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Let’s say your spouse is not feeling well one morning…But you know he and you both have responsibilities so you remind him of them right…Right…

So he snaps at you, tells you in very unkind words to be quiet and close your mouth because he’s not feeling well and because he just told you off you get upset and raise your voice and remind him that you both have responsibilities and that even when you are sick most of the time you too go to work…And right there and then your kids show up so you stop with the screaming and go to work…

So the morning starts sour…You go to work in a horrible mood, then check the bank statement and notice several transactions in one causing the bank to be negative, and then another transaction in another one of something you didn’t even know about…So you call your hubby right, and you ask him hey what’s going on…He apologizes for the morning issue so you forgive but now mention about something that is going on with the BANK so he freaks out and is like “WELL IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE FREE!!!” So you ask more info on the subject and he explains he took a trial offer on something and it’s FREE for the first 15 days…but you just looked at the banks and it is not FREE!! So you remind him you are staring right in it and it’s not free!! So he tells you I will call them and find out, so you hang up the phone on him because he was careless enough to do something without consulting you, and on top of that didn’t verify the facts involved with this “free limited time offer” so you end up negative in a bank account and charged in another one…

He calls you back and tells you he took care of the problem…
You snap at him because you can’t believe that he even did that to begin with, and how in the world could he do something without you even knowing…keeping your voice down because you are at work and obviously unwillingly and unpurposely wasting those few valuable minutes talking to him about the mistake he just made!! All the while he is trying to explain to you that it was a mistake, the company’s mistake for charging and that the negative items will not be going through that they will cancel it and that the other one will take 5 business days for refund and that they will give him 30 days free now!!! You tell him you will see him for lunch and hang up…

He shows up for lunch and is in a terrible mood, he looks horrible too and he asks you to touch his forehead…So you do. And he feels boiling hot…Based on the fact that he is sitting infront of the heater, but you don’t pay attention to that just show concern and support and offer him some pills to help him with his headache and high temperature…
So you are driving to go get the food and something for him to drink when you bring it up again, “you do realize that was really dumb what you did right and that I can’t believe you actually did something without consulting me that included money that right now we don’t have?!”
H: “I told you I took care of it drop it all ready!”
“Well you realize though that if I wouldn’t have checked the bank accounts and found out about them we would have had 3 negative over draft charges of 35 dollars each and we would owe the bank a lot of money?!”
H: “Yeah but I took care of it so what!!”
“Uhm do you not understand?”
H: “WHAT!! Will you just shut the f up all ready and leave me alone for a moment!! I can’t believe you won’t even stop!!”
So you raise your voice and tell him what you feel and he raises his and tells you what he feels and you both go at it until you get the food, and then start talking again and he jumps at you and tells you “Either you shut the f up right now or I will be the one that hammers your head in!!”
And you just freeze and can’t believe he just told you this? And you look at him and ask him what?
Then he tells you “well all you ever do is nag, what the hell is your problem I am not feeling well leave me alone, give me a minute and then start b!tch!ng again but not right now I told you since I woke up I didn’t feel well, so just give me a break! I always take care of you when you are sick why can’t you just leave me alone for a bit…”

So you snap again and yell at him explaining how you still go to work most of the time that you are sick and how he didn’t take care of you the past couple of weeks when you were sick that you had to call the day off, etc, and then again he repeats what he said and you tell him to stop threatening you and he tells you it’s a promise…

When all you were trying to do is make a point that what he did was wrong and immature and all you wanted was an apology about it, instead he tells you this???

What would you do…My bff just called me crying about the whole situation, she told me she knows he’s sick and that he might have bronchitis and that is a terrible illness but does that give him enough excuse to tell her something like that?

