Egads. I must be a seven through and through cause that sends chills up my spine! To have a person who's envious of you and you've gotta say, Tell me more.
I can see working on developing empathy (a good trait) but developing it towards a person who's behaving immaturely? Her husband is jealous of her because she's not a sourpuss like he is. However, if she shows empathy towards that, he will then morph into Mr. Wilson and become irritated with her for trying to understand something that she clearly doesn't.
Butttttttttt, I will say this. Your desription of your bf and his annoying ways of handling things always hit close to home with me cause it is cringe-inducing. Thanks for the article.