Umm i take it you are not married.....

its normal for married people to have disagreements / arguments and go through a period of silent treatment/glaring at each other while in the heat of the moment and the time it takes to think about the disagreements, then after a time talk about what happened and work out the problem.

my point its not abuse when one partner in a relationship is showing how they feel by glaring and silent treatment. its just part of being human and being in a long term and committed relationship...

that said it is a bit uncomfortable for some with Dissociative disorders where the disorder is not showing emotions, not expressing feelings and hiding emotions behind a mask of what ever / who ever protects that person to experience a normal relationship problem like this.

I didnt have a problem with this situation ..... until ...... after I was integrated. I didnt have the distractions of inner voices and other people showing their emotions to and about me was a new and uncomfortable situation. the first time my now wife expressed how she was feeling after a fight in this way, after I had been integrated I was so upset that I called my treatment provider who explained to me that this was normal now that I was integrated I was going to be able to feel and express emotions and recognize them in others and sometimes it was going to hurt knowing my now wife was not happy with something.

i bet if you think about it you will notice times in your life where you have not been happy with someone you encountered or was part of your life and caught yourself not talking to them, or not posting to them, all the while stewing/ possibly glaring at them and about the situation.... heck people do this all the time here on psych central (the ignore feature is like giving the silent, I have nothing to say to this person and am not going to even engage in this persons posts treatment...)

my point in relationships on and off line its normal not abuse to show emotions like glaring, smiling, pouting and so on while being silent.

I am posting this point of view from a dissociative and also in a marriage situation....

Im also guessing/ thinking that there may be things about this situation that have not been posted about/ or that we do not know about since we are not in this persons off computer life so its not up to me to say if their own direct situation is abusive or not.

only trailrunner can say whether her husband is abusing her. in which case my suggestion is contacting domestic violence agency that can help them get the help they need.