accused me of being mad. His ranting and raving is annoying (it's a given if he's doing something that isn't going well.) So while it's annoying, I was not mad I just asked him to let me do it.
So i'm kind of conflicted. His blaming me for being mad at all turns is getting on my last nerve this week. He's overly sensitive so a lot of times I ignore stuff, but now i'm feeling I take a lot of blame for being mad when he's causing the issues himself. I plan on discussing it, but I don't have high expectations for him changing it. Anyone have any advice on getting some positive changes here?
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Post by disneypal on Dec 18, 2018 22:35:59 GMT
I think you have to just know how to talk to a person in the way that is best for them.
For instance....when I was a young adult and still living at home...if my dad was trying to fix something and was getting frustrated or was actually making it worse, my mom would say something like "You are messing it up" or "Just put it away since you are so aggrevated". This would make it worse. I learned to say things like "I wonder if it would work better if maybe we tried doing it this way" or "Can I do something to help?" He would always calm down and listen to me and at least try a different way.
The thing that you started discussing last week that you think he has more info on...you need to find the right time to bring it up. Also, be kind of casual about it. When it seems to be a good time, say something like "John, I keep meaning to ask you, were you able to talk to so-and-so about if so, what did you find out?"
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