Quote: It is not hard to imagine the resentment that will build up in his wife in a fairly short period of time. What W will feel is that Chrome and his mother are “ganging up” on her and neither appreciates or respects her abilities as a cook. W can easily extrapolate this to mean she is not appreciated in other areas too. A counselor would jump all over Chrome, telling him to support his W and to tell his mother to back off and stop meddling. There is a sense of loyalty and betrayal involved here and Chrome would be violating that with his W. His allegiance would be to his mother and his W would sense that.
The exact same thing is happening here. Chrome’s W is choosing her mother over Chrome, undermining his authority, his wishes as a husband and father, and allowing her mother to drive a wedge between them. It is a passive aggressive act on her part, letting her mother do the “dirty” work instead of confronting Chrome herself about an issue she may have. This is a good example of where Dr. Laura’s advice can be spot on.
yep. you said it better than I. And I've experienced this sort of thing first hand...one such incident of "ganging up" triggered the biggest fight we've ever had...this was after staying in my house for 3 weeks. They have a long history of "visiting" for half the summer. they've stayed for up to 6 weeks...I put up with it for a long time, but no more. those days are over. But that was the typical scenario...after a couple of weeks, they own the place, and then its "gang up on chuck" time. Well, a few years back, Chucky grew a pair, and well...I won't bore you with the rest.
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BTW, what happened to this board? It’s like it is dying a slow death….
seems slow to me, too. everybody must be gettin' some.
