HB,

No worries on the "screwed it up for today" we have young children, they have their moments and so do we. How would h respond to you if you happend to call him while his boss (or an employee) were having a heated discussion with him?
treat it as a bad moment. When my h does happen to call when we're in the middle of caos (or just put an end to the caos, I've got the same age kids) I often appologize..he then thinks I'm nuts for appologizing but it works. If I can't appologize at that moment I sometimes call him back if I sense a disrupt as a result of it...seems to work at putting us on the same team in that arena..letting him know it's not all crayons and bubbles here for me and his being supportive of me at least verbally.

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As soon as I was back to being happy and satisfied he felt he was 'off the hook'.




UHM? YA!!! so what the hell do we do? stay misserable? that sure would make them right with the "no matter what I do it's never enough" attitude.

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You know, this is a thorny subject...but what do you think OW did for him to make him respond? Did she call him? Compliment him? What was his weakness in regards to her




can o worms is right chickeeda! what she did for him is what I've always done for him...but as is the case he forgot all that I did or wasn't paying attention or giving it credit because well??? I was me.

She went to "bat" for him over an issue with some other customers...defended him and was well...nice. Nothing extraordinary or special.

ttfn.