| There's a long standing reality in my 19 month old marriage that is regular and that is fighting. My wife is a feminist and is a pretty passionate character when it comes to women's rights and issues. These are so strongly held that it drives me nutts. Up hntil recently, I was always a 'focus on the positive in your relationship' kind of guy. However after our recent separation two months ago and we deciding (again) to work things out, I confess to not really being the same man I used to be emotionally with her. Two separations and numerous threats of divorce have sucked much hope and trust out of me. As I have struggled, she has increasingly become more negative. Barely a few days go by without some kind of complaint of dissatisfaction with something that I do or don't do. I am just tired of the constant complaints and demands. I simply just shut down. So tonight while a list of my ineptitudes were being thrown at me I asked her to please stop nagging me and that I don't like the way she is talking to me. She took serious offense to the word nagging because it was sexist rude and chauvinistic. I was fuming. I offered to explain what I meant by nagging and saw nothing gender specific about the word...but oh no! She didn't want to know. Now she's mega pissed. Would you women on TAM consider sexist if a man asked you to stop nagging? Posted via Mobile Device | |||
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