I agree that it sounds like your spouse is trying to push your buttons and is being verbally abusive.


My mother and I always had issues. I don't think she likes me as a person and she favored my siblings. Unfortunately, she gave me her name as my middle name too. I hate it. My husband knows my feelings and wouldn't think of calling me that. Interestingly, he was named after his father, who was never in his life. His first name is the male version of my middle name. He goes by his middle name.