The only silver lining is that this turned out to be a 180 for me. The W's biggest complaint when she dropped the bomb was that I was "shut down" emotionally. She experienced the opposite of that today with me. It appears that my outburst shook her up. It was unlike anything she had seen of me in all our time together.
Larry, you did fine. "Still, it was a net negative in terms of DBing." Not true you did well. But move on. I too have NEVER had an outburst directed at my W. I too have never called her a name. This would probably throw her into cardiac arrest if I did. It may come to this. This may be what needs to be done. But don't think you back slid. You did what needed to be done.
Husband
And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know
