[quote=CardiffBaseball]The more I think about Arnold being a dick, the more I think well, your home life isn’t much better Mr. Baseball. I think my wife is a succubus. Is there a test you do? Like a sneaky DNA extract or something? She can get so mean and bent out of shape with the kids over nothing, and I just don’t get the anger. It’s seriously over the top, and often from something one of their friends did at school (she teaches where they go) and has nothing to do with them. Even if my kids were causing the problems dealing with your children choosing path Y when they should have chosen path X, is part of the deal of being a parent. You roll with the punches. Improvise, overcome, adapt. This is what we are SUPPOSED to deal with.
However I haven’t killed her or even hurt her in any way despite the constant bitter attitude towards everything in life. Will I make it to 20 years this august? Probably, because I end up saying, screw it, just roll with it. I am a little worried about the kids though she’s really going overboard about the tiniest of things. You gotta save something for the first time they try weed or call from jail for gods sake. My 16.5 year old as near as I can tell has never even been intoxicated and since he isn’t gone much might even be a virgin. By his age was banging everything that moved, drinking and whatever else I could do. I know he isn’t because it’s extremely rare that he is even gone on weekends. Hell his school in San Diego drug tested him and he was clean, no pot in the system (private school) Christ on a Pony these boys are up for Mother Theresa awards compared to what I was.[/quote]
Late to this thread, but wanted to comment on this, Cardiff.
Not sure if this is the issue or not, but based on personal experience, and having lived with a mother who went nuts while going through menopause, if your wife seems more irritable, bitter, depressed, etc., over the past few months or years, it’s very possible this is the result of hormones. On one of her better days, you might want to discuss it with her, and see if you two can come up with some kind of “agreement” for when it happens.
Oftentimes, a person with hormonal issues doesn’t realize that their hormones are the cause of their problems and irritability. They really think that everyone else is at fault. If they are approached in the right way (not in an accusatory way), it might be possible to point it out to them, and they might be willing to either take some kind of medicine, or remove themselves from the situation whenever you let them know that they are acting that way. Sometimes, if they are made aware of it when it’s happening, they can make themselves calm down.
I really hope you’re able to work things out with her. It’s tough on everybody. Good luck!
