You should have said..."you are RIGHT honey, I am sorry. I DO always use that spoon and I know it irritates you that I always forget that. I am sorry. I know you don't want the pots scratched. Good thing we have at least one good cook in the family.... (ALL SAID HAPPILY)
Bullshit. Why would he be HAPPY that he's being belittled and disrespected by his own wife, in his own home??
I agree, there are times to use the "Let them go" approach, esp. when one is talking about the MARRIAGE OVERALL ("You're right, I agree, maybe we're NOT right for each other ...."). But NOT for individual actions of disrespect. Allowing these things to happen on a day-to-day basis will eat away at what's left of an already-beleaguered betrayed spouse's self-esteem.
