Well said Rachel, and it's absolutely true Jeannie there will be hundreds of verbal faux paus on your Hs side...and who knows if they're ignorant to their own insensitivity or not but some things will sting you to your core and he will be totally oblivious to the slight.
My H still does it at times...and I admit that at times I hear what I want to hear, rather than what's being said.
Did it again today...but the truth is, our minds wouldn't rush off to those terrible places if they hadn't gone where they did. T2