My husband gets "weird", sometimes pouts, gets quiet and I guess even though he puts on a front that he is over it, holds it in. Sometimes he'll blow up, then he inserts words into my sentences that I was not about to say, this is very annoying so I then get loud and tell him to stop saying things I was not about to say, or he thinks I meant something I did not, ah, I guess both sexes are similar in these ways.
We all possess the ability to either be quiet, pout, withdraw and/or get vocal, some quiet themselves in attempt to prevent going ballistic, while others may quiet themselves in a way of withdrawing from a situation till they are ready to deal with it in a civilized manner.
The important thing though so many couples including myself, need to communicate, that is a tricky thing, counselars can teach couples communicating skills but once you get home and try them, many do not work, some do if both are willing to work at it, in my case unfortunately there are many times we seem to turn in other directions, even literally, going off to a different part of the house (form of retreat) after time passes we sort of cooled down and are better able to talk it out.
There is no perfect world, we can try with our partners to work things out, but there is not always going to be perfect agreements in everything. . . but what the hell we can try right?
Different personalities contribute to most disagreements, but yet can be fun, some personalities though different can compliment a couple. I do not know if I just made any sense, but my main point is to not give up, try to work things out and if need be consider seeing a marriage counselar (sp?) that can offer some tips on a better understanding.
Lots of luck,

DE

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SOLON