The marvelous thing about email (if it is something you can utilize) is that it removes your fear of saying the "wrong" thing or responding in anger or the convo screeching to a halt because you're speechless at her interpretation. It allows you to say what you're trying to say without fear of an emotional outburst or verbal freezing from yourself and it allows you to hear what she has to say without getting all twisted up because your wife is crying. It gives you *time* to think and frees you from having to think on your feet during an emotional conversation. MrsNOP -
This has been working for us as well. It seemed like everytime we would get into a conversation about us, we would (a) get into an irritated state similar to what Chrome describe (b) get interupted by kids, or worse yet, (a) & (b).
Finally, I started sending her e-mail and it took all these factors away and made it easier to get my point across and receive her point.
It has just really opened up our communication between us. Just my 2 cents.
