Posted by Dinah on August 8, 2004, at 15:04:17
In reply to how do i get my hubby to understand???????????, posted by woolav on August 8, 2004, at 9:19:04
There's nothing you can do, really. If you've provided him with the information, and he still doesn't choose to change his behavior, the only thought I have left is can you have your psychiatrist or therapist or family practitioner talk to him about it?
Perhaps he has some feelings about it that he's covering with jokes, and talking to a third party might bring those out.
Other than that, I always use the broken record technique with my parents. "I'm sorry, but I don't like it when you do that. If you're going to continue to behave this way that's fine, but I'm going to have to walk away from you." And then I do. Easier with parents than husband, admittedly. But if you do it consistently over a long period of time he might get the message.
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