Quote: When she breaks what I consider to be the rules of civility, along the same lines as what Lil mentioned, brands me as an unfit, uncaring parent, accuses me of being abusive, stumps any effort on my part to move forward by holding all past grievances over my head, then yeah, I feel quite good in calling her a b!tch.
This is wrong, wrong, wrong...
Wait! How did it feel when I told you you were completely wrong? Did it make you want to listen to my POV? I'm guessing not.
Fighting fire with fire never works. You are justifying your angry responses, but your reasoning is flawed. Besided, is it working? I didn't think so.
This approach is completely wrongheaded...
Are you using the "Taming of the Shrew" approach? Rent the movie with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and watch it together. Talk about an Alpha Male! (Of course, you can also see this couple in action in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