It kind of goes back to that post about his wife throwing 2 pillows but this wasn’t just said to anyone or out to the world or to the wall it was said to her personally…I didn’t know what to tell her so I told her I would ask a few people and see what they would advice…

I told her he needed confession badly and to remind him to go tomorrow if he’s feeling better at least enough to talk to her you know? I am sure he didn’t mean it and that his head must have been hurting really bad with the fever and all but still to do or say something like that because his woman was nagging? How many hubbys don’t have a nagging wife once in a while? And vise versa?!
She told me she was at my house, we share keys, and that she was going to stay there till I came home and we talk about it but I don’t have anything else to tell her right now?! 😦
 
These two love each other? 😦
They have been married for 8 years now, and I have never heard them argue that bad…No wait I think 2 times I have heard them because of his mother though, not because of them…I guess his mother wasn’t agreeing with her wanting to keep her last baby as a baby, she wanted her to potty train him since he was like 1 year old and take the bottle at 6 months or something like that and she was devastated…and they argued really bad about it and he started putting his wife before his mother ever since then and that was over what 3 years ago?? Or something like that…

So when she told me about this I didn’t know what to say…That’s why I am like UHM??

And I know that she is a touchy person just her character, everyone can’t argue with her, she snaps quickly I never hear her cus though just returns with an attitude and some mean sarcasm, but I don’t mind it, it’s just words, we’ve discussed her cruel sense of humor and her hubby tells me “that’s what I love about her she keeps me in check!!” So I don’t know what in the world happened today though?!
 
It was not the right thing to say to her, but I can understand why he lost his patience and said it. He called got it settled why did she find the need to keep harping on it? If some one was harping at me like that especially when I did not feel good I would have lost it as well! She sounds like a controller, because he does not act like she acts when she is sick he is wrong:confused:
 
(1) They are both immature
(2) Tell her to stop calling you with her marital problems.
 
When all you were trying to do is make a point that what he did was wrong and immature and all you wanted was an apology about it, instead he tells you this???
When my husband isn’t feeling well, I do NOT badger him about things or complain about anything. And I certainly don’t “compare” how we, as individuals, handle illness and stress. I don’t “remind him of his responsibilities,” or treat him like I think he’s stupid for not “checking out the facts” first – That’s childish. My husband treats me with equal courtesy.

I think your friend was wrong and immature as well, in trying to “make a point.” I don’t know about other married folks, but I’m not in this to “win” (thereby making my spouse the “loser” in a given situation), nor am I on the constant lookout for apologies.

As always, I agree with 1ke. 😉
 
:confused: UGH she just called me and told me he keeps calling her apologizing that all he wanted was for her to give him time to let the pills kick in and she didn’t…And I asked her if he told her that from the beginning and she said he screamed it at her…

Seriously though these two have never fought like that, I think I heard him cuss once and it was because he was drunk at the night his little brother got married to this girl that got into bed with him and his family forced them to get married when they found out she was pg… 😦 And he was like “it’s fn bs…” Or something like that…

So for him to do that it was pretty surprising…

And she didn’t cuss at him she just yelled at him it’s what she told me…

But I told her to talk to him because obviously he didn’t communicate well with her from the beginning and she just didn’t seem to have the patience for him either??? :confused:

UGH that’s one of the reasons I am terrified of getting remarried because I know that my ex didn’t even like communicating with me and it caused so many problems…

Sometimes I think marriage changes men?! Like when my ex and I first dated and everything for 2 years everything was perfect no seriously we would talk for hours and hours I mean about all kinds of stuff…We would go to bed on the phone talking about everything and anything…It was great to have someone to talk to like that and he was my bff, but once I changed my name and said my vows, it’s as if I didn’t deserve to hear his opinion nor voice, it was really weird we didn’t communicate at all!! Even when we went to a marriage counselor the counselor would keep telling him to quit putting rules on me as if he owned me?! 😦 It was very stressful so I am afraid with my db it will be the same…

But with these two I don’t understand why he would even say something like that?!
 
It was not the right thing to say to her, but I can understand why he lost his patience and said it. He called got it settled why did she find the need to keep harping on it? If some one was harping at me like that especially when I did not feel good I would have lost it as well! She sounds like a controller, because he does not act like she acts when she is sick he is wrong:confused:
Hm sometimes she does make me feel like she might be especially when he does dumb things and she’ll call me and be like “guess what he did now!!” But even though they have never lashed out at each other like this???
 
