Hi Cath....After I posted, I had the thought...what if that came from someone on the bb??

So nice to see MAL posting here...Hi MAL! You really helped out at the party!

A few other ideas came to me...my good pal H's husband, D, can be rather insulting and condescending to her at times.
He's called her stupid, idiot, and...worse.

He can be arrogant and always has to be right.

Her C suggested that she over-exaggerate in agreeing with him..as in "Duh uh, yee-up, I'm stupid!...YOU'RE ALWAYS right!" It downgraded to less dramatic versions, but it drove D crazy...wasn't the reaction he expected.

Things have gotten much better (not perfect) for them in this regard.

NOW if your H really LIKES big wet sloppy ones...choosing that technique might just reinforce his misbehaviours!

Shiny