Dear HD,

There is something odd about a Bhuddist who explodes on hearing a slight utterance by her spouse. My W is nominally a Bhuddist as are all her relatives. My W can get angry and shut down the sexual works, but I have to do more than you did to really get her riled.

For example, last night, she yelled out my name four times from another room beckoning me to come see what she wanted. (I hate when she does that). She then came into the room I was in and told me that as punishment for my not rushing to her, she threw out a few things that I had been saving. I told her in the most in-your-face way I could, "I didn't come because I was brushing my F-ing teeth" (which I was). I apparently spoke her "Love language" because she got over her bitchiness and has been pleasant to me since.

Most of my girlfriends in college had the coarse feministic ideas that your spouse espouses. I wonder if they have outgrown them.

Maybe your W should visit with some real Bhuddists, the majority of whom seem very level-headed.

Paul