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Now, on to my husband.  He’s getting another talking to tomorrow.  I’ve been dropping hints for the last three days now that he needs to shape up.  He quickly fell out of the ‘nice husband’ category over the weekend.  As I previously mentioned, Friday about the time our friends came over.  He’s been in a mood this whole week, just gripey and snotty every time we are alone.  When I comment about it, such as ‘What’s got you in a mood?’ or ‘Why do you keep snapping at me when I haven’t done anything to you?’ he says ‘I’m not crabby or in a mood.’  Really?  Could have fooled me considering I’m the one getting short snappy remarks.  If I’m doing something to piss him off I’d like to know.  I’ve given him plenty of opportunity to tell me, including asking him point blank.  If I’m not doing anything and he just thinks he can get by with it … heh, think again fucker.  I’m tired of this shit where we have this big long conversation and he shapes up for a few days and then falls right back into his old habits.  I’m not saying he has to be happy and smiling all the time or doing nice things for me 24/7 but at least don’t snap at me needlessly and don’t act like you’ll catch the plague from me if we touch. 

Oh yeah, also tonight he tried to play that ‘we can’t just cuddle, my penis won’t let me’ game.  I put a stop to that real fricken’ fast.  His eyes got huge, our conversation went as follows:

 

Him:  You need to go take your bath before you start something.

Me:  I just want to cuddle; I’m not trying to start anything.

H:  You know I can’t just cuddle, it always starts something.

M:  Well you better learn to just cuddle.

H:  I can’t!  ‘He’ *points to his crotchal area* won’t let me!

M:  Well you better learn to just cuddle pal.

H:  ‘HE’ won’t let me!

M:  Well fine, if HE won’t let you, then I won’t let you do the other thing and we’ll both be happy.  You don’t have to cuddle and I don’t have to endure what you call sex.

H:  *eyes huge*

M:  *raised eyebrows*

H:  *huge eyed stare*

M:  Yeah, I said it.  If you don’t learn to control your penis you won’t be using it anytime soon.  Got it?

H:  Are you serious?

M:  Do I sound like I’m joking?

H:  Go take your bath.

 

In hindsight, taking myself away from that, it’s pretty funny actually, lol.  I think he got the message though, so that’s good.  We’ll see how he acts tomorrow though.  I’ve just decided I’m done playing around.  I want to be able to have a great sex life, a great relationship and be able to manage all the other shit.  I don’t want one becoming predominant over the other.  It will take work, and I’m willing.  He’ll both be willing and try or he won’t and I’ll quit wasting my time.  I’m not going to just stay quiet and ‘deal with it’ anymore.  I have a right to stick up for myself in this relationship and get what I want to.  There’s no reason that he gets to have his meals made for him, avoid dealing with monthly bill paying, hardly EVER have to clean, get his back or head rubbed off and on regularly throughout the day once he’s home, receive random nice surprises, have a no questions asked policy when he has to go to the farm, sit on his butt and watch TV without being bothered, ignore or ‘forget’ little things I asked him to do and various other things without me getting my fair share in return dammit!



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  • javadewd said on Jun 17, 2009....
    Men don't take hints. Stanley the power drill only has one speed. Trust me, such an ultimatum would leave my other half in the cold, shivering, with no cuddle.

    Then again, the whole 'mood' thing could be something churning in his head or his gut -- which surprisingly enough may have absolutely nothing to do with you! -- neither one is good, and the agony of dealing with whatever it is may simply be self-deprecating. I know the misses has seen me that way a time or two before.
  • uniquely-ironic said on Jun 17, 2009....
    Not really my place to say what works for you, but using sex to manipulate him into doing something you want is probably going to backfire.
  • Hegemone said on Jun 17, 2009....
    Java - Hey, if he chooses not to cuddle that's OK.  Stanley won't be able to go visit his favorite crawl space anymore either. Also, I'm not saying his moods always have to do with me, it's just more of a 'Don't shoot the messenger' sort of thing.  He has every right to be upset, but don't take it out on me if it's not my fault.

    Uni - No, it won't backfire because it's like this ... I need just plain cuddling or other non sexual intimacy to feel close to him, to feel close enough to want to have sex with him.  Otherwise it just feels like we're two screw buddies, you know?  So I'm not going to give in to him if it's not something I want, which lately, I don't.  The sex isn't good enough to be OK with it just being sex.
  • javadewd said on Jun 17, 2009....
    Okay, so I'll be the first to point out (not only because I'm a man, but I actually do this, too) that not only do men not take hints well, but sometimes they can be as fickle as women and want someone [close to them] to kindly ask, "Honey, what's the matter?" Otherwise they'll walk around in a rotten mood, but ironically only around the ones they really love.
  • Hegemone said on Jun 17, 2009....
    Java - Yeah, I've noticed this.  See, but when somebody finally asks you 'What's the matter?' do you tell them or do you mumble 'nothing' incoherently? At which point, is it better to leave well enough alone, stay away from you and assume that you at least know they care and aren't trying to push .... or is it better to repeat the question later, risking making you feel like you're being badgered even if it's not meant that way?  My husband likes to close up tighter than a clam and instead of talking about it ever just walking around, brooding and then going to bed.
  • MsStar39 said on Jun 17, 2009....
    Hege i use to have that same conversation with my husbandm, can't we just cuddle? he never quite got the hang of it, one track mind.
  • Hegemone said on Jun 17, 2009....
    MsStar - Yup, I'm sure it's a trend for them all.  Give and take though, ya know?  Cuddle with me for ten minutes and it might just get me feeling all happy enough to rock your world for more than ten, lol.
  • MsStar39 said on Jun 17, 2009....
    LOL Hege that's funny.
  • javadewd said on Jun 18, 2009....
    Do I mumble 'nothing' incoherently? I think I can admit I have, and so has my wife. Then the matter probably is self-deprecating and he would probably lose his man card by discussing it with a woman... Don't ask me what the topic of discourse is, I haven't a clue.
  • Hegemone said on Jun 18, 2009....
    MsStar - Yeah, lol.

    Java - OK, as long as it's not just me imagining it.  That's where I begin to get stumped.
  • javadewd said on Jun 18, 2009....
    I had one of those come up, but once I got it resolved I was able to explain it back to my wife in a way that didn't make me sound like a huge bed-wetting pussy... Your mileage may vary.
  • feelthesydneylove said on Jul 08, 2009....
    Kudos to you standing your ground. We women have a right to get appreciation every now and then for the things we do for others, especially our spouses. Hope your husband gets that message through his head soon.

    - Sydney
  • Hegemone said on Jul 08, 2009....
    Java - Gotcha.

    Feel - Thank you, at this point it seems that he's starting to get a grasp which makes me happy.

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