For 20 years, I've dealt with a husband who constantly whines and complains about everything, from being in the car and whining about other drivers, to complaints about work, to the most recent ones -- about the new dog we adopted. Our last two dogs died a few years ago and I was clear about wanting to get a new one. I held off when we thought we were going to sell our house, waited until after vacations, etc. He kept saying he wanted to wait (but no indication of how long), and I said I wanted to get the dog to get it settled in and comfortable before our next vacation which had been planned and about 7 months away. I was trying to be practical about it, but made no bones that this was something I really wanted. We just got the dog a few days ago, the dog is being a dog -- it's been an adjustment to lifestyle which I fully expected, but from my husband it's been one complaint after another, not to mention he thinks he's funny when he specifically tells friends, "I wanted to wait ... so we got a dog." I've kept my mouth shut over the years on dozens of decisions that he wanted because it wasn't worth the battle. This is something I really wanted and he knows it but now all of the complaining and whining every time the dog does something wrong has me completely stressed out and mentally exhausted. He is not the most communicative person, constantly interrupts or corrects me or will argue until I have no choice but to just not say anything more. I love him, but I'm 56 years old and keep thinking that life is too short to put up with this. I am not giving the dog up but frankly don't know what to do.