oh, absolutely. my xh picked fights for weeks before finally getting me to bite--which then justified his leaving and ending the marriage because he was "done fighting." It's a classic maneuver.
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012