I agree that this approach is appropriate in the vast majority of situations, but someone who says: "shut the F up. I can't stand you" in front of his child really doesn't care what his wife thinks--or what his child hears.
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