Threatening divorce

Never in a million years would I defend men, but honestly, I am gonna go out on a limb to say I agree with this.

Having seen what my dad is now going through with my mom, now that they are older…she WILL do things to peeve him off, and his comments are that she has been making sly comments about his family ever since the day after their marriage, and it has not stopped despite nearly an annual fight on this topic. She knows it angers him. She still does not watch her tongue. It’s now gotten so bad, that if she says something without evening meaning any harm to his family, he misconstrues what she’s saying and thinks she’s inlaw bashing again. Which is where I had to intervene and get him to understand that this was not her purpose. So she has been making some attempts now that her family is in town ( :rolleyes: and Dad says she’s just doing it so she doesn’t seem like the bad guy in her siblings’ eyes), to be nice about her inlaws. But yeah, its all about how long that rope is - she’s been beating at it consistently over 2 decades and its really wearing him out. He’s getting old. He lives in another country from his mom and his siblings. His mom is really old and sick. And he feels very guilty about not being with her, but he’s chosen his wife and kids over his mom in that he lives with us and not her, even though she is sick. He has a job here, we are his responsibility still, and so he tends to his responsibility here. Now you have your wife who is knocking you down in this process…I mean, what are you gonna do after so many years of hearing insults about your family? You know they may be imperfect, but jesus, they’re not evil.

Best part is, both mom and dad’s relatives in Pakistan get along great and are the best of friends. They have no clue about the fights these two have here regarding their relatives.

Whatever, at the end of the day, yeah women can be nags. Women can just annoy the hell out of a man to the point where he does say something absolutely stupid and irrational. The other way is true too, and we’ve seen numerous stories here of inept husbands.

Marriage is no joke, folks. Speaking from the perspective of a kid who grew up seeing her parents have horrible fights, you do NOT want to put your kid through that nightmare. If you get married, make the right choice, marry someone you actually care about as a HUMAN BEING (Not, I want to get in her pants, or she is fair and lovely even though its the cream and not her skin), so that you can raise a healthy family (bodily and emotionally).

I can’t tell you how scarred I am seeing my parents fight. I mean, they are the GOLDEN couple - theirs was a love marriage, and they are old and still in love and it is very cute. But like any couple, they have their hot button points which lead to arguments, and this typical desi let-me-insult-my-inlaws or let-me-shove-my-wife-around-even-though-i-dont-want-anyone-treating-my-daughters-this-way attitudes will break a family apart in minutes.

I can’t tell you how stressful it is to be the rescue person who intervenes every time there is a row at home. Both of them are getting old, and they tend to fight and bicker more anyway.

So, make the right choice, and don’t marry for the wrong reasons. You will regret it. :k: