You know, he wasn't, certainly not intentionally, except maybe just at the end - I found myself getting tense as he started to clean, an old reaction from 'expecting' him to start criticizing me, tried to stop it, and as he got mad at the kids, I found my anxiety level rising as his tone was rather harsh, and this was the first contact he had had with the kids this morning.
When he started yelling at them about something they couldn't possibly have done, I stepped in, and told him most likely it was me who had done it, so he yelled at me, and here he did use 'old' methods that he knew would get my goat, and a very fused convo ensued, ended with my getting very upset and storming off.
Quote: Why did you apologize to him?
I apologized for blowing up at the end. I slammed doors...not very nice behavior, and even if he was being difficult, I should have found a better way of expressing my anger.
