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*Beth* · Jan 12, 2023 at 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by moodyblue83

Thank you all so much for your input. I believe that this form of nonverbal communication is ( in my case ) my wife's way of being extremely passive aggressive. She also won't say a word because she doesn't want to slip up and incriminate herself in any way by blurting out something she may regret saying.
On the other hand I believe she grew up in a family where nobody really talked about their feelings at all.
Either way it's killing me and the relationship. Like was said , I wish it were so easy as to just walk out .
Thanks again......

Oh, the silent treatment is almost surely passive-aggressive. In addition, your wife most probably grew up in an environment that modeled p-a behavior.