I was smoking in the bedroom right after my husband woke up. He seemed to not have a problem with it. Didn't say anything about it, instead talked about himself. When I started talking about myself, about my work day, he covered his head and didn't respond. After a few seconds of silence, he said he wasn't ignoring me, he just didn't like the cigarette smoke. I said I would smoke in another room and he said "well, it's too late now, the damage is already done." I left the room as he was saying this. He came out and gave me a lengthy explanation of his side of it. I wasn't mad and didn't want to fight, so I just acknowledged his feelings and said I understood where he was coming from. He kept pushing and talking about it and eventually was yelling, blaming and accusing. He asked me how I would've handled it and I said I wouldn't have made the "it's too late now" comment. He got really mad and yelled more. This kind of thing happens daily. Does this sound like verbal abuse?
2007-03-06
14:32:49
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