Crabby mopiness, I know what that's all about. Well done to you for not letting it get to you. The best way I'm finding of dealing with it is to play into it with ironic comments. In other words put yourself on his side but see if you can't make him laugh about how crabby he's being.
I don't know.. can't think of a good example right now. Just by describing the things he's moping about as *tiny problems* but with heavy irony. "Hey honey, I know you can't wait to get up this morning and head off to that fantastic job of yours but it's past 7 o'clock." KWIM? I don't know maybe saying the opposite temporarily fools people into thinking that it's true, they let the words slip past their radar because of the irony in your voice but at the same time something of the positive sentiment sneaks through.
Fran
if we can be sufficient to ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs Erica Jong