(1) They are both immature
(2) Tell her to stop calling you with her marital problems.
I don’t mind I love her to death I just don’t know what to say about this one?! I have never had her tell me something like this before…and I bother her too about my issues and vent with her, you know so I love being here for her but this time, I just don’t know what to say?!
 
When my husband isn’t feeling well, I do NOT badger him about things or complain about anything. And I certainly don’t “compare” how we, as individuals, handle illness and stress. I don’t “remind him of his responsibilities,” or treat him like I think he’s stupid for not “checking out the facts” first – That’s childish. My husband treats me with equal courtesy.

I think your friend was wrong and immature as well, in trying to “make a point.” I don’t know about other married folks, but I’m not in this to “win” (thereby making my spouse the “loser” in a given situation), nor am I on the constant lookout for apologies.

As always, I agree with 1ke. 😉
Good point…I should remember to tell her that one… I hope she takes it right I don’t want to have to explain it to her slowly!!! :rolleyes:
 
Hm sometimes she does make me feel like she might be especially when he does dumb things and she’ll call me and be like “guess what he did now!!” But even though they have never lashed out at each other like this???
: “guess what he did now?” Is very childish sounds like she is talking about her kid!
 
So why does she wanna keep beating him up about the overdrafts? I mean, he knows he messed up, why beat him down?

All because he’s not feeling well, is no reason to go off on people. I’d take him down to ICU at the nearest hospital or to a childrens cancer floor and show him some people with some REAL problems, then ask him what his problem is. He’s got a cough?

Every day is a blessing, you take it and live it the best you can. Ok, so they’re gonna pay the bank some money for fees, so what, you’d rather not, but there it is. Whats worst gonna happen? Not not gonna have money to go Olive Garden this week? Instead both of them are gonna have a total meltdown over 100 bucks??

Do these folks even like each other??
 
: “guess what he did now?” Is very childish sounds like she is talking about her kid!
LOL I think it’s just her way of getting attention…I always just answer and am “What?!” lol…
She’s a great person…believe me…but yeah maybe she and I should have a bit of a talk about certain things…Maybe she should be talking more with her hubby and seeing how they can make things better than talking to me about the other crazy things he’s done…
 
So why does she wanna keep beating him up about the overdrafts? I mean, he knows he messed up, why beat him down?

I could understand I mean she’s really over protective about money and counts down to the penny for everything…she’s very organized, I mean she volunteered once to help me clean my house and OMG I couldn’t find a darn thing!! 😦 lol…She had everything organized and coded and stuff it was hilarious I went nuts trying to find all my stuff!! hahaha…Anyhow so when something like this happens she freaks because it gets her budget out of it…I have lent her a few times because her hubby does things like this on occassions…I understand how she feels but still…you know?! I don’t know!! 😦 :confused:

All because he’s not feeling well, is no reason to go off on people. I’d take him down to ICU at the nearest hospital or to a childrens cancer floor and show him some people with some REAL problems, then ask him what his problem is. He’s got a cough?

This man doesn’t get sick often but when he does OMG does he fall to the floor and can’t get up!! I always call him a big baby when he’s sick, he can’t do nothing, seriously! I love him he’s a great guy but when he’s sick he gets like my dad, my dad used to be “dead” on the bed every time he got sick, couldn’t lift a finger, my mom used to have to bring him the toilet, seriously!! And they talked about this before because her parents had gone to visit and he wouldn’t even get up to say hello or anything, didn’t even join them to mass or dinner, and she was devastated her parents were like “where’s your husband again?” Because she only misses in extreme emergencies, like when she was passing out from exhaustion and having a panic attack, then she stayed at home… But when he gets a fever or bronchitis he’s gone he can’t do a single thing…even after medication!! 😦

Every day is a blessing, you take it and live it the best you can. Ok, so they’re gonna pay the bank some money for fees, so what, you’d rather not, but there it is. Whats worst gonna happen? Not not gonna have money to go Olive Garden this week? Instead both of them are gonna have a total meltdown over 100 bucks??

