Thanks for the link to this article. I guess I'm passive-aggressive sometimes. My wife will ask me if I'm okay. I say "fine" even though it's probably obvious I'm not. But, in most cases, I'm ruminating over things I know she wouldn't, or doesn't, want to know about and can't do anything about anyway. So it's just easier to say I'm fine or I'm just tired.

I also tend toward the passive-aggressive in some cases because my wife is very sensitive to criticism, while I tend to be quick to anger and can be sarcastic. So it's easier to just say there's nothing wrong, even though I may be angry about some (typically small matter), because all that expressing my anger or frustration will accomplish is to make her feel bad, as well as guilty, for having done something that upset me.

And so it goes...