Related question... I've been wondering if W could be being passive-agressive. I was reading about this last night in PM, and started thinking about W's family. Her father retired some years ago, and increasingly over the years, their M seems to have evolved into an armed camp of passive-agressiveness. Her mother has become a bit more assertive, not wanting to put up with his "crap" the way she used to, and he'll often turn to us and say something like "See how she treats me?" They have been married over 50 years, I think. I sure don't want a marriage like theirs. Anyway, I've always thought W is a lot like her FATHER, and his behavior lately smacks of passive-agressiveness, so I begin to wonder...