{"id":8031,"date":"2016-07-13T23:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauradoyle1.wpengine.com\/?p=8031"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:34:58","slug":"passive-aggressive-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/passive-aggressive-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Passive Aggressive Husband or Boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re married to someone who is passive-aggressive, then you\u2019re frequently facing resistance to the simplest things.<\/p>\n<p>His negative attitude is obvious, and sometimes he\u2019s hostile for no reason.<\/p>\n<p>When he says he \u201cforgot\u201d to pick up the groceries when he promised he would, you have a hard time believing it was accidental.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t come out and say that he\u2019s mad about having to drive the kids around yesterday while you were at your sister\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>That would be direct, which is the opposite of passive-aggressive. If he was direct, then you\u2019d be able to communicate about it.<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019s not, so you have to just guess what the problem is when the tension is so thick that clearly, there IS a problem.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the challenge of living with a passive-aggressive husband.<\/p>\n<p>There is a cure for a passive-aggressive man. It\u2019s probably not what you imagine.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t require him to go to a therapist, read a book or take medicine.<\/p>\n<p>These three simple steps&#8211;all within your control&#8211;will put an end to your suffering from his passive-aggressive behavior. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/passive-aggressive-husband\/#1_Stop_Reading_His_Mind\" title=\"Stop Reading His Mind\">Stop Reading His Mind<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/passive-aggressive-husband\/#2_Clean_Up_Your_Side_of_the_Street\" title=\"Clean Up Your Side of the Street\">Clean Up Your Side of the Street<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/passive-aggressive-husband\/#3_Tend_To_Your_Happiness\" title=\"Tend To Your Happiness\">Tend To Your Happiness<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Stop_Reading_His_Mind\"><\/span>1. Stop Reading His Mind<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Janice was highly skilled at reading facial expressions and gestures, to where she felt she could practically read minds.<\/p>\n<p>When her passive-aggressive boyfriend was planning their vacation, he had a look on his face that she was certain meant he thought it was too expensive.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid a confrontation, or him becoming negative and complaining, she offered to contribute an amount that exceeded what she was comfortable spending on the vacation.<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-4218707290\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png 1118w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-480x240.png 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He didn\u2019t actually say that he wanted her to contribute so much to the vacation expenses. She just concluded it from a fleeting expression.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, she read his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, however, Janice was feeling resentful about how much she was ponying up for the trip, which left her feeling rather negative herself.<\/p>\n<p>That resentment made her question whether she even wanted to go on the vacation with her passive-aggressive boyfriend, who she projected would probably be sullen on the trip anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Before they ever packed a bag, she was already having a lousy time on the vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, her man is not the only passive-aggressive one in this relationship, right?<\/p>\n<p>Later she asked him how he would have felt if she hadn\u2019t offered to pay so much for the vacation, and he seemed surprised to hear that she thought he had been stressed about it.<\/p>\n<p>He hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>It was all a misunderstanding that she created by imagining that she knew what he was thinking and acting preemptively to solve a problem that didn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>Which happens a lot with mind-reading.<\/p>\n<p>The takeaway? Consider giving up reading smoke signals, tea leaves or facial expressions to try to figure out what he\u2019s feeling or thinking.<\/p>\n<p>If he tells you directly, then you\u2019ll know. Otherwise, it\u2019s safe to assume that everything is fine with him.<\/p>\n<p>If it wasn\u2019t, he would tell you. After all, he\u2019s a grown man. He knows how to talk. There\u2019s no need to interpret for him.<\/p>\n<p>You might feel like you do know what he\u2019s thinking, because you\u2019ve been with him so long that you know what his next move or sentence will be.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t like the outcome you\u2019re getting from him when you read his mind, consider experimenting with pretending you don\u2019t know what he\u2019s thinking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-1363225071\"><blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"display: inline; font-size: 23px;\">Related Article:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">The Number One Most Indispensable Skill for Fixing Your Marriage Fast.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Clean_Up_Your_Side_of_the_Street\"><\/span>2. Clean Up Your Side of the Street<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When a man feels disrespected, it\u2019s very common for him to respond by being obstinate and negative.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d go so far as to say disrespect is the number one cause of obstinate, negative husbands and boyfriends.<\/p>\n<p>When he reacts that way, however, wives and girlfriends who don\u2019t realize they were disrespectful often look for explanations from mental health professionals, or search the Internet. The definition of passive-aggressive may seem to fit your experience.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s almost never the real problem.<\/p>\n<p>So to make sure that you\u2019re not unwittingly exacerbating your husband\u2019s or boyfriend\u2019s foul mood, check to see if you were disrespectful.<\/p>\n<p>Did you tell him what to wear to work?<\/p>\n<p>Did you interrupt him while he was talking to the neighbors and finish his sentence for him?<\/p>\n<p>Did you tell him how to cook the burgers he was grilling?<\/p>\n<p>Did you do anything that would call into question his capabilities and competence?<\/p>\n<p>Because that could make a man mad, mopey and miserable.<\/p>\n<p>If you think you contributed to your boyfriend or husband\u2019s dark mood by saying or doing something that was disrespectful, then it makes sense to clean up your side of the street by apologizing for that specific incident or what you said.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, you can restore the peace in seconds with an apology for being disrespectful.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve apologized, it\u2019s done. No need to repeat yourself if you\u2019ve already delivered the message.<\/p>\n<p>Just one specific, accountable apology is all you need.<\/p>\n<p>It can do wonders.<\/p>\n<p>As long as your side of the street is clean, there\u2019s no need to fret about what might be causing him to sulk or procrastinate. That\u2019s his business, and it\u2019s not within your control.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Tend_To_Your_Happiness\"><\/span>3. Tend To Your Happiness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another interesting thing that happens when you\u2019re with a passive-aggressive man is that you tend to lose track of what you\u2019re feeling because you\u2019re so busy trying to figure out why he\u2019s being so resistant or negative.<\/p>\n<p>But while you\u2019re focused on his mood or snippiness, your own life is going by with no one attending to it.<\/p>\n<p>Your husband\u2019s crummy mood is not within your control.<\/p>\n<p>But your attitude and happiness definitely are.<\/p>\n<p>Consider focusing on what you can do, which is to be making yourself happy, regardless of what he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve taken your eye off of the ball of tending to your own feelings and desires, who\u2019s making sure that you don\u2019t get negative?<\/p>\n<p>Instead of wondering what he\u2019s so upset about, consider asking what your own feelings are in that moment, separate and apart from him.<\/p>\n<p>Are you happy?<\/p>\n<p>If not, what are you going to do about that?<\/p>\n<p>Forget about what you think he wants for a minute. What do you want? Will you be giving that to yourself pretty soon?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let the storm cloud over his head rain on your parade.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s okay to ignore that little cloud, and trust him to deal with whatever it is in his own way.<\/p>\n<p>After all, you have an important job to do&#8211;to make yourself smile.<\/p>\n<p>And when you do you may find that he doesn&#8217;t seem as passive-aggressive after all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re married to someone who is passive-aggressive, then you\u2019re frequently facing resistance to the simplest things. His negative attitude is obvious, and sometimes he\u2019s hostile for no reason. When he says he \u201cforgot\u201d to pick up the groceries when he promised he would, you have a hard time believing it was accidental. 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