I hear you but 100 bucks is 100 bucks…I mean with her barely making enough and him going from job to job, 100 bucks is a big deal when they will end up borrowing from my foodstamped butt to help them out!! 😦 I don’t mind helping them they have always paid but at what cost you know? That could have been food for a week you know?!

Do these folks even like each other??
LOL yes they do…seriously though this is the first time something this dramatic has happened…I mean after small aruments she would usually stay home and talk to him about it and then call me!! LOL Today not even that?! I just hope she doesn’t have to stay over the weekend, I will go insane with taking care of so many kids while she spends most of the day moping around depressed!! 😦
 
They have been married for 8 years now, and I have never heard them argue that bad…No wait I think 2 times I have heard them because of his mother though, not because of them…I guess his mother wasn’t agreeing with her wanting to keep her last baby as a baby, she wanted her to potty train him since he was like 1 year old and take the bottle at 6 months or something like that and she was devastated…and they argued really bad about it and he started putting his wife before his mother ever since then and that was over what 3 years ago?? Or something like that…

So when she told me about this I didn’t know what to say…That’s why I am like UHM??

And I know that she is a touchy person just her character, everyone can’t argue with her, she snaps quickly I never hear her cus though just returns with an attitude and some mean sarcasm, but I don’t mind it, it’s just words, we’ve discussed her cruel sense of humor and her hubby tells me “that’s what I love about her she keeps me in check!!” So I don’t know what in the world happened today though?!
Unless you live with them, you won’t know how their marriage really is…she is obviously only going to paint herself as the victim in these arguments too. I think that it’s best to bow out of these discussions. I learned a long time ago to stop listening to friends’ arguments with their spouses…not because I don’t love them and want to help…but these people need to figure out how to get past these issues on their own…

I think that they could benefit from counseling. 🙂
 
(1) They are both immature
(2) Tell her to stop calling you with her marital problems.
Yep.

I don’t mind I love her to death I just don’t know what to say about this one?! I have never had her tell me something like this before…and I bother her too about my issues and vent with her, you know so I love being here for her but this time, I just don’t know what to say?!
It doesn’t matter how you feel about it.
It’s not appropriate and will eventually damage her marriage.
There’s the occassional stupid gripe that comes with living with anyone, then there’s husband bashing. She’s bashing. And if she’s not careful, she’ll end up shooting herself in the foot in the process.


As for advice…

#1 big boys don’t need mommy to tell them to get up and go to work. be the wife, not mom. otherwise she’s got no one to blame but herself when an immature boy is what she ends up married to.

#2 he fixed the problem. move on.

**#3 if he is regularly messing up the finances, then they need to discuss a budget and ways to impliment it that works for BOTH of them. I guarantee you he will not take kindly to being made to feel like he should ask her for an advance on an allowance every time he wants to buy something. **

#4 if he is not regularly messing up finances, then it seems rather petty to blow one error up like that.

**#5 I think the comment was off-handed and out of desperation to just get her to shut up and let him be. However, I’d have very low tolorance for threats. It’d better be an extremely rare thing. **
 
Well here’s the 411 on the situation, as I hoped she wouldn’t stay with me that friday, she didn’t! I convinced her to go home and speak with her hubby… And told her that our communication regarding her and her hubby to be minimal but if she needed a shoulder to cry on I was here for her!! 😃

As far as I know he did apologize and she did to him as well…They talked about things and how he was going to be more careful about money situations…

So I guess they made up and that’s all that matters! 🙂 I saw them sunday and she said everything was fine…So I am glad! I was like PHEW!!! 😛
 
Thank you everyone for your help!! I know I need to get out of friends’ personal life but sometimes you just gotta be there for them!! Thank you and hopefully I won’t have to come back here and post of any uncomfortable situations regarding friends… :o
 
